U.S.: More corporate privatization schemes for industrial wind power

Wind Farm in Maryland Hits
Gale Force Opposition. Tom Pelton, Baltimore Sun,
January 29, 2009. "Business and political leaders in
Western Maryland's Garrett County are lining up against a proposal to allow the
clearing of up to 400 mountaintop acres of state forest for the construction of
40-story wind turbines. With a pair of public hearings scheduled this week,
Garrett's Chamber of Commerce, Board of Realtors, Democratic Central Committee
and Republican state delegate and senator have come out against the proposal to
use two state forests in the county for wind farms... But David F. McAnally,
chairman of Pennsylvania-based U.S. Wind
Force, said he believes people will support
his company's proposal to build a total of 100 turbines on two state forest
tracts once they hear all the facts. McAnally said it's worth using a fraction
of 1 percent of the public land in western Maryland to increase the supply of
clean electricity to the state, which faces a power shortage in future years...
Author and climate change activist Mike Tidwell... said he thinks Maryland
should ban logging in state forests if it's going to prohibit wind farms. He
said logging is more environmentally harmful than windmills. 'I appeal to the
governor to make a fair and balanced decision that does not favor one industry
that has obvious harmful impacts versus a new industry that brings clear
benefits to the state, while being admittedly imperfect,' Tidwell said."