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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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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It’s not your place, Mr. Stevens

Posted on 02/22/2012 by

Kris showing off his karate moves

by Barbara Ashbee, Orangeville Banner

I am following the letters from Kristopher Stevens, executive director of Ontario Sustainable Energy Association, a wind lobby group, to the mayors of Amaranth and Melancthon.  I recall there were a number of requests to have senior ministry officials from the province meet with council about some very serious issues in a local wind project and instead they sent district office staff that acknowledged the problems but could not offer any answers when it came to policy questions or mitigation of problems. Continue reading →

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Asphodel-Norwood Council supports turbine moratorium

Posted on 02/22/2012 by

by Mark Hoult, Community Press
Asphodel-Norwood — Council here wants Queen’s Park to put in place a one-year moratorium on the construction of industrial wind turbines in the province. Council last week joined a growing list of municipalities supporting the Municipality of Arran-Elderslie’s resolution calling on the province to “invoke an immediate moratorium” until concerns about the impact of wind farms on human health, property values, the rural landscape and wildlife habitats have been addressed.  Read article
Note: Strathroy-Caradoc also voted in favour of a moratorium on turbines yesterday.

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