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Former Microsoft Canada President: Wireless is “biggest modern health threat”

Well-known as the leader of Microsoft Canada, Frank Clegg’s latest article “INVISIBLE THREAT: The Link Between Wireless Radiation and a Host of Serious Illnesses” is published in the February 1 issue of Vitality Magazine http://vitalitymagazine.com/article/invisible-threat/ Clegg co-founded Canadians for Safe … Continue reading →

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Hacking the “smart” home

On TV, advertisements show people using their mobile devices, including Smart Phones and iPads, to unlock doors, monitor cameras inside homes, and change settings on appliances inside homes so conveniently. Being promotional pieces, they do not reveal the downsides. Former … Continue reading →

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Fraudulent claim: Smart Meters will save energy

Question: Why did the utility industry buy in so readily to the supposedly revenue-cutting Smart Meter program? This program is hyped as helping consumers manage and reduce energy use. Answer: The Smart Meter program is a revenue-generating program. Smart Meters … Continue reading →

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Video: Smart Meter privacy violations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8JNFr_j6kdI Smart Meter privacy violations Video (4 minutes)

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WHO KNEW? The Wireless Smart Meter Meltdown

Perspective by Cindy Sage, Sage Associates December, 2013 Excerpts: How could one bad idea so completely galvanize such enormous and widespread public resistance? It is really quite stunning how a single failed corporate/governmental strategy could backfire so rapidly and so … Continue reading →

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Support Maine legal fight on Smart Meter safety

Maine Coalition to Stop Smart Meters P.O. Box 43 Richmond, ME 04357 207-797-3716 dgforever57@gmail.com January 28, 2014 Our precedent-setting Maine investigation into the safety of smart meters continues with the recent filing of final legal briefs at the Public Utilities … Continue reading →

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More Smart Meter fires?

Palm Springs, California — Greg Lee, KESQ News Channel 3 & CBS Local 2, reported January 21, 2014: “Firefighters plan to be on scene at the Sunrise Villas all night because of another flare-up in one of the condos.  The … Continue reading →

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Media Blackout on Smart Meter Dangers

http://memoryholeblog.com/2014/01/21/media-blackout-on-smart-meter-dangers/ James F. Tracy, January 21, 2014 Major power utilities continue to deploy “smart” electrical meters on businesses and private residences throughout the United States and Canada. Yet those in North America and elsewhere remain in the dark on the … Continue reading →

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Time-of-use pricing considered in California

Update, 1/22/14: Nevada legislators have already taken action on this issue. In 2013, they passed a law (AB 173) stating that time-of-use rates can only be optional for consumers. TOU rates cannot be mandated by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada. … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles Water and Power provides free opt-out

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has agreed to provide a no-cost Smart Meter opt-out for customers, the first utility company in California to do so. Excerpt from the LADWP letter to a customer: “Customers in the Smart … Continue reading →

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