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National Wind Watch: Wind Energy News- Turbines complicate sales of abutting homes
- Anger at wind-farm loophole
- BLM approves major project that critics say threatens California condors
- Castle & Cooke moving forward with Hawaii ‘Big Wind’ project
- “Historic” energy bill clears legislative committee, 12-1
- Suffolk coast Galloper offshore windfarm given go-ahead
- Hundreds attend public hearing on turbines
- Lambton Shores ‘not a willing host’ to turbines
- Industrial Wind Action: News Watch
- Turbines complicate sales of abutting homes
- ‘Historic' energy bill clears Maine legislative committee, 12-1
- Castle & Cooke moving forward with Hawaii ‘Big Wind' project
- Germany must 'spread cost of energy shift fairly'
- Urgent call to tear down school-based turbines
- Hundreds attend public hearing on turbines
- £1.5 million paid to shut down new Scottish wind farm
- Payback gone with the wind: Turbine not producing as much energy as expected
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Category Archives: Ontario government
Lambton Shores ‘not a willing host’ to turbines
Sarnia Lambton Independent Lambton Shores Council has joined dozens of municipalities which say they are ‘not willing hosts’ to industrial wind turbines. Municipalities have had little say in the planning of the projects since the province brought in the Green … Continue reading
McGuinty’s turbine legacy on display in Haldimand
Seen south of Selkirk, Haldimand County (one block west of where the bald eagle nest was cut by NextEra Energy).
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wpd Napier Wind up for 45 day public comment period
Environmental Registry – SUBMIT COMMENT Description of Instrument: This posting is for a proposed Renewable Energy Approval by wpd Napier Wind Incorporated, for the Napier Wind project, proposed to be located at 27904 Brown Road, Township of Adelaide Metcalfe, County … Continue reading
UN Convention on Rights of the Child & Canada’s Role: Part 6- The Right to Rest & Leisure
Wind Victims Ontario Canada played an instrumental role in drafting and promoting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention outlines the responsibilities governments have to ensure a child’s right to survival, healthy development, protection and participation … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Government, Ethics, Health, Human Rights, Ontario government
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Yet another permit to destroy bobolinks & meadowlarks (& their habitat) – way to go NextEra…
Environmental Registry – SUBMIT COMMENT Rationale for Exemption to Public Comment: This proposal is exempted by Ontario Regulation 681/94 under the Environmental Bill of Rights as a classified proposal for an instrument, because the species for which the permit is … Continue reading
The Winds Are Changing
by Eric Nixon, Hayter-Walden Publications Forget everything you’ve ever heard about industrial wind turbines. Forget about the fact that some people can’t sleep because of them. Or that they cause property devaluations by up to 50%. Or that they’re a … Continue reading
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May 17th at the ERT: Nikki Horton
Report on May 17th ERT Hearing on Health Appeal by Henri Garand, APPEC The Environmental Review Tribunal heard the testimony of Nicole Horton, whose family resides near the Kruger wind project. The hearing concluded with arguments on the admissibility of … Continue reading
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May 16th at the ERT: Helen Fraser
Report on May 16th ERT Hearing on Health Appeal, by Paula Peel, APPEC The Environmental Review Tribunal heard the testimony of Helen Fraser, who used to live near the Melancthon project, and of a pre-turbine witness, County resident Dr. Karen … Continue reading
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May 15th at the ERT: Lisa Michaud
Report on May 15th ERT Hearing on Health Appeal, by Henri Garand APPEC The Environmental Review Tribunal heard the testimony of Lisa Michaud, whose family resides near the Kent-Breeze wind project, the subject of the 2011 Chatham-Kent ERT appeal. Examination … Continue reading
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“Protect my son from harm”
Health Canada_Risks to Children: Correia May 15 2013
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PEC ERT transcripts
Partial Transcripts from the PEC ERT hearings – ERT Notes
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Is Wynne the real deal?
Lorrie Goldstein, Sun News Will Premier Kathleen Wynne have the political courage to admit the painfully obvious fact that Dalton McGuinty’s experiment with green energy has been an unmitigated disaster for Ontario? After all, without personally blaming the former premier, … Continue reading
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Unhealthy setback
The Times Stephana Johnston retired to a small rural community on the north shore of Lake Erie after a career in teaching. Her newfound home was quiet, peaceful and friendly. She imagined she would live out her days in Clear … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Review Tribunal, Health
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Q & A with Hudak on wind turbines
London Free Press (video) Q: You’ve talked about putting a moratorium on new wind-farm developments. Would that extend to projects already approved and not yet built? Where would the line be? They’ve got about 10,000 contracts that are somewhere in … Continue reading
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Ontario cabinet ministers told to smooth out wind turbine conflict ….whatever
Toronto Star Four Ontario cabinet ministers have been given the job of devising ways to give local residents more say in where renewable energy projects like wind farms can be located. It’s a politically urgent task for the Liberals, who … Continue reading
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Windpower no matter what—even if it means killing eagle habitat?
Matt McEachran, Lambton Shield I don’t know about you, but I’m one of those people that like to pay a lot more for my hydro; it’s a small price to pay to save the environment. Hundreds of thousands of jobs … Continue reading
NextEra Durham Wind project up for 45 day comment period
Environmental Registry Description of Instrument: This posting is for a proposed Renewable Energy Approval by East Durham Wind, Inc. (NextEra Energy Canada), for the East Durham Wind Energy Centre, proposed to be located in the Municipality of West Grey, Grey … Continue reading
Bow Lake Wind Farm up for 45 day public comment
Comments DUE JUNE 27 Environmental Registry – submit comments This posting is for a proposed Renewable Energy Approval (REA) by Nodin Kitagan Limited Partnership and Nodin Kitagan 2 Limited Partnership, by its General Partners Shongwish Nodin Kitagan GP Corp. and … Continue reading
ERT Hearings Resume – May 14th – 9:30 AM
APPEC The Ostrander Point ERT (APPEC) Appeal resumes on Tuesday May 14th – 9:30 AM – at the Sophiasburgh Town Hall in Demorestville, Ontario. 3 residents of Ontario, who continue to suffer the effects of Industrial Wind Turbines, operating too … Continue reading
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Health study should be complete before province moves ahead, Plympton-Wyoming mayor says
Sarina Observer Is the Ontario government trying to make peace with rural communities on the controversial issue of industrial wind turbines? It’s certainly a question being asked after the province recently announced plans to improve how large energy projects are … Continue reading
Human health brought forward to the ERT
Belleville Intelligencer DEMORESTVILLE — Monica Elmes insists some of her quality of life has gone with the wind since a large wind turbine farm started tapping wind energy near her Ridgetown, Ont. farm three years ago. Elmes made the statements … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental Review Tribunal, Health, Legal, Ontario government
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Testimony of Monica Elmes – May 9th ERT hearing
Alliance to Protect Prince Edward County Monica Elmes, the first of APPEC’s witnesses, described the experience of living near the 20 wind turbines visible from her home. Her family had been approached about participating in the wind project, but research … Continue reading
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Adventures in Wonderland
Rick Conroy, Wellington Times After many, many hours of expert testimony from dozens of witnesses, the Environmental Review Tribunal examining the decision to approve an industrial wind turbine project at Ostrander Point is shifting gears this week, turning from plants … Continue reading
Power plant cancellations: Green Energy Act looms behind gas plant mess
Andy Frame, Toronto Star Former premier Dalton McGuinty told a legislative committee this week that “there was a faulty selection process for gas plant sites and they were wrongly located and had to be shut down.” But that faulty process … Continue reading
Posted in Green Energy Act, Ontario government
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“Regional energy planning” a plan of inaction, says MPP Pettapiece
MPP Randy Pettapiece May 8, 2013 (Queen’s Park) – The Liberal government is promising to improve “how the province plans and builds large energy infrastructure projects going forward” by introducing what it calls regional energy planning. But their plan is … Continue reading
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Tribunal focus on health effects continues Thursday
Countylive.ca Discussions at the Environmental Review Tribunal Tuesday have postponed witness testimony to Thursday, May 9, starting at 9:30 a.m. There will not be a hearing Wednesday. The appeal to the Environmental Review Tribunal, filed by the Alliance to Protect … Continue reading
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Save the Bornish Eagles Gathering
NexTerror cut down one eagle nest in Ontario already this year, and are eying up another at the Bornish project that was just approved last week. Please come with your friends, neighbours and family to the Save the Bornish Eagles … Continue reading
FOI Reveals Ontario Gov’t Reviewing Options to Downsize Wind Development
Tom Adams Energy Documents obtained through Freedom of Information, although heavily redacted, reveal that late last year the Ontario government was looking for options to downsize its troubled wind power development program and also trying to cover its tracks. One … Continue reading
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