David Wilcox
Executive Editor
A recent settlement between the developer of a Cayuga County wind farm and New York state details how any potential impact on the local bald eagle population would be addressed.
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About 60 people spoke in front of a standing-room-only audience of more than 200 during the three-hour hearing.
Gallery: Public hearing on wind turbine project draws large crowd in Auburn
Protestors demonstrate outside a public comment hearing about the Agricola Wind Project Aug. 6 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn.
Randy Lawrence speaks out against the Agricola Wind Project at a public comment hearing about it Wednesday at the Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn.
The audience was standing-room-only for a public comment hearing about the Agricola Wind Project Aug. 6 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn.
Mimi Champion speaks out against the Agricola Wind Project at a public comment hearing about it Wednesday at the Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn.
Attendees wave their hands to applaud after being admonished by one of the judges for clapping during a public comment hearing about聽the Agricola Wind Project Wednesday at the Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn.
Dennis Rossbach聽speaks out against the Agricola Wind Project at a public comment hearing about it Wednesday at the Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn.
Attendees wave their hands to applaud after being admonished by one of the judges for clapping during a public comment hearing about聽the Agricola Wind Project Wednesday at the Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn.
Judge Henry James Joseph, left, and Judge John L. Favreau listen during聽a public comment hearing about the Agricola Wind Project on Wednesday at the Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn.
More than 200 people attend聽a public comment hearing about the Agricola Wind Project at the Hilton Garden Inn in Auburn.
The Air Force is asking Congress to pass legislation to restrict further construction of towering wind turbines that have edged in closer to its nuclear missile sites. The ground-based silos share space on vast private farmlands with the turbines, which have grown in size and number as the country's energy needs have increased. To address the encroachment, the Air Force is supporting language added into the Senate version of the 2024 National Defense Authorization bill which would create a two nautical mile buffer zone around the sites. Current towers would not be impacted, unless a company decided to refurbish an existing tower to make it taller. The service acknowledges the difficult position it is in with the farmers that have allowed them to use their lands for decades. The service also does not want to appear to push back on environmental energy alternatives.
Executive Editor David Wilcox can be reached at (315) 282-2245 or david.wilcox@lee.net.
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