The council unanimously approved a resolution opposing wind turbine development. At issue: an 11-turbine project being developed by Cedar Creek Wind LLC.

The commission voted to prohibit “commercial wind energy conversion systems” in Clinton County on Thursday, September 1. It's a major victory for residents who coalesced in opposition to a previously proposed wind project by NextEra Energy. The commission voted unanimously (8-0).

The three-member board of selectmen voted unanimously to oppose a proposed 9-turbine wind project in nearby Antrim. Stoddard selectmen took a similar stance to support the conservation commission’s opposition and intervenor status when the first Antrim Wind project came before the N.H. Site Evaluation Committee in 2011.

In a referendum on wind energy, the township voted 226 to 185 to stop the development of a 24-turbine project called Michigan Wind 3 owned by Exelon. The vote was 55% against the wind project with 45% in favor. On 081116, Richard McEachin, the president of the Marion Township Planning Commission said in a phone interview that the project is "dead for now."

Cherry County Planning Commission recommended against approving a conditional use permit for a potential wind farm in the county. Because more than 200 people showed up at the courthouse for the meeting, it was moved to Valentine High School. Mundorf and others said the meeting went until about 2 a.m. Many people spoke for and against the wind farm; Mundorf said most spoke in opposition.

The Woodstock Board of Selectmen voted Tuesday evening to sign a letter of support asking the Maine Land Use Planning Commission in Bangor to remove Milton Township from the state's expedited permitting area for wind energy development. The letter said any new wind project in the region would result citizens being "in jeopardy of negative impacts to their property values, scenic views, and quality of life."

Lawmakers in the state senate passed a bill that would prohibit wind farms from being built in most of central and eastern North Carolina. Bill sponsor Sen. Harry Brown (R-Onslow) says the measure protects airspace the state's military bases use in training exercises.

The Henry County Planning Commission denied two requests from Apex Clean Energy to build towers in the southern part of the county to gather wind data. The meteorological towers, commonly called met towers, would have been placed in Spiceland and Dudley Township. Key line from the news report from The Courier Times, in New Castle, Indiana: "Opponents of wind farms and turbines in Henry County spent an hour telling the planning commission why they should deny the Spiceland Township met tower. No one spoke in favor of the project."

The Lehighton Water Authority rejected Iberdrola's proposal to build three wind turbines, a small piece of a larger 100-megawatt wind energy project proposed to be built on nearby land surrounding Bethlehem's drinking water in Penn Forest Township.

Logan County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to reject EverPower’s request for a payment in lieu of taxes to build 18 wind turbines in northern Logan County. The project is called Scioto Farm. After the county's move, EverPower said they will not locate any turbines in Logan County.