Find out how the Popular Party of Galicia (Europe) use and promt NIMBY groups for electoral puropses. By Guillem López. Read more

"A state government push for 93,000 extra dwellings to be built on the Sunshine Coast by 2031 will be challenged by the local council.
The council's submission to the draft South East Queensland Regional Plan makes it clear that planning should be based around a carrying capacity rather than an arbitrary figure.
Planning head councillor Russell Green said yesterday that the council would challenge the state government to be stronger and firmer on development and to base growth on the capacity of the land to meet the objective of a vibrant, green and diverse region.
Mayor Bob Abbot said development at any cost was no longer an option." By Bill Hoffman. Read more

"An anonymous group of Missoula city property owners want to put a stop to the process of updating the City’s zoning regulations.
Earlier this week the group began circulating a petition (click here for the PDF) that asks property owners to sign a formal “notice of protest” to the consolidated draft version of the zoning code."  By Peter Metcalf. Read more

"DC United is desperate for a new stadium. No head way was made on a stadium in the District, and now the club's dreams have been summarily dashed by Prince George's County. Rumors abound that other options may present themselves, though nothing concrete has been reported. [...] NIMBY folks are everywhere, of course, and while stadiums still get built in spite of them, it certainly makes the process more difficult. While at least one councilman in the county supports talking to United, it's not necessarily a guarantee that anything will happen. Still, it's the best United fans have at the moment." By Jason. Read more

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GE "discontinued" its offshore "prototype" 3.6 MW wind turbine that is specified by Cape Wind. Senior VP of Vestas Peter Kruse states, "the only way forward is more turbines in virgin ground onshore", and, “Politicians want offshore so they can avoid the Nimby discussion, but they are allowing a tiny minority to force the rest of the population to pay double for renewable energy.” Shell Wind has announced it will no longer invest in offshore wind as it's, "not economic".
By Barbara Durkin, independent wind energy researcher. Read more

"Federal Department of Commerce on Monday dealt a major defeat to Broadwater Energy's four-year-old plan to locate a liquefied natural gas terminal and processing plant in the middle of Long Island Sound, upholding New York state's earlier ruling disallowing the project because it would not comply with coastal projection laws.
"For all practical purposes, it's over. They're dead," said Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, one of the groups that led the grassroots opposition in both Connecticut and Long Island." By Judy Benson. Read more

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When NIMBY interests meet infill needs the results aren't pretty. When infill meets established neighborhoods, it gets ugly as well. The problem that established neighborhoods primarily populated by relatively wealthy residents butts up against is that the neighborhood design that they are trying so desperately to protect, is not the type of neighborhood design that's conducive to a 'dense, urban environment' that they claim to be promoting. [...] This NIMBY mentality forces 'infill' into one of two areas, neither of which is ideal for residential development. The first option is to shoe-horn residents into a former business district.[...] The second option, one favored by Houston's transit authority (and their boosters), is to try and force developers to invest in blighted areas previously deemed unattractive by market forces.By Cory Corw. Read more

Sir Norman NIMBY have recently launched this new blog,  a good way to take some profit from the local battles against development. Sir Norman is doubtless the personification of NIMBYism. Read more

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