Shelburne residents out in force to repel industrial scale wind

Springfield’s WWLP Channel 22 News captured the scene at Shelburne’s annual town meeting where a moratorium was unanimously approved along with zoning bylaws limiting turbines to small scale use. Reporters Yoojin Cho, Matt Caron and Joyce Ogirri reported on the issue leading up to a midnight vote.

The Friends of Mt. Massaemet had held an information series over the winter months, bringing the film Windfall as well as speakers on health impacts, property value decline, and environmental concerns.