{"id":17642,"date":"2011-10-12T13:56:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T17:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/static\/?p=17642"},"modified":"2012-02-03T06:32:06","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T11:32:06","slug":"senator-worried-about-wts-calls-for-turbine-moratorium-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2011\/senator-worried-about-wts-calls-for-turbine-moratorium-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator, worried about WTS, calls for turbine moratorium (Wisconsin)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><h4><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wbay.com\/global\/video\/videoplayer.js?rnd=814033;hostDomain=www.wbay.com;playerWidth=630;playerHeight=355;isShowIcon=true;clipId=6337330;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=overlay\"><\/script><br \/>\nState Senator Lasee introduces bill to ban wind turbines in Wisconsin. \u00a0Says research is needed to show wind farms are safe<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00b7<\/span><br \/>\n&#8212;Doug Schneider, <a onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.wisinfo.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=2011110110429','','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=1000,height=1000,left='+(screen.availWidth\/2-500)+',top='+(screen.availHeight\/2-500)+'');return false;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wisinfo.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=2011110110429\" target=\"_blank\">Green Bay Press-Gazette<\/a>\u00a0(10\/11\/11)<\/p>\n<p>Glenmore, Wisconsin&#8212;The sights and sounds outside her son\u2019s window made Sarah Cappelle consider something once unthinkable: Trying to sell the home in which her family has lived for generations.<\/p>\n<p>The two-story house off Glenmore Road has become less dream, more nightmare since wind turbines were erected in 2010 on farmland just to the southeast.<\/p>\n<p>Worries about the effects of the structures prompted Cappelle and husband Dave to stand in support Monday as state Sen. Frank Lasee, R-Ledgeview, proposed a state ban on wind-turbine construction until studies have deemed the turbines don\u2019t harm humans and animals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not fair to put something so noisy and so large so close to people, unless you can be sure it\u2019s safe,\u201d Lasee said.<\/p>\n<p>A bill he introduced Monday would declare a moratorium on construction of wind farms until the state Public Service Commission is in possession of a report that ensures turbines like those dotting the landscape in this southern Brown County town don\u2019t cause health problems. He wasn\u2019t sure if the bill would gain the support needed for passage in the chamber, but said proposing it is the right thing to do.<\/p>\n<p>Wind farms have prompted passionate debate, but limited agreement, on their long-term impacts on humans. And lack of regulatory agreement in Wisconsin, particularly on the issue of how far a turbine must be from a property line, has tempered developers\u2019 enthusiasm about erecting wind farms. A corporation earlier this year scrapped plans for a 100-turbine development in the Morrison-Glenmore area.<\/p>\n<p>Backers of wind energy say it is a clean, safer alternative to coal and nuclear energy, pointing to the fact that they don\u2019t consume fuel and don\u2019t produce ash or other waste. They also say wind-development could create thousands of jobs in technology and construction. Opponents say turbines can be noisy, unsightly, problematic for birds and bats and, most important, cause vertigo and sleep disorders. Concerns are growing about a condition labeled \u201cwind-turbine syndrome,\u201d and a daylight phenomenon called \u201cshadow flicker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regulators say the state\u2019s wind developments are safe, and that they fall within noise-emission limits.<\/p>\n<p>The Cappelles believe their toddler son\u2019s inability to sleep, their 6-year-old\u2019s recurring ear infections and Sarah\u2019s never-ending colds are a product of the Shirley Wind development near their home.<\/p>\n<p>They say that family members had never had health problems until the turbine near their house went into service last fall. That prompted consultation with a real estate agent \u2014 where they learned that no one likely would pay fair market value for a house with a view of a wind turbine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mother grew up here. My grandmother was here for 50 years,\u201d Sarah Cappelle said. \u201cThis is where I always wanted to raise our kids. But now, I\u2019m not sure if we should stay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lasee said he knows of at least three Glenmore-area families who have left their homes because of health problems that, while not formally diagnosed, didn\u2019t appear until nearby turbines went on-line.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Senator Lasee introduces bill to ban wind turbines in Wisconsin. \u00a0Says research is needed to show wind farms are safe \u00b7 &#8212;Doug Schneider, Green Bay Press-Gazette\u00a0(10\/11\/11) Glenmore, Wisconsin&#8212;The sights and sounds outside her son\u2019s window made Sarah Cappelle consider something once unthinkable: Trying to sell the home in which her family has lived for generations. The two-story house off Glenmore Road has become less dream, more nightmare since wind turbines were erected in 2010 on farmland just to the southeast. Worries about the effects of the structures prompted Cappelle and husband Dave to stand in support Monday as state Sen. Frank Lasee, R-Ledgeview, proposed a state ban on wind-turbine construction until studies have deemed the turbines don\u2019t harm humans and animals. \u201cIt\u2019s not fair to put something so noisy and so large so close to people, unless you can be sure it\u2019s safe,\u201d Lasee said. A bill he introduced Monday would declare a moratorium on construction of wind farms until the state Public Service Commission is in possession of a report that ensures turbines like those dotting the landscape in this southern Brown County town don\u2019t cause health problems. He wasn\u2019t sure if the bill would gain the support needed for passage in the chamber, but said proposing it is the right thing to do. Wind farms have prompted passionate debate, but limited agreement, on their long-term impacts on humans. And lack of regulatory agreement in Wisconsin, particularly on the issue of how far a turbine must be from a property line, has tempered developers\u2019 enthusiasm about erecting wind farms. A corporation earlier this year scrapped plans for a 100-turbine development in the Morrison-Glenmore area. Backers of wind energy say it is a clean, safer alternative to coal and nuclear energy, pointing to the fact that they don\u2019t consume<a href=\"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/2011\/senator-worried-about-wts-calls-for-turbine-moratorium-wisconsin\/#rdmore\" >Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,170],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17642"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windturbinesyndrome.com\/static\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}