Gov. Peter Shumlin has named a new commission to consider ways to improve how energy projects are sited and approved in Vermont. The governor's executive order follows increasingly contentious debate over large-scale wind projects.

Governor Peter Shumlin has set up an independent commission to review the siting of electric power generating projects, including wind farms.

The future of wind power in the state has become a key issue in the race for Lt. Governor. Incumbent Republican Phil Scott supports a two year moratorium on all major wind developments, while Cassandra Gekas, who is running as both the Democratic and Progressive candidate, thinks it's a mistake to impose a moratorium at this time.

The town of Newark has amended its town plan to make clear that it does not support industrial wind development.

State regulators have delivered strong words of warning to developers of a Georgia Mountain wind project. The company has admitted it has violated conditions of its state permit. And the Public Service Board is considering imposing penalties.

A wind power developer in Georgia has dropped a court order against property owners who moved within a safety zone as construction work was scheduled to start.

Plans for a wind power project in Vermont's Essex County are on hold.

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Six anti-wind protesters went on trial in Newport on Wednesday. The so-called "Lowell six" are charged with criminal trespassing last December on land leased to Green Mountain Power for the construction of wind turbines on Lowell Mountain.

Six people accused of blocking a construction road leading to a wind power project at the top of Lowell Mountain are expected in court today.

Town officials in Castleton are considering a public vote on a commercial wind power project proposed for a prominent ridgeline.

A tractor-trailer carrying wind turbine equipment for the Kingdom Community Wind project in Lowell has tipped over on Interstate 91.

The battle over wind energy development in the Northeast Kingdom enters a new phase this week as regulators consider appeals of environmental permits.

Vermont utility regulators say a wind power developer can re-apply for a permit to build an industrial scale wind turbine on a hilltop not far from the Canadian border in Derby Line.

In the town of Derby, right near the Canadian border, that debate over wind power has spilled over into angry words, allegations of slander and defamation, and a possible lawsuit.

Opponents of what would be Vermont's largest ridgeline wind development are trying to stop the project while it's still in the planning stage. The early skirmishes involve wind testing equipment planned for the northern Caledonia County town of Newark.

In Vermont, more than a dozen industrial wind projects are operating, under construction or proposed. While surveys indicate that a majority of Vermonters support wind energy, projects across the state are meeting with vocal opposition. We look at the state's relationship to wind, and whether, and where, it fits in Vermont.

In Vermont, more than a dozen industrial wind projects are either operating, under construction or proposed. While surveys indicate that a majority of Vermonters support wind energy, projects across the state are meeting with vocal opposition. We look at the state's relationship to wind, and whether, and where, it fits in Vermont.

A wind farm proposal on a ridgeline that includes the Grandpa's Knob peak is drawing fire from many local residents. 

The developer of a wind project proposed for Derby Line is pulling the plug on one of two turbines planned for sites on a pair of farms near the Canadian border. 

A proposal to erect two large wind turbines in Derby Line, on two different farms, is running into harsh resistance-especially from Canadians who say the turbines are too close to their properties.

Newport Daily Express reporter Laura Carpenter on a proposed wind project in Derby Line, and the opposition from the town and its neighbors in Stanstead, Quebec.

At a select board meeting in Derby, approximately 50 people were present when the town's ad hoc Wind Committee submitted their unanimous recommendation that the Select Board oppose the proposed Derby Wind Line project.

These were some of the voices in the news this week.

An environmental group is appealing a decision by the U.S. Forest Service that would allow the construction of 15 wind turbines in the towns of Searsburg and Readsboro.