Welcome to the website for the
New Mexico Citizens Alliance for Responsible Energy and Sustainability
NMCARES
Alternative Energy Resources Online
Industrial Wind Information
- National Wind Watch - Presenting The Facts About Industrial Wind Power.
- Industrial Wind Action Group - Facts, Analysis, And Exposure Of Wind Energy's Real Impacts.
- Wind Truth Alliance - Wind Truth Alliance For Responsible Regulation.
- The Society For Wind Vigilance - Promoting Research for Authoritative Wind Turbine Guidelines.
- Stop Ill Wind - An Educational Resource About Industrial Wind.
- Wind Power Facts - Toolkit of Information.
- Dr. Nina Pierpont - "Wind Turbine Syndrome" Research.
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Local and Related Efforts
- Common Ground United - Protecting the Land and Heritage of New Mexico.
- New Mexico Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy - Support Clean Energy for Your Community.
- New Mexico Solar Energy Association - Promoting Renewable Energy and Sustainability Since 1972.
- Sustainable Las Vegas - Our local chapter of the New Mexico Solar Energy Association meets the second Thursday of each month at 5:15 PM, at NMHU Donnelly Library, Rm. 325, in Las Vegas, NM. For further information, call Emelie at 505-454-3920 (no website link currently available, see NMSEA link above).
- Talking Wind - News and Information about Industrial Wind and its Potential Impacts on Taos County.
- Drilling Santa Fe - A growing number of citizens concerned about oil & gas drilling in Santa Fe County.
- Starvation Peak News - To all the El Valle and surrounding residents.
- Drilling Mora County - To protect and preserve water, land, health and culture of Mora County.
- San Luis Valley Renewable Communities Alliance - a citizen supported nonprofit organization formed in 2009 to educate, engage and advocate for community-based alternatives to industrial renewable energy development that ensures self-reliance and a resilient future for southern Colorado's San Luis Valley.
- NMCARES wiki - Calendar, Files, and Committee Communications.
- NMCARES Blogspot (Our blogspot is inactive at the moment).
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Kindred Spirits
- Better Plan, Wisconsin - Wisconsin Tax-payers For A Better Renewable Energy Plan.
- Cohocton Free - Cohocton, NY - What Have I Done???
- Cohocton Wind Watch - Citizens, residents and neighbors concerned about ill-conceived wind turbine projects in the town of Cohocton and adjacent townships in Western New York.
- The Glebe Mountain Group - The Glebe Mountain Group (GMG) is a voluntary association of residents and property owners in the Glebe Mountain region of Vermont. The group was formed in response to concerns about a proposal by Catamount Energy to install 27 wind turbines 330 feet tall, lighted 24 hours a day, along a three and one-half mile stretch of Glebe Mountain in Londonderry, VT.
- Green Berkshires - Berkshire County, MA - Advocates For Our Berkshire Environment.
- Mountain Communities For Responsible Energy - Greenbrier County, West Virginia citizens opposing the proposed construction of the Beech Ridge Wind Project by Invenergy LLC of Chicago.
- John R. Sweet - Issues and Concerns for Wind Turbines in Highland County, VA.
- Kansas Wind Alert - Promoting The Truth About The Wind Industry.
"My family has been surrounded by 27 Wind Monsters... in King City, Mo. As close as 1200 feet from our front door. For the TRUTH about what a nightmare it truly is..." - Keepers Of The Blue Ridge - Help Protect Our Ridge Tops From Destruction By The Wind Industry.
Wind Energy is a Failed Technology: Evidence From Around The World
Wind Energy: Inefficient and Unreliable
The Winners & The Losers: Huge Tax Breaks For The Wind Industry While Taxpayers And Electric Customers Pick Up The Tab.
Collateral Damage: wind energy Is NO FRIEND To The Environment
Enter at Your Own Risk - Noise, Fire, and Health Hazards - Save Western New York - Wind Farm Madness.
- Save Western Ohio - Exposing REAL Motives Behind The Sky Factory Industry.
- Western Catskills Preservation Alliance - Working families and retirees, full-time residents and second homeowners, professionals and farmers.
- North American Platform Against Windpower (NA-PAW)
- European Platform Against Windfarms (EPAW)
- Country Guardian, UK - Country Guardian is a UK conservation group which, since 1991, has campaigned against the construction of wind turbines in environmentally sensitive areas.
- Visit Wales Now - Visit Wales and see some dramatic changes to the landscape.
- Windtoons.com - Dedicated to the cause of continuing education, believing that a picture is worth a thousand words.
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Rural Renewables Efforts
- Las Tusas Ranch - Local permaculture, sustainable lifestyle, and renewable energy.
- The New Rules Project - Designing Rules As If Community Matters.
- Southwest Windpower - Renewable Energy Made Simple.
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Useful Documents
- Definition of Sound/Noise (775kb pdf)
- GE Wind Turbine Noise Documentation (150kb pdf)
- GE Turbine Sound Level Report, West Hill NY (300kb pdf)
- The Town of Union, Wisconsin, Large Wind Ordinance (6 Mb pdf)
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