There have been several years of conflict between military operations (in the U.S. and elsewhere) and industrial wind energy. There have been multiple types of conflicts, ranging from tall structures obstructing low-level flight paths to weather and navigation radar interferences to specialized cases (like deteriorating the important ROTHR facility and having infrasound compromise sensitive military equipment).
Initially, commanding officers (C.O.s) of affected military facilities voiced their objections, and in most cases, the proposed offending wind project was not approved.
This was unacceptable to the powerful wind industry, and some of its well connected allies. Their plan was to get military base C.O.s out of the equation – while simultaneously giving the public the impression that military concerns were being fully addressed. Their end result was to create the DoD Wind Siting Clearinghouse (2011, during the Obama administration), and it accomplished their two objectives.
The clearinghouse was all about expanding U.S. industrial wind energy – not protecting our military or our national security. The rules and regulations for the Clearinghouse were written to assist the wind industry. If that wasn’t enough, the initial people in charge of the clearinghouse were unabashed wind energy-promoters. (Upon retiring, the first head was quickly hired as a wind energy lobbyist!)
Not surprisingly, numerous conflicts continue to exist between wind energy and our military. The public has little awareness of these issues due to classified agreements, carefully enmeshed in bureaucratic double-speak. The wind industry repeatedly trumpeted that everything is just peachy. For those who didn’t bother to closely look behind the curtain, things may well have seemed to be OK.
Following the creation of the clearinghouse, and the dilution of federal protections, military defenders had to then look for some refuge by enacting state-level legislation. The wind lobby has infiltrated state politics as well, so this was no easy solution. That said, there have been some major victories – e.g., Texas passing S. 277 North Carolina passing a two-year statewide moratorium (see here, Part XIII) while the state investigated the wind energy military interference issue.
Ultimately, the defense of our military, and our national security, is a federal matter. Toward that end, in early 2017, I sent to some key legislators an outline of this problem, which included three simple but effective NDAA solutions:
a) substitute a much better word for “mitigate” (like “remediate”), as the current term can easily result in no meaningful changes being made,
b) require that the developer pay for all costs incurred to accommodate them (presently, the taxpayer foots the bill for these accommodations – why?], and
c) broaden the allowable reasons for denying a permit – e.g., if the lives of military personnel are put at risk, a base maybe be affected by BRAC, etc.
The clearinghouse rules basically say that to reject a proposed wind project, there has to be substantial proof that it is an “unacceptable risk to national security.” (How “national security” is defined has evolved, and is still subject to interpretation.) This has to be then endorsed by the DoD secretary, etc. In other words, the bar was purposefully set high so that it was almost impossible to turn down a proposed wind project. (Note: Only one project out of over 15,000 submissions has been so terminated via the clearinghouse process over many years now.)
One of my three recommendations was to reasonably expand the allowable reasons to deny a wind project. For example, a wind project shown to threaten the lives of our military personnel (by itself, irrespective of the “national security” part) would be an acceptable justification to deny a permit. The 2018 NDAA (see section 311) improved the wording in this regard from the original 2011 legislation, but further clarification and more conditions are advisable. (For example, military lives could be at risk due to the deterioration of the ROTHR signal from wind energy interference, and the current words do not seem to address that.) This year, both the House and Senate NDAA bills approved improving the clearinghouse rules to add some words to that effect. That was encouraging!
In later July 2018, this change was removed from the NDAA conference legislation (see page 1951 of 2019 NDAA)! An experienced D.C. lobbyist told me he could not recall a single case, ever, where an important bill provision agreed to by both House and Senate was then eliminated from the final conference legislation. The bottom line is that during all this research and negotiation about protecting the military, none of the significant deficiencies of the clearinghouse process was fixed.
As an apparent compromise, our legislators added a new last-minute provision to the NDAA: Section 318 (page 179). Basically, it authorizes the DoD to engage the National Weather Service (NWS) to do a study about the impact of wind turbines on weather radars and military operations. It seems as though the intent here is to convey the impression that legislators are serious about our military safety and national security.
The devil is in the details. From all appearances, this provision amounts to more delays. Furthermore, nothing in the study will be about protecting the lives of pilots from wind turbine obstructions. Nothing in the study will be about assessing the impact of wind turbines on navigation radar. Nothing in the study will be about protecting the exceptionally important ROTHR facility or the military lives impacted by it. Nothing in the study will be about evaluating the military consequences that turbine infrasound has. Lastly, who knows what will happen when the study is finished? In the meantime, our military and national security are being compromised.
What’s disappointing is that several good reports have already been generated on the study issue. For example, here is a detailed NWS explanation of the problem. For example, earlier this year, the NWS wrote a blistering report about how wind development in upstate N.Y. was compromising five different important NEXRAD radar facilities! For example, Fort Drum (N.Y.) issued this official statement about wind energy interference. What else do legislators need to know? They want more pertinent studies? How about this, this, this, this, this, this, and this? We already have solid studies. We already know what the problems are and what some good solutions are.
The fundamental question is, why would any (even small) wind energy degradation of our military and national security be acceptable? The apparent reason why legislators allow this is that the wind industry has done a superior job in deceiving the public that wind energy is a good thing (i.e., a net societal benefit). However, the fact is that industrial wind energy is a technical, economic, and environmental net liability. Once that understanding were fully absorbed, no reasonable legislator would agree to allow such a detriment to interfere with our military or our national security.
The bottom line here is that the protection of our military (and our national security) is being compromised by powerful special-interest lobbyists – who have undue influence on the government and our lives. (For more info on that, see here.)
Please contact your federal legislator and insist that the clearinghouse wind energy siting rules be fully and properly fixed (via the NDAA or otherwise).
There’s a well known observation that close inspection of how legislation is made is like watching sausage being created. In both cases, it’s unappetizing.
This process was on display recently with the machinations going on with the annual federal legislation for our military: the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). To understand the missed opportunity here, one needs to have a bit of background as to how we got to where we are today.
There have been several years of conflict between military operations (in the U.S. and elsewhere) and industrial wind energy. There have been multiple types of conflicts, ranging from tall structures obstructing low-level flight paths to weather and navigation radar interferences to specialized cases (like deteriorating the important ROTHR facility and having infrasound compromise sensitive military equipment).
Initially, commanding officers (C.O.s) of affected military facilities voiced their objections, and in most cases, the proposed offending wind project was not approved.
This was unacceptable to the powerful wind industry, and some of its well connected allies. Their plan was to get military base C.O.s out of the equation – while simultaneously giving the public the impression that military concerns were being fully addressed. Their end result was to create the DoD Wind Siting Clearinghouse (2011, during the Obama administration), and it accomplished their two objectives.
The clearinghouse was all about expanding U.S. industrial wind energy – not protecting our military or our national security. The rules and regulations for the Clearinghouse were written to assist the wind industry. If that wasn’t enough, the initial people in charge of the clearinghouse were unabashed wind energy-promoters. (Upon retiring, the first head was quickly hired as a wind energy lobbyist!)
Not surprisingly, numerous conflicts continue to exist between wind energy and our military. The public has little awareness of these issues due to classified agreements, carefully enmeshed in bureaucratic double-speak. The wind industry repeatedly trumpeted that everything is just peachy. For those who didn’t bother to closely look behind the curtain, things may well have seemed to be OK.
Following the creation of the clearinghouse, and the dilution of federal protections, military defenders had to then look for some refuge by enacting state-level legislation. The wind lobby has infiltrated state politics as well, so this was no easy solution. That said, there have been some major victories – e.g., Texas passing S. 277 North Carolina passing a two-year statewide moratorium (see here, Part XIII) while the state investigated the wind energy military interference issue.
Ultimately, the defense of our military, and our national security, is a federal matter. Toward that end, in early 2017, I sent to some key legislators an outline of this problem, which included three simple but effective NDAA solutions:
a) substitute a much better word for “mitigate” (like “remediate”), as the current term can easily result in no meaningful changes being made,
b) require that the developer pay for all costs incurred to accommodate them (presently, the taxpayer foots the bill for these accommodations – why?], and
c) broaden the allowable reasons for denying a permit – e.g., if the lives of military personnel are put at risk, a base maybe be affected by BRAC, etc.
The clearinghouse rules basically say that to reject a proposed wind project, there has to be substantial proof that it is an “unacceptable risk to national security.” (How “national security” is defined has evolved, and is still subject to interpretation.) This has to be then endorsed by the DoD secretary, etc. In other words, the bar was purposefully set high so that it was almost impossible to turn down a proposed wind project. (Note: Only one project out of over 15,000 submissions has been so terminated via the clearinghouse process over many years now.)
One of my three recommendations was to reasonably expand the allowable reasons to deny a wind project. For example, a wind project shown to threaten the lives of our military personnel (by itself, irrespective of the “national security” part) would be an acceptable justification to deny a permit. The 2018 NDAA (see section 311) improved the wording in this regard from the original 2011 legislation, but further clarification and more conditions are advisable. (For example, military lives could be at risk due to the deterioration of the ROTHR signal from wind energy interference, and the current words do not seem to address that.) This year, both the House and Senate NDAA bills approved improving the clearinghouse rules to add some words to that effect. That was encouraging!
In later July 2018, this change was removed from the NDAA conference legislation (see page 1951 of 2019 NDAA)! An experienced D.C. lobbyist told me he could not recall a single case, ever, where an important bill provision agreed to by both House and Senate was then eliminated from the final conference legislation. The bottom line is that during all this research and negotiation about protecting the military, none of the significant deficiencies of the clearinghouse process was fixed.
As an apparent compromise, our legislators added a new last-minute provision to the NDAA: Section 318 (page 179). Basically, it authorizes the DoD to engage the National Weather Service (NWS) to do a study about the impact of wind turbines on weather radars and military operations. It seems as though the intent here is to convey the impression that legislators are serious about our military safety and national security.
The devil is in the details. From all appearances, this provision amounts to more delays. Furthermore, nothing in the study will be about protecting the lives of pilots from wind turbine obstructions. Nothing in the study will be about assessing the impact of wind turbines on navigation radar. Nothing in the study will be about protecting the exceptionally important ROTHR facility or the military lives impacted by it. Nothing in the study will be about evaluating the military consequences that turbine infrasound has. Lastly, who knows what will happen when the study is finished? In the meantime, our military and national security are being compromised.
What’s disappointing is that several good reports have already been generated on the study issue. For example, here is a detailed NWS explanation of the problem. For example, earlier this year, the NWS wrote a blistering report about how wind development in upstate N.Y. was compromising five different important NEXRAD radar facilities! For example, Fort Drum (N.Y.) issued this official statement about wind energy interference. What else do legislators need to know? They want more pertinent studies? How about this, this, this, this, this, this, and this? We already have solid studies. We already know what the problems are and what some good solutions are.
The fundamental question is, why would any (even small) wind energy degradation of our military and national security be acceptable? The apparent reason why legislators allow this is that the wind industry has done a superior job in deceiving the public that wind energy is a good thing (i.e., a net societal benefit). However, the fact is that industrial wind energy is a technical, economic, and environmental net liability. Once that understanding were fully absorbed, no reasonable legislator would agree to allow such a detriment to interfere with our military or our national security.
The bottom line here is that the protection of our military (and our national security) is being compromised by powerful special-interest lobbyists – who have undue influence on the government and our lives. (For more info on that, see here.)
Please contact your federal legislator and insist that the clearinghouse wind energy siting rules be fully and properly fixed (via the NDAA or otherwise).
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Chicago police arrest teenage boy in sexual assault streamed on Facebook Live
White privilege symposium will feature 'racial justice' board game…
US Navy warship collides with South Korean fishing vessel off peninsula
Senators agree on new sanctions on Russia
Marine Osprey flights in Japan temporarily halted following crash-landing
Growing Divide Between White House, McConnell Over Trial…
Take the Politics Out of Classifying Mental Disorders
'Never Trump' figure sides with RNC over liberals on Christmas message
Mr X: Mystery tycoon accused of rape and sexual assault…
PROUD AMERICAN Homeowner shows off Revolutionary War flags
Musicians ask Trump for money help after Grammys bashing
The Abject Failure of the Left's Sexual Revolution
Is Today's Britain Like Post-WWI France?
Entering 2018 with Gratitude to God and Donald Trump
FEDS: El Chapo's sons now running his drug empire…

Former Obama Justice Department official in new ad: 'I'm 100 percent comfortable with Judge Gorsuch'
Ford tells Trump no Lincoln SUV production going to Mexico
Would-be burglar beaten by resident
Trump denies campaign trail comments on nuclear weapons
Model’s honest response
JUMPING THE GUN? Congressional Dems make early calls for impeachment
The Non-War of Civilizations Erupts Again
'SINNER IN YOUR MIDST' Maher addresses n-word controversy on 'Real Time'
GOP reps on gunman’s list back calls to let lawmakers, others carry firearms in DC
Trump: I 'need God even more' after becoming president
Democrat Manchin going AWOL with plans to support Trump nominees
Hawaii judge grants temporary restraining order on new Trump travel ban – GOP-appointed 9th circuit judges back Trump order – VIDEO: Are liberal judges abusing their positions?
UPS Driver Carjacked In Miami, Held Hostage During Wild Police Chase, Shootout…
Christie: Trump has 'no hate in his heart’ following immigration ban
Obama: 'We will' retaliate against Russia for hacking
POLICE SHOOTING Suspect in standoff after two Georgia cops shot
Nancy's 'DWTS' meltdown
Giuliani is a leading candidate to be Trump's secretary of state: source
Paris clashes over police killing of Chinese man
WH dismisses Trump claim Russia hack briefing delayed
HERO TO HANDCUFFS Texas man arrested after stopping attack on fiance
Man calls 911 in Florida to ask to be deported
