Multi‐Municipal Working Group responds to ROMA

Posted on 02/23/2012 by

Letter to ROMA from Multi-Municipal Wind Turbine Working Group Comprised of Elected Officials from Bruce, Dufferin, Grey, Huron, Perth and Wellington CountiesTo all ROMA members and Conference delegates:

Yesterday’s letter from the Board of Directors of ROMA requires clarification. The people who are going to be walking out on Premier Dalton McGuinty are not some radical‐fringe opponents of Green Energy but rather members of your Association who have actual firsthand experience in dealing with the impact of industrial wind turbines on our communities.

With all due respect for ROMA’s past successes, industrial wind turbines are the largest planning issue currently facing many municipalities across rural Ontario. The Green Energy Act stripped the municipalities of their planning authority to respond to the concerns of their citizens. People are getting sick and are being forced from their homes. Citizens are banding together and taking every means possible to resist new turbine developments. Municipal Councils are now caught between valid local concerns and a provincial policy that is out of touch with what is actually happening in rural Ontario. Continue reading →

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Lisa Thompson to bring forward private member bill

Posted on 02/17/2012 by

Please take a moment!  Before the Bill is presented, we need to send 1,000 letters to all MPPs CLICK HERE.

Lisa Thompson

Thursday March 8th, MPP for Huron-Bruce, Lisa Thompson will bring forward a Private Member’s Bill at Queen’s Park calling on the legislature to pass a moratorium on further wind turbine development until there is a health effects study completed, and the results addressed.  

  • Print off  PETITION and circulate in your communities.
  • Support at Queen’s Park that day would be appreciated.
  • Status Feb 23rd:   807 letters sent to date
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Prince council wants to knock wind out of Green Energy Act

Posted on 02/23/2012 by

Passes resolutions that target negative aspects of wind energy, emphasize urge to regain voice in deciding whether renewable energy projects built within its boundaries
By Marguerite LaHaye, Sault Star
When Prince Township Coun. Amy Zuccato takes aim against the Green Energy Act, her council colleagues don’t joke about tilting at windmills. At Zuccato’s urging, they agreed at February’s regular meeting to adopt two resolutions that target the negative aspects of wind energy and underline the goal of many municipalities to regain their voice in deciding whether renewable energy projects are built within their boundaries.  Read article

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Huron East supports new push for wind moratorium

Posted on 02/23/2012 by

By Susan Hundertmark, Huron Expositor
Huron East is supporting a resolution from Arran-Elderslie again asking the premier of Ontario to declare a moratorium on the construction of industrial wind turbines until the concerns of rural communities are addressed. But, Huron East councillors have not agreed to walk out on the premier at the ROMA/OGRA conference on Feb. 26 if the moratorium is not announced before the conference begins. Read article

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National Post editorial board: European energy lessons for Dalton McGuinty

Posted on 02/22/2012 by

National Post Editorial Board
The failure of green-energy policies throughout Europe provides an important lesson for Canadian politicians — especially Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and his fellow Liberals, who have rushed headlong into green alternatives such as wind, solar and biofuel with as much enthusiasm (and taxpayer money) as any government in North America.  Read article

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ROMA attempts to quash walkout on McGuinty

Posted on 02/22/2012 by

Open letter to ROMA Conference delegates
To all members and Conference delegates,
In recent weeks, opponents of the Green Energy Act, and wind power in particular, have proposed that delegates walk‐out on Premier McGuinty at the 2012 ROMA OGRA Conference, unless a moratorium is placed on wind turbines. While ROMA appreciates the concern and frustration that inspired this proposal, it believes the proposal is short‐sighted. Continue reading →

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Turbines drone on – ignored at all levels

Posted on 02/22/2012 by

by David Libby, Chatham Daily News
SIR: In response to your recent articles concerning the hundreds of new industrial wind turbines for Chatham Kent, the people who do not yet have turbines in their area should know the turbines are extremely loud. The Ontario government and the wind companies claim a 40-decibel limit is in place. I believe that never in Ontario has this regulation been enforced. Continue reading →

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300 Concerned citizens attend wind turbine meeting in Grand Bend

Posted on 02/22/2012 by

David Colling

by Scott Nixon, Exeter Times Advocate
GRAND BEND – Those interested and concerned about the several large-scale wind turbine projects planned for the region packed the Grand Bend Public School gym last Thursday for an information meeting presented by the Middlesex-Lambton Wind Action Group (MLWAG). Guest speakers presented information on the health concerns of humans living near wind turbines, the impact on the environment, real estate values and electrical pollution. Continue reading →

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