HEATHER BOA Bullet News
CARLOW – A public open house hosted by three companies that have partnered to build a 270-MW wind energy project on a rural landscape north of Goderich was punctuated by whistle blowing, shouting and cat-calls from placard-carrying demonstrators tonight.
The public open house was held as part of the Renewable Energy Approval process required before the Ministry of the Environment will issue the green light for a partnership of Capital Power Corp., Pattern Renewable Holdings Canada ULC and Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. to build the K2 Wind Farm.
A handful of wind energy opponents clustered around management from Capital Power outside the Masonic Lodge in Carlow, in taunting challenges of the company’s involvement in oil sands projects in Alberta and calls such as “oink, oink, oink” and “go home.” Others sat in lawn chairs under the shade of trees or chatted in small groups in the gravel parking lot. A road closure sign typically reserved for winter storms blocked traffic at the corner of County Road 1 and County Road 25 in Carlow. It was later replaced by a police cruiser and officer who directed traffic. A few farm tractors and vehicles lined the narrow road shoulder from Carlow to a point north beyond the hall. Read article
Is anyone else picking-up the tone of this article? The writer is a former employer of a wind turbine developer in Kincardine.
Pat, I agree 100%, she’s always written really good articles that have interested me on many subjects around Goderich, but this one falls far short. I did not realize Heather Boa was a former employer of a wind turbine developer, but it comes across in this report. I’m debating whether to leave her webpage of Bullet News on my bookmarks.
I’d like to see comments from the Goderich Lions Club, as I understand the Lions member who brought the food yesterday had the understanding that the BBQ was for the protesters, so he left promptly when he realized it wasn’t. But rest assured the next Lions member I see, I’ll be questioning them.
Heather Boa’s noticeable bias is likely because she was “communications manager for a wind energy company”, as stated in the “About the Author” info below the article.
Indicating that only a few approached the developer with questions completely ignores the fact that people have been asking for the last 6 years questions that never get answered or detracted by answering with statements such as “would you prefer a gas, coal or nuclear plant in your backyard”. This kind of finger pointing avoids the real issue of whether things like wind can actually replace the need for gas, coal or any other conventional form of energy. WHICH IT CAN”T Wind developers MO is to deny, denigrade, detract and confuse the public while carrying a smile.
Looks to me like there are 90 not too bright farmers here that signed these leases..They only care about one thing, and it’s not their neighbors..Those are the people that need to be re-educated, IMHO…But,, too late for that now, maybe….Maybe not…
So far have not seen anyone with a sign urging the public to boycott Samsung products? Or Scott products?
There is a better artical in the Goderich Signal Star today 18th July 2012 with LOTS of pictures!