County approves Pheasant Run wind overlay district

By KATE HESSLING
Tribune Staff Writer

4/14/2011

Huron Daily Tribune

BAD AXE — Huron County commissioners on Tuesday voted to approve the Pheasant Run Wind Energy Overlay District, paving the way for one of two projects RES Americas is planning in the Thumb...............................

................ During public comment during Tuesday’s meeting, Paris Township resident Bob McLean asked the board to institute a moratorium on new wind developments to amend the county’s wind ordinance, particularly in regard to noise limits.

“If we keep putting turbines in under our current guidelines in our current ordinance, you can’t expect things to get better than they are over here in Ubly,” McLean said.

He quoted Albert Einstein, who once said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Continued...


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