[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT, ENERGY: "Niagara [NY] air base supporters fret over impact of wind turbine project ..."

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Niagara air base supporters fret over impact of wind turbine project on its future

By Thomas J. Prohaska  
Buffalo News (NY)
May 30, 2016

LOCKPORT – A retired Air Force colonel now working on behalf of Apex Clean Energy has tried to convince supporters of the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station that the company’s planned wind turbine development won’t interfere with air base operations.

But the president of the Niagara Military Affairs Council said last week that wasn’t fully reassured, and opponents of the Lighthouse Wind project in Somerset and Yates weren’t buying the message, either.

H. David Belote, who was the first director of the Pentagon office that approves or rejects wind and solar projects around military bases, said his former colleagues aren’t concerned about the project.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/all-niagara-county/niagara-air-base-supporters-fret-over-impact-of-wind-turbine-project-on-its-future-20160530

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Lenny Siegel
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