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Turning our Money into Green Jobs
Published on 2011-07-06 05:57:50
Those 114 permanent jobs will cost the ratepayers of Ontario about $2.5-million each for 19 of the next 20 years of the contracts that the OPA has signed. by Parker Gallant July 4th was another “green “ jobs creation day … Continue reading > read more
Lambton Shores wind projects inch forward; rural residents divided
Published on 2011-07-05 18:31:48
By Cathy Dobson, The Sarnia Observer News that the Liberal government is giving a FIT, or Feed-In Tariff, to two large wind turbine projects near her family farm, has jolted Dona Stewardson out of “activist retirement.” “This is an > read more
More wind power propels Ontario’s election fight
Published on 2011-07-04 19:01:55
List of Projects Offered July 4, 2011 by Jonathan Sher, London Free Press Excerpt: But in Essex County, on a farm in Harrow just 640 metres from a wind turbine, Collette McLean says it’s Ontarians and their wallets that are … Continue readi > read more
Grey Highlands Citizens Challenge Government in Court on Wind Power
Published on 2011-07-04 18:58:28
Preserve Grey Highlands Citizens Alliance Inc. has filed a judicial review application in the Ontario Divisional Court challenging the issuance of a Certificate of Approval by the Ministry of the Environment for the Plateau Wind Project near Beaver V > read more
Environmental Defence is mad — as a hatter
Published on 2011-07-03 21:19:11
Stop Trillium Foundation Abuse by Ezra Levant, Toronto Sun Excerpt: Here’s the crazy part. The Canadian government gives these lobbyists charitable status. Seriously. They get to issue tax receipts for donations for these things: Environmental prot > read more
Help Us Take Down the Dalton Gang
Published on 2011-07-03 14:29:32
Ontario Green Plan will cost us all
Published on 2011-07-02 08:00:59
By Rick Fuschi, The Windsor Star The threatened termination of activities by solar hardware manufacturers is surprising but ultimately inevitable. The entire renewable energy industry is anchored on a quicksand foundation, stabilized only by bales of > read more
Explicit cautionary notice to those responsible for wind turbine siting decisions
Published on 2011-07-01 19:32:24
Author: Waubra Foundation, Australia Download document Including Specifically Directors of Wind Developers, Publicly Elected Officials from Federal, State and Local Government, and Bureaucrats in Relevant Departments BE ADVISED that, as a result > read more
Letter from impacted residents hand delivered to Tim Hudak
Published on 2011-07-01 12:24:57
Dear Mr. Hudak: Please see the attached letters. The first is from [Son] who is the son of [Mother]. [Mother's] signature is on the second letter. This correspondence is representative of what is happening in industrial wind projects in Ontario. R > read more
Dr. Robert Y. McMurtry to recieve the Order of Canada
Published on 2011-07-01 09:19:17
Congratulations, Dr. McMurtry and thank you for all you have done to promote responsible health care in Canada. The Governor General of Canada OTTAWA—His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, announced today 50 > read more
Municipalities of Collingwood and Clearview voice concerns with wind project
Published on 2011-07-01 07:37:25
Simcoe.com The Town of Collingwood doesn’t want to see wind towers located near its airport. Council unanimously voted to support a resolution from the Collingwood Airport Services Board to oppose the WPD Windfarm project. The proposal – > read more
100 residents attend Dunnville meeting
Published on 2011-07-01 07:26:21
By Paul Baswick, Dunnville Chronicle If Dunnville residents don’t fight wind turbine development in Haldimand, the community will face serious health and economic repercussions. That was the message shared Thursday night with about 100 resident > read more
Comment on 58-turbine project in Haldimand-Norfolk
Published on 2011-06-30 19:28:19
Deadline: July 30, 2011 EBR Registry Number: 011-3999 Proponent: Capital Power GP Holdings Inc. Instrument Type: Approval for a renewable energy project – EPA s.47.3(1) Ministry Reference Number: 4059-8EUVDG Ministry: Mi > read more
Wind Concerns Ontario president: defeat the Liberal government
Published on 2011-06-30 05:29:59
by David Meyer, Wellington Advertiser ABOYNE-A lifelong Liberal told a large audience here on June 22 he will be voting Progressive Conservative for the first time in his life in the election this fall. John Laforet is not only a … Continue r > read more
Wind turbine issue picks up in Stayner
Published on 2011-06-29 14:19:37
by Michael Gennings, Simcoe.com STAYNER – The Township of Clearview says the province and Ontario Power Authority should consider WPD Canada’s revised wind turbine project, located just west of Stayner, a new project and not an amendment > read more
Driscoll: Shut down turbines if they interfere with farmers’ GPS systems
Published on 2011-06-29 11:53:20
by David Meyer, Wellington Advertiser MAPLETON TWP. – When township council here considered what comments to make to the province about conditions for permitting an industrial wind farm near Arthur, councillor Neil Driscoll said turbines should > read more
Haldimand Wind Concerns Yard Sale
Published on 2011-06-29 11:12:21
Saturday, July 9, from 8:30am to 12pm at 18 Main St. E., Selkirk We are looking for items that people would like to donate to help us raise funds to finance legal efforts to stop the construction of Industrial Wind Turbines … Continue reading > read more
Port Dover Canada Day Parade
Published on 2011-06-29 11:06:10
July 1st, noon @Lions Park, upper St. George, Port Dover Need parade walkers to hand out pamphlets- dress in your best red and white Canada Day outfit and bring your signs, wear your buttons. Children are welcomed but must be … Continue reading > read more
More wind farms possible in Chatham-Kent
Published on 2011-06-29 07:38:04
London Free Press MERLIN – Kruger Energy’s official launch Tuesday of its $310 million second phase wind farm may see a third phase down the road. Company president Joseph Kruger II told municipal, provincial and federal officials he̵ > read more
Australian inquiry calls for epidemiology study into turbine noise – Ontario lags far behind
Published on 2011-06-29 05:20:30
Ontario Farmer Excerpt: John Laforet, President of Wind Concerns Ontario sees this report as a good step forward. “Currently in Ontario there are no requirements for addressing wind turbine low frequency sound inside or outside homes. In fact Minis > read more
Hamilton area wind project hits airport turbulence
Published on 2011-06-29 05:13:07
by Matthew Van Dongen, Hamilton Spectator Flight safety concerns at the city airport may blow one of Canada’s largest planned wind farms out of the Hamilton area. Niagara Region Wind Corp. won a provincial green energy contract in February for R > read more
Wind power’s effects gauged
Published on 2011-06-28 19:01:19
Property Values: Company says Cape will suffer 40 percent decrease within 2 miles by Nancy Madsen, Watertown Daily News CAPE VINCENT — A Chicago-based appraiser has decided that wind turbines in the town will depress property values of homes within > read more
Wind opponents in majority, says Hanna
Published on 2011-06-28 08:42:27
By Don Crosby, Owen Sound Sun Times A majority of Ontarians now oppose wind energy, said Ian Hanna chair of Wind Concerns Ontario a provincial umbrella organization made up of groups across the province that oppose industrial wind turbines. “Pu > read more
Knowledge Concerning Wind Turbines and Health Effects Continues to Increase
Published on 2011-06-28 05:59:07
As experts around the world continue to publish information on adverse health effects from industrial wind turbines, families in this province continue to suffer serious illness from exposure to turbine installations. Yet proponents of wind turbine > read more
Liberals can take rest of summer off
Published on 2011-06-28 05:56:16
By Michael Den Tandt, Sudbury Star It’s Tim Hudak’s to lose. Indications are he doesn’t intend to. He’ll run a cautious, scripted campaign. And on Oct. 6, thanks in large part to the abject failures of Dalton McGuinty but also > read more
Turbine construction to start soon in Grey Highlands
Published on 2011-06-27 21:21:57
by Don Crosby, Owen Sound Sun Times Excerpt: Lorrie Gillis, a spokesperson for the more that 75 opponents who turned out for Monday’s meeting, praised the efforts of council for procedural delays to the wind energy project for the past … > read more
Collingwood Airport Board ready to fight wind turbine locations
Published on 2011-06-27 12:25:29
by Morgan Ian Adams, Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin Airplanes and windmills don’t mix. That’s the message the Collingwood Regional Airport board hopes to take to a public meeting in two weeks that will hear comments on the W.P.D. Wind > read more
‘Green’ jobs: Shrewd PR, bad economics
Published on 2011-06-27 09:06:20
by Stephen Gordon, Globe and Mail A common feature of many environmental programs is the idea of “green jobs”: the employment opportunities generated by a given set of proposals are presented as an additional benefit of the policy agenda. This i > read more
Urgent research should be undertaken: landmark Senate report released yesterday
Published on 2011-06-26 07:55:17
by Graham Lloyd, The Australian URGENT research should be undertaken into the potentially damaging health effects of wind farms on nearby residents, says a landmark Senate report released yesterday. In a dramatic win for residents’ groups > read more
Wind turbines in Minamiizu, Japan, voice of a resident
Published on 2011-06-25 21:30:48
Wind Turbines Hurt People
Published on 2011-06-25 17:00:02
Below is a sampling of public comments made by Ontario government authorities contrasted by public comments from an Ontario families suffering adverse health effects of wind turbines and substations being placed too close to their homes. Although the > read more
URGENT: We need your support
Published on 2011-06-25 13:18:32
Monday morning (June 27) at 10 am, Grey Highlands Council will be fighting for every council in Ontario to defend democracy and the will of the people. The council has, in good faith, put forward the public’s concerns about the … Continue rea > read more
Grey Highland Citizens to IPC: You threaten our Council, you threaten us All!
Published on 2011-06-24 18:11:13
Monday June 27th 10am – 206 Toronto Street South, Unit 1 Markdale Map It doesn’t matter where you live. Please come and help! Take Highway 10 through Flesherton to Markdale. Municipal office is on the west side of the road and > read more
Sandy McLeod – What wind turbines did to Ripley – 2009/ Part 1
Published on 2011-06-24 17:11:49
Glen Wylds- Wind turbines forced family from farm in Ripley – 2009/ Part 2
Published on 2011-06-24 17:10:56
Oak Ridges Moraine Water Protection Meeting
Published on 2011-06-24 14:41:04
New Danish study backs wind turbine noise complaints
Published on 2011-06-24 11:26:55
Stock & Land Download Study A NEWLY published peer-reviewed study from Danish University researchers into wind turbine noise confirms that newer larger turbines are emitting lower frequency noise than older turbines. Lo > read more
Australian Inquiry Calls for Epidemiology Study into Wind Turbine Noise and Health Effects
Published on 2011-06-24 10:57:46
Watch Related Video Wind Concerns Ontario responds June 24, 2011 (Toronto) – A Senate committee for the Australian government has tabled seven recommendations for moving forward with health concerns about wind turbines. A new report published > read more
We’re not buying what John Bennett of the Sierra Club is selling
Published on 2011-06-24 08:17:05
by Rick Conroy, Wellington Times Beware of folks who come to tell you the end of the world is near—they are inevitably trying to sell you something. While Harold Camping’s Judgment Day prediction, for May 21, didn’t pan out quite … Contin > read more
After five years, Ministry of Environment still does nothing to force compliance
Published on 2011-06-22 17:31:59
The Ministry of the Environment, to our knowledge, has NEVER forced compliance onto any wind company for problems arising from a complaint. All victims, that we are aware of, have received NO help from the MOE. They are ignored until … Continue > read more
Oxford County to hear from province about wind farms
Published on 2011-06-22 13:42:24
Monday, June 27, 1 pm – Oxford County Administration Building, Woodstock By Tara Bowie, Oxford Sentinel-Review WOODSTOCK– Staff members from the Ministry of Environment will be in Oxford County next week explaining the processes involved > read more
The wind industry has no vote, Dalton
Published on 2011-06-22 12:48:34
Legal action filed against Sierra Club
Published on 2011-06-22 08:46:39
Quinte News: There was a strange ending to a delegation making a presentation to Prince Edward County council’s committee of the whole yesterday. John Bennett of the Sierra Club Canada spoke to the committee in support of wind farms in … Co > read more
Blinking red lights driving you crazy?
Published on 2011-06-22 06:12:38
OCAS Inc. is pleased to announce that the first North American wind farm with an OCAS solution is now in full operation at the Talbot Wind Energy Project near Chatham, Ontario. The 98.9-MW Talbot project consists of 43 Siemens turbines. … Con > read more
Personal finances will be devastated
Published on 2011-06-22 05:19:46
Toronto Star If the ill-conceived wind turbine developments go ahead in Ontario as planned, I will not be able to afford a cup of coffee at Tim Hortons, not because of my hydro bill as Tyler Hamilton states but because … Continue reading → > read more
Green groups are not guardians of the planet, they are shakedown artists
Published on 2011-06-22 05:17:30
by Peter Foster, Financial Post Excerpt: Organizations such as ForestEthics, Greenpeace and RAN are not guardians of the planet, they are shakedown artists. They have set themselves up as “social licensers” of corporations without any licence o > read more
File a Complaint with the Ombudsman’s Office
Published on 2011-06-21 11:45:33
By Antonella Artuso, Toronto Sun The Ombudsman’s report says it is actively monitoring the appearance of wind turbines across the province following several complaints. Many people had issues with Hydro One after their bills went skyward foll > read more
Reality so vastly different from the promised land
Published on 2011-06-21 11:20:50
by Andre Den Tandt, Meaford Independent It’s a moot question whether one should laugh or cry at the notion of putting a ” WindTamer ” in Meaford Harbour. No doubt our Municipal Council wishes to show its green colours in … Con > read more
Huron County vetoes health study pitch
Published on 2011-06-21 09:33:11
By Susan Hundertmark, Clinton News Record A request to broaden the mandate for Huron County council’s Low Frequency Noise committee was denied at last Wednesday’s committee-of-the-whole meeting. Coun. Bill Siemon (Huron East) said he̵ > read more
Nature Organizations Oppose Wind Energy Project that Harms Endangered Wildlife
Published on 2011-06-21 09:15:14
“Not only will the Gilead Project destroy 1/2 to 2/3 of the site’s significant wildlife habitat, it will be in place for 25-50 years threatening the lives of birds, bats and Monarch Butterflies migrating through spring and fall, and also R > read more
Political contributions from renewable corporations to Liberal Party of Ontario
Published on 2011-06-21 08:18:36
(reprint) See how much renewable companies have contributed $$$$ directly to get the McGuinty Liberals in power to do their bidding: 2010: $140,000 2009: $108,000 2010 Acciona Infrastructures Canada $9,270 Brookfield Renewable Power Inc. $9, > read more
WCO Tour to make stop in Drayton
Published on 2011-06-21 08:14:43
Friday, June 29 8:00 pm – Truth About Turbines Tour PMD Drayton Arena, 11-33 Wellington St S, Mapleton, ON Map All Welcome! > read more
Landowners gain new strategy in turbine, highway fights
Published on 2011-06-21 06:04:10
Huron Perth Landowners Association talks patent grants By Rita Marshall. Mitchell Advocate Landowners against wind turbines and the expansion of Hwy 7/8 through Shakespeare gained ammunition June 13 at an information meeting of the Huron Perth Landow > read more
Save The Great Spirit Island
Published on 2011-06-21 05:54:34
A Traditional Pow Wow was held in South Bay Road(Doogaaning) on Wikwemikong First Nation on June 18 & 19. The Celebration of Life,dancing on Mother Earth is non competition and is held in other loc > read more
‘Unenforceable’ wind rules?
Published on 2011-06-20 17:17:04
By Chris Halliday, Orangeville Banner You should have made sure you could enforce noise limit regulations for wind turbines before deciding to approve them in Dufferin County. That’s the message anti-wind power group Wind Concerns Ontario (WCO) is > read more
Presentation to Adelaide Council Scheduled for Tonight has been Cancelled
Published on 2011-06-20 09:46:39
Quiet End to PEC Wind Presentation, Quinte News There was a strange ending to a delegation making a presentation to Prince Edward County council’s committee of the whole yesterday. John Bennett of the Sierra Club Canada spoke to the committee in su > read more
New Brunswick’s incredible wind follies
Published on 2011-06-20 06:14:00
On May 10 the third wind farm in New Brunswick went into operation near Lamèque. Promoters are – what else? – promoting the idea of building more wind farms. by Ian McQueen Telegraph Journal Columnist Ian McQueen says that while wind far > read more
Wind energy opponents urged to keep up fight
Published on 2011-06-20 03:11:05
by Denis Langlois, Owen Sound Sun Times It’s “critical” for opponents of industrial wind turbines to continue doing everything possible to “hold the wind industry back” over the next four months until the provincial elec > read more
Why Noise Matters
Published on 2011-06-19 16:11:03
Why Noise Matters – A Worldwide Perspective on the Problems, Policies and Solutions By J. Stewart with A. Bronzaft, F. McManus, N. Rodgers and V. Weedon Is noise the most neglected green issue of our age? This book argues compellingly that it > read more
Energy Policy: Design by Liberal Politicians
Published on 2011-06-19 07:12:45
By Parker Gallant Whether we knew it or not, starting with the premise expounded by Dalton McGuinty in 2003 during the election campaign when he stated he would close Ontario’s coal plants by 2007 and his oft quoted “come hell or high water w > read more
The futility of wind power
Published on 2011-06-18 19:22:05
Wind Concerns Ontario vows to topple McGuinty Liberals
Published on 2011-06-17 20:15:29
“The Liberals are the ones who made it a political issue when they pitted urban sensibilities against rural interests.” By Bill Henry, Owen Sound Sun Times A leading opponent of industrial wind turbines has been touring rural Ontario rall > read more
Wind Energy Talk in Lion’s Head
Published on 2011-06-17 19:13:11
Picture by Jordan MacKinnon Audio from Bayshore Broadcasting CKNX: About 50 Residents of the Bruce Peninsula gathered in Lion’s Head to listen to concerns about wind energy developments. The information session hosted by wind activist group > read more
Rick Johnson, Liberal MPP shouldn’t be so quick to point fingers
Published on 2011-06-17 16:18:53
My Kawartha Re: MPP wants to clear the air. MPP Rick Johnson likes to point fingers at Mr Hudak regarding poorly planned hydro policies, but how about his own government’s policies? Rick Johnson states the Ontario Clean Energy Benefit takes 10 > read more
Lake Superior Views – Ours to Protect – June 25 Tour
Published on 2011-06-17 15:50:25
Saturday, June 25, 10 am – Lake Superior Shoreline Tour Detailed Info See Tour Map below Saturday, June 25, 7 pm – Sault Ste Marie’s Grand Theatre 641 Queen St. E by Brenda Grundt Wawa News Rain or Shine! This is a call to all > read more
I guess tattooing IS a green job after all?
Published on 2011-06-17 09:44:01
McGuinty government boasts on their job creation program Ontario is helping Eikon Device Inc., a Kingston based art equipment manufacturer, create 10 (ten) new jobs! With support from the province, Eikon is expanding its facility. The company develo > read more
IESO and Wind Lobbyists Finish Blind Side Hit on Consumers
Published on 2011-06-17 08:58:30
Tom Adams Energy At the urging of wind power developers and operators in Ontario, the Independent Electricity System Operator today finalized an ugly rule change that transfers the cost of bidding wind power into the Ontario electricity system from w > read more
John Wilkinson refuses to even respond to municipality who sacrificed their community for massive wind projects
Published on 2011-06-17 08:43:05
Download 2nd Letter to Hon. John Wilkinson Amaranth Township sent a letter in April, 2011 to John Wilkinson insisting he respond to the negative impacts industrial wind turbines have had on the people of that township. It is mid June and another > read more
The whole sordid mess in a nutshell…
Published on 2011-06-17 08:04:12
Junk Science Week: The IPCC’s Greenpeace Karaoke
Published on 2011-06-16 18:38:08
UN agency’s energy report claiming 80% of world energy supply could be renewable by 2050 is based on a Greenpeace study written by one of the IPCC’s lead authors, Sven Teske By Steve McIntyre, National Post On May 9, 2011, the Intergovernmental P > read more
Bosanquet residents cautioned about wind contracts
Published on 2011-06-16 13:07:39
By Lynda Hillman-Rapley, Lakeshore Advance A meeting of more than 100 people gathered at Bosanquet school last week to hear why they should not sign contracts for proposed windfarms. On a ‘truth about turbines tour,’ John Laforet, presi > read more
Oops. Liberals afraid of losing another urban seat
Published on 2011-06-16 12:56:37
Mississauga gas-fired plant to get another environmental review San Grewal, Toronto Star With opposition mounting against a controversial gas-fired power plant recently green-lighted on the Mississauga-Etobicoke border, provincial Environment Mini > read more
Wind power no panacea
Published on 2011-06-16 12:29:36
Stratford Beacon Herald In reply to your June 10 story, Minister Says Ontario’s On Track, while Ontario’s air may contain fewer emissions of CO2, NOx and nasty particulate matter, Environment Minister John Wilkinson refuses to acknowle > read more
OPA and OSEA: Ramping it up
Published on 2011-06-16 12:10:52
By Parker Gallant The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) posted a notice on their website June 3, 2011 saying the Long Term Energy Plan (LTEP) outlined how the “Bruce to Milton transmission project will allow the OPA to offer contracts for renewable ene > read more
Province holding ratepayers in contempt over green energy charge
Published on 2011-06-16 10:48:23
John Spears, Toronto Star The Ontario government is holding electricity ratepayers in contempt as its lawyers stall a challenge to a $53.7 million green energy charge imposed last year, says the lawyer for a consumer group. Robert Warren, lawyer for > read more
Ontario inspectors don’t have technology to measure wind turbine sound, leaked e-mail complains
Published on 2011-06-15 20:30:17
by Don Butler, Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA — An agency of Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment approved two large wind farms in 2009 even though it knew the ministry couldn’t enforce noise limits set out in the approvals, says a leaked internal e-ma > read more
WCO accuses Liberals of suppressing data
Published on 2011-06-15 20:07:56
By Wes Keller, Freelance Reporter, Orangeville Citizen Wind Concerns Ontario has obtained what appears to be an internal Ministry of Environment memorandum confirming noise problems with the Melancthon wind farm, and is calling for a public inquiry. > read more
HEAT asks Huron East to respond to St. Columban wind project’s draft report
Published on 2011-06-15 14:34:42
By Susan Hundertmark, Mitchell Advocate Going through the draft project description report of the St. Columban wind project, Huron East Against Turbines (HEAT) members outlined their specific concerns about the 15-turbine project to Huron East counci > read more
MOE Admits They Will Not Enforce Noise Regulations
Published on 2011-06-15 14:30:03
(Reprint from 2009) Letter dated Sept 30, 2009 from Bill Bardswick, Director, West Central Region, MOE: Unlike typical industrial noise sources, measurement of noise from wind turbines raises technical challenges. Typical noise measurement protocol > read more
MOE outlines the script to employees on how to deal with all the complaints
Published on 2011-06-15 14:00:49
The following email was sent to several MOE employees from Michael Moroney, Executive Lead, Southwest Regional Office. From: Moroney,Michael (ENE) Sent: June 13, 2011 7:56 AM Subject: Update – Addressing Concerns from the Operation of Wind > read more
Anti-wind lobby says environment officers can’t measure noise from turbines
Published on 2011-06-15 13:11:13
Canadian Press TORONTO _ Anti-wind farm activists released leaked documents Wednesday that they say show the Ontario government cannot tell if the giant industrial turbines meet provincial noise regulations. A 2009 memo from a Ministry of Environment > read more
Health issues with wind energy a concern
Published on 2011-06-15 11:56:53
Mitchell Advocate On May 26, 2011 Pristine Power held a consultation open house at Seaforth and District Community Center. In order for them to proceed with their plans for a wind factory in the St. Columban community, this public meeting must be hel > read more
Give John Bennett of the Sierra Club the welcome he deserves
Published on 2011-06-15 09:03:00
Mr. John Bennett , Director Sierra Club Canada, will be attending the Adelaide Township Council meeting Monday June 20, 2011 at 8:00 pm . Council Chambers, Municipal Building, 2340 Egremont Drive, Strathroy Map Please be advised that township resid > read more
Lawyer says turbines in trouble if setbacks enlarged
Published on 2011-06-15 08:19:46
By Heather Young, Chatham Leader-Spirit DRESDEN – Members of the Rotary Club of Dresden recently heard from a Ridgetown lawyer who’s involved in a legal battle to keep wind turbines out of Chatham-Kent. Douglas Desmond, who is a part of C > read more
IPR-GDF Suez blatantly disregards warnings of harm to wetlands
Published on 2011-06-15 07:58:05
Ansar Gafur-Vice President-External Relations IPR-GDF Suez North America agafur@iprcanada.com Mr. Ansar Gufar, I recently received the attached notice that IPR-GDF Suez North America (formerly International Power Canada and formerly Aim PowerGen) is > read more
Leaked Memo: EAAB has knowingly issued unenforceable Certificate of Approvals
Published on 2011-06-15 06:41:48
WCO has obtained internal correspondence raising alarm bells of serious problems. It shows wind projects in Ontario were knowingly and systemically approved with NO protection or recourse for nearby residents. The internal memo dealing wi > read more
Wind developer to kill hundreds of old growth white pine and sugar maple trees
Published on 2011-06-14 19:38:36
The Chronicle Journal Re: Foulds Wants to Know Who Felled Big Trees — letter, June 11 Like Andrew Foulds, I am “both saddened and angered by the events of last weekend where a magnificent, healthy 120-year-old white pine was senselessly cut dow > read more
Junk Science Week: Lipstick, apples & sperm counts
Published on 2011-06-14 17:09:08
Activists dodge good science to maintain scaremongering — and donations By Terence Corcoran, National Post Apples contaminated by pesticides. Lipstick filled with heavy metals. Carcinogens in the water. Sperm counts that don’t add up. Welcome to > read more
Residents who live near turbines tell their story at Tilbury Meeting
Published on 2011-06-14 12:28:21
Today’s Farmer (excerpt) David Libby has two wind turbines operating behind his home in the Ridgetown area. Despite having a well-insulated house, Libby said the turbines are extremely noisy at times. “Since the first day these turbines > read more
Liberals’ electricity price break ‘perverse incentive,’ says environment commissioner
Published on 2011-06-14 10:14:46
Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star The 10 per cent break Premier Dalton McGuinty is giving Ontarians on their electricity bills was slammed Tuesday by Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller. Aimed at taking the sting out of rising hydro bills with the Oct. 6 > read more
Central Huron says no to wind
Published on 2011-06-14 09:32:07
By Cheryl Heath, Clinton News Record The Municipality of Central Huron is prepared to just say no to Industrial Wind Turbines. At the behest of a motion crafted by Coun. Burkhard Metzger, who joined council in the fall election on a platform that was > read more
Green Energy Act didn’t create jobs
Published on 2011-06-14 07:50:46
By Eric Renaud, The Windsor Star Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak pledged to end key provisions of the Ontario Green Energy Act. This is a strong statement that deserves to be applauded. Tim Hudak’s decision will likely spark debate heading into the > read more
MOE outlines the script to employees on how to deal with all the complaints
Published on 2011-06-13 21:25:49
Today, the following email was sent to several MOE employees from Michael Moroney, Executive Lead, Southwest Regional Office. If you are suffering from noise and/or health problems, expect to get a form letter similar to what is written below. > read more
Subsidizing green jobs is dumb economic policy
Published on 2011-06-13 19:51:19
by Jerry Agar, Toronto Sun In a fit of whimsical agenda over serious practicality, Green Party leader Elizabeth May told me recently we need more green jobs. Premier Dalton McGuinty, as we all know, worships “green power.” That sounds caring and > read more
Peak renewables
Published on 2011-06-13 19:47:32
Real energy pipelines are a better bet than green pipe dreams Washington Times The “peak oil” scare has long been used as an excuse for alternative-energy providers to demand government subsidies. We are told that oil production will reach a zeni > read more
Searching For Value in Ontario’s Electricity System
Published on 2011-06-13 16:04:57
Cold Air I’m constantly amazed how difficult it is to underestimate the value of generation from industrial wind turbines. I have queried hourly generation data by source ‘fuels’ to demonstrate the ‘value’ of the various > read more
WCO Truth About Turbines Tour Coming to Dunnville
Published on 2011-06-13 12:09:54
Thursday, June 30th @ 7:00 pm Truth About Turbine Tour Optimist Hall, 101 Main Street East, Dunnville Map All Welcome! > read more
(His) turbine problem is aesthetic
Published on 2011-06-13 05:44:06
by Neil Reynolds, Globe and Mail David Copperfield, the American illusionist, once made the Statue of Liberty disappear before a live audience. Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak should license this remarkable act of legerdemain and pe > read more
Communities rally to right wind projects on Manitoulin
Published on 2011-06-13 05:42:57
By RUTH FARQUHAR, Sudbury Star We are standing with our neighbours.” This simple but powerful statement was made to the Council of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands (NEMI) by Wikwemikong elder Rosemary Wakegijig as she handed over a petit > read more
Mudcat parade in Haldimand county
Published on 2011-06-12 19:54:51
McGuinty’s ‘explosion’ of green energy? Would you believe implosion
Published on 2011-06-12 19:34:23
Globe and Mail Dalton McGuinty had a dream. The Ontario Premier imagined a vibrant green-energy industry that would help ease the transition to a post-auto-manufacturing economy. He would do it by offering power producers premium rates for wind and > read more
Rural Ontario ready to kick McGuinty Liberals OUT
Published on 2011-06-12 18:02:46
Mr. McGuinty’s lowest support levels were found in rural areas — with just 17% of those polled indicating the premier would get their vote — while Mr. Hudak boasts 45% of support in the same regions. Mr. Horwath placed second in rural areas, wi > read more
550 Metre March in Chesley
Published on 2011-06-12 12:08:18
In Chesley, at 12pm, June 15th, 2011: 550 Metre March. Our march takes place from the Chesley Fire Hall to the Municipal offices as a show of solidarity with our municipal government. Mark Davis-Arran-Elderslie and Luc Charbonneau- Saugeen Shores wil > read more
US Citizens not happy about financing Canadian wind corporation
Published on 2011-06-11 13:00:33
I’m curious…is “Yabucoa” the Spanish word for rip-off? Back in February of this year, Western Wind Energy issued a news release containing this statement: The total assets of the Windstar Project as of the expected Commercial Operation Date, > read more
Exasperated planners shut wind farm down
Published on 2011-06-11 09:14:32
by Caroline McMorran Northern Times THE LOCAL authority has forced Scottish and Southern Electricity to shut down a Sutherland wind farm after the company breached planning controls by failing to deal with excessive noise from the development. People > read more
David Libby- Living with Wind Turbines in Ridgetown, ON
Published on 2011-06-11 09:02:24
David Libby lives in the once quiet area near Ridgetown, Ontario. 50 wind turbines have since started up, and the noise from these machines is now affecting his health. No form of government will help him, nor protect him. This is the very real, and > read more
MicroFIT operators left unplugged
Published on 2011-06-11 08:03:55
Some necessary upgrades to inadequate power grid are four years away by BETTER FARMING STAFF There was a time Russell Elliott thought becoming involved in Ontario’s micro feed-in tariff program was a great opportunity to invest some savings. That w > read more
Former energy minister fights power plant planned for Mississauga
Published on 2011-06-11 07:50:40
by Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star Former energy minister Donna Cansfield — who once played a key role in planning Ontario’s electricity needs — is fighting a power plant to be built northwest of Sherway Gardens mall. The natural gas-fired power sta > read more
John Wilkinson has thoroughly researched the wind issue
Published on 2011-06-10 21:13:14
In response to this article in the Toronto Sun > read more
Noisy wind turbine RES Canada Talbot wind farm
Published on 2011-06-10 20:36:35
Ontario Power Trip: Today’s forecast — higher power prices
Published on 2011-06-10 19:01:12
by Parker Gallant, Financial Post The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), who is responsible for managing the electricity grid in Ontario, in December 2010 published “design principles” for integrating renewables into the grid. The pr > read more
Breezy Debate in Lambton Shores
Published on 2011-06-10 18:57:49
103.9 FM LISTEN TO AUDIO Wind Concerns Ontario bringing their Truth About Turbines Tour to Lambton Shores..at Bosanquet Central School. While wind turbine companies have no problems selling residents on the benefits of wind generated electric > read more
McGuinty vulnerable on wind power: opponent
Published on 2011-06-10 18:54:47
By Paul Morden, The Sarnia Observer The president of Wind Concerns Ontario says Premier Dalton McGuinty and the Liberal Party are setting themselves up for an election defeat if they don’t start listening to wind farm opponents. John Laforet br > read more
2,000 petition against wind-turbines in Haldimand-Norfolk
Published on 2011-06-10 16:06:44
by Aaron Gautreau CD 98.9FM Local MPP Toby Barrett says it’s quite clear people in Haldimand-Norfolk don’t want wind-turbines in their backyard. He says over two-thousand people signed a petition showing their disproval with the turbines. P > read more
The untold cost of Ontario’s wind and solar experiments
Published on 2011-06-10 13:26:52
By Toby Barrett, Simcoe Reformer The wind tower debate has heated up in recent weeks -both in the media and at public meetings in Port Rowan, Port Dover and Hagersville. As well, Dalton McGuinty sent brochures to homes in Haldimand-Norfolk -and the r > read more
Wikwemikong present petition after drum ceremony
Published on 2011-06-10 12:24:07
The Wikwemikong Elders and youth presented two similar petitions with a total of the two petitions was 658 names presented to Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands council last evening in opposition to the Northland Power UCCMM wind project Devel > read more
Solar and wind power not so seductive when reality bites
Published on 2011-06-10 11:03:08
By Patrick Meagher, Editor of Eastern Ontario Farmers Forum I was offered an all expenses-paid trip to Germany in 2009 to tour the world’s leading green energy achievements. The tour included an ethanol plant with corn supplied by local farmers and > read more
Running scared with Green Spin
Published on 2011-06-10 09:14:56
by Parker Gallant If we could harness the energy to produce the reports, studies and new websites emanating from the environmental crowd we would truly have renewable energy. Within the last two weeks we have seen “The Real Truth About Wind Energ > read more
Enviroclowns killing Golden Eagles by continuing wind turbine fraud
Published on 2011-06-09 19:42:38
by Tony Elliott, The Cypress Times Recently it has been found that wind turbines located in the Bay Area’s Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area in California have been responsible for killing about 67 Golden Eagles a year for the last three decades > read more
Wind farm idea not sitting well with nearby First Nation
Published on 2011-06-09 19:04:43
by Rick Garrick — Wawatay News Fort William First Nation community members have given a firm and loud rejection to the Big Thunder Wind Park development plans. “Look at the crowd – this isn’t over,” said Wyatt Bannon, pointing out the more > read more
Soo-eee!
Published on 2011-06-09 14:24:54
Mapleton Township & County officials meet with head of Wind Concerns Ontario
Published on 2011-06-09 13:44:42
by Chris Daponte, Wellington Advertiser DRAYTON-Officials from Mapleton Township and Wellington County met last week with the president of Wind Concerns Ontario (WCO) to discuss the NextEra Energy wind farm application near Arthur. As part of his Ont > read more
Economic model underlying green energy not sustainable, says Guelph economist
Published on 2011-06-09 11:35:56
“The theory is that if new industries that are not competitive are subsidized they will eventually mature and be able to function on their own. The problem with that theory is that kids never grow up and leave home.” ~Dr. Glenn Fox By > read more
McGuinty Government Set To Approve Industrial Wind Turbines To Tear Up The Oak Ridges Moraine
Published on 2011-06-09 09:36:03
For Immediate Release City of Kawartha Lakes, ON – Industrial Wind Turbines Projects are set to tear up the once protected Oak Ridges Moraine. The Oak Ridges Moraine, a landform unique to southern Ontario, is one of Ontario’s largest mora > read more
Wind power no benefit to Little Current & Manitoulin Island
Published on 2011-06-09 08:57:51
by Lionel Rudd, Sudbury Star Re: “Elders Express Opposition to Wind Power Plan,” by Ruth Farqhuar It appears that Northland Power will stop at nothing to get its way to build wind farms adjacent to habitation, people and wildlife. This > read more
WCO Truth About Turbines Tour Coming to Wellington Centre
Published on 2011-06-09 08:08:05
Wednesday, June 22nd 7:30 pm – Truth About Turbines Tour Wellington County Museum – Aboyne Hall, 0536 County Road 18, Wellington Centre Map Driving Directions: From Guelph, follow Highway 6 North to Fergus. At St. Andrews St., turn West ( > read more
WCO Truth About Turbines Tour coming to Simcoe
Published on 2011-06-09 08:06:21
Tuesday, June 28th at 7:00 p.m – Truth About Turbines Tour Vittoria & District Community Centre, Simcoe Map > read more
‘High Cost of Wind’ brings together wind protestors, supporters
Published on 2011-06-09 07:14:40
By Jennifer Schleich, Kincardine News The sound of a wind turbine against a background of static rumbled on repeat through the Davidson Centre on Tuesday, May 31 during a town hall meeting on wind turbines. “Annoying, isn’t it?” sai > read more
Energy costs biggest hurdle for former minister Smitherman’s Ring of Fire bid
Published on 2011-06-08 19:33:24
By: Romina Maurino, The Canadian Press TORONTO – The biggest hurdle former Ontario energy minister George Smitherman will face trying to secure a Ring of Fire ore processor for the northern town of Greenstone are his own energy policies, critic > read more
Closer look at Clearview WPD project
Published on 2011-06-08 14:43:15
by Mariane McLeod, Bayshore Broadcasting A closer look at the wind turbine project planned for Clearview Township is on the way. WPD will hold a public meeting in July into its eight turbine project slated fo > read more
Sierra Club targetting our rural communities to sway our Councils
Published on 2011-06-08 13:25:29
The Sierra Club now finds it necessary to target our rural communities and lobby our local government officials. We might suggest sending a copy of this letter written by Jen Gilbert to your local Council to make them aware of the SierraR > read more
Clearview to hold public meeting on building fees for industrial wind
Published on 2011-06-08 11:28:35
Monday, June 27, 7 pm. 217 Gideon Street, Stayner, ON. Clearview Council has agreed to schedule a public meeting for a proposal to revise building permit fees. Township staff wants to introduce fees that would apply to large industrial scale al > read more
Japan taking McGuinty Liberals green scheme to court
Published on 2011-06-08 11:04:09
“Japan has given up direct attempts to resolve a spat over an Ontario scheme that guarantees prices for renewable energy as long as it is generated with Canadian-made equipment, Japan’s ambassador to the WTO said in a letter to the chairman of th > read more
There are savings in saving jobs
Published on 2011-06-08 10:05:01
By Jim Merriam, Owen Sound Sun Times I ‘m not against green energy. My various rants about wind turbines in this space have led some folks to believe that I’m some kind of cloak and dagger lobbyist for the coal industry. You know, stop > read more
Breaking News! Wikwemikong reject wind development plans on Manitoulin Island
Published on 2011-06-08 08:48:38
Breaking news from the Wikwemikong First Nation in their opposition to the exploitation of wind farm development (126 MW) on Mnidoo Mnising (Manitoulin Island). Statement from elder spokesperson Rosemary Wakegijig on June 7,2011 following a meeting i > read more
Dear Sierra Club (Canada): I Resign Over Your Anti-Environmental Wind Support
Published on 2011-06-08 06:13:34
by Jen Gilbert, Master Resource Editor Note: This post is indicative of growing grassroot opposition to industrial wind development from traditional left-of-center environmentalists. Note how economics and affordability is part of the argument; indee > read more
Industrialization of wilderness and wetland on a scale not seen in generations.
Published on 2011-06-08 06:03:33
“Clean” power harm already done By Catherine Bayne, The Windsor Star, Re: Star editorial, June 1. This anonymous bit of flummery for the provincial Liberal government could have been written by lobbyists for the wind industry, the use of > read more
Green Hypocrisy
Published on 2011-06-08 05:10:47
As a semi-permanent resident of Prince Edward County, a member of South Shore Conservancy and a Director of Wind Concerns Ontario I got caught up in the ongoing efforts to save two at risk species resident in the County! Gilead Power Corporation has > read more
Energy minister attending wind farm opening in C-K
Published on 2011-06-07 19:15:11
Chatham Daily News MAP Ontario Minister of Energy Brad Duguid is scheduled to be in Chatham-Kent Wednesday, June 8 to celebrate commercial operations of the Raleigh Wind Energy Centre. The 50-plus-wind turbine project, located between Bloomfie > read more
Wind power pushes its case for Ontario government support
Published on 2011-06-07 18:40:58
by Richard Blackwell, Globe and Mail Excerpt: Wind power opponents – who are not convinced of the economic value of wind farms and who are concerned about potential health effects – dismissed the report’s claims. John Laforet, who heads an or > read more
Huron County council ‘supports’ moratorium on wind turbines
Published on 2011-06-07 12:58:52
By Cheryl Heath, Lucknow Sentinel An issue that is said to pit rural neighbours against one-another proved to do the same to a few of Huron County’s councillors during their June session in Goderich. At issue was a motion, which ultimately pass > read more
Central Huron Council calls for moratorium
Published on 2011-06-07 12:37:26
More here Motion Carried June 6, 2011 A resolution requesting that the province of Ontario declare a moratorium on the construction of industrial wind turbines (IWT’s) until science-based and peer reviewed regulations that ensure public health and > read more
$ierra Club sacrifices Blanding’s Turtle for the wind industry
Published on 2011-06-07 09:48:26
When a housing project threatened the Blanding’s Turtle in Ontario, the Sierra Club Canada launched a huge campaign. When a wind company applies to the government to kill, harm, harrass and destroy habitat of that same species: Silenc > read more
WCO Tour coming to Oxford Centre
Published on 2011-06-07 08:42:47
Friday, June 17 at 6 pm – Truth About Turbines Tour Pioneer Hall, 714516 Middletown Line, Oxford Centre Map By Tara Bowie, Woodstock Sentinel-Review OXFORD CENTRE – Opponents of wind developments are blowing into the Oxford area to air their > read more
Liberals ‘blowing’ our money away
Published on 2011-06-07 08:37:44
By Ron Andrucko, The Windsor Star I’m all for creating jobs, but the cost that the Liberal government is not telling us is what scares me. The C.D. Howe Institute says, “It will cost each household $310 a year.” The report goes on t > read more
When Guns Go Green or Who the hell invited the war pigs to the table?
Published on 2011-06-06 14:24:41
Lockheed Martin dives into the “renewable” electricity game by Miles Howe, The Dominion HALIFAX—Tom Rand needs a trillion dollars. With that trillion, Rand, the venture capitalist with an eco-twist, believes he could wean the world off > read more
Mississauga power plant permit has residents steaming
Published on 2011-06-06 07:53:22
by San Grewal, Toronto Star Some Mississauga residents are furious to hear a building permit has been issued to construct a gas-fired power plant in an environmentally sensitive area. The 280-megawatt plant is to be built at the Toronto-Mississauga > read more
Live webcast of NHMRC Symposium on Wind Turbines and Human Health
Published on 2011-06-06 06:07:32
June 6th, 6:45 pm (EST), click here. This will take you to the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) website, where you can listen to a live-streamed webcast of a symposium on Wind Turbines and Human Health. > read more
Where is scientific proof for Star’s position on wind’s benefits?
Published on 2011-06-06 06:02:04
By Colette McLean, The Windsor Star Re: Energy platform: Hudak’s misinformation, Star editorial, June 1. Firstly, what scientific data do you possess which shows that wind and solar are effective, efficient and clean? After four years of revi > read more
Ontario parties clash on wind turbines
Published on 2011-06-05 17:17:16
By Chip Martin, QMI Agency Hundreds of wind turbines have popped up in southwestern Ontario over the last four years, transforming its rural landscape. But the provincial Liberal government’s green-energy push, along with higher consumer electr > read more
200 protesters turn out to oppose St. Columban wind farm
Published on 2011-06-05 11:23:07
‘Rural Ontario is under threat,’ says Huron East Against Turbines By Vanessa Brown, Huron Expositor VIEW VIDEO HERE About 200 people gathered in Seaforth last week to protest the St. Columban Wind Project as part of a larger message to th > read more
Reports of the death of NIMBYism greatly exaggerated
Published on 2011-06-04 20:12:22
by Jim Coyle, Toronto Star Over the holiday season of 2008, Premier Dalton McGuinty was having his now-famous Christmas existential crisis. Back then, John Laforet was a U of T student, an active Liberal since he was 14, a young man who had grown up > read more
Wind Concerns Ontario Supporters to Launch Campaign for Endangered Species outside Sierra Club Canada’s AGM Today
Published on 2011-06-04 11:50:27
MEDIA ADVISORY Ottawa – At 4pm June 4 volunteers from Wind Concerns Ontario met in front of the Chateau Laurier and head to 1 Nicholas Street – the location of Sierra Club Canada’s (SCC) Annual General Meeting to deliver flyers t > read more
Problems at Boralex Gengrowth Amherstburg Wind Facility in Amherstburg Ontario
Published on 2011-06-04 11:24:46
Save the Blanding’s Turtle and the Whip-Poor-Will
Published on 2011-06-04 10:37:43
Wind Concerns Ontario Calls on all Ontarians to stand up for Ostrander Point’s Blanding’s Turtle On June 9th the public comment period will close on a Ministry of Natural Resources proposal to issue a permit to Gilead Power Corporation to ‘kill > read more
Ontario Electricity Carbon Intensity: How Does It Measure Up?
Published on 2011-06-03 15:30:40
Aegent Energy Advisors One measure of an electricity system’s “greenness” is the metric known as carbon intensity, or the system average output of carbon dioxide per unit of electrical output. Low average carbon intensities are seen > read more
Dr. Scott Petrie- Potential Impact of Wind Turbine Development on Waterfowl
Published on 2011-06-03 12:36:32
Webcast of John Laforet’s Speech at the Empire Club
Published on 2011-06-03 12:13:42
Watch Webcast > read more
Huron County Council passes motion for moratorium on wind developments
Published on 2011-06-03 11:56:50
On June 1st, 2011,Huron County Council passed a motion in support of a moratorium on industrial wind projects by a vote of 9 for, and 6 opposed. MOTION: Moved by: Councillor B. Barnim and Seconded by: Councillor B. Siemon: THAT: Huron County Council > read more
Windfall Movie coming to Ottawa/ North Gower Area
Published on 2011-06-03 11:47:34
Screening of documentary Windfall June 26 at 2 PM Alfred Taylor Centre, 2300 Community Way, North Gower Map Admission $5 at the door. 613-489-3868 for info. > read more
Trail group calls for greater public say about proposed Silcote wind farm
Published on 2011-06-03 06:05:07
By Denis Langlois, Owen Sound Sun Times Officials at the Bruce Trail Conservancy say the charitable group is “neither for nor against” industrial wind turbines, but “objects strongly” to the lack of public consultation for the > read more
A McGuinty speech that could energize rural Ontario
Published on 2011-06-02 21:34:24
by Michael Den Tandt, Toronto Sun Here’s something Premier Dalton McGuinty could do if he wanted to mitigate the destruction of his party in every corner of rural Ontario, come October. He could appear on TV and say something like this: I’m sorry > read more
Environmental Defence is getting desperate
Published on 2011-06-02 20:57:01
Response to “Blowing Smoke”, the new pamphlet from Environmental Defence designed to attack our efforts to protect the health and communities of rural Ontario by John Harrison First there is a pro-wind energy consortium consisting o > read more
Wind turbine foe vows to defeat Liberals
Published on 2011-06-02 20:42:23
John Spears, Business Reporter, Toronto Star Opponents of wind energy will be out to defeat Liberal candidates in October’s provincial election, vows the head of an anti-wind lobby group. John Laforet, president of Wind Concerns Ontario, told a mee > read more
The reality of green energy
Published on 2011-06-02 17:51:33
Green Energy Act Criticized
Published on 2011-06-02 17:22:34
by Travis Pedwell, Bayshore Broadcasting An Independent Energy and Environmental Advisor believes introducing the Green Energy Act was a mistake. Speaking at a Community Forum in Goderich recently Tom Adams tells us the Provincial Legislation has ta > read more
Truth about Turbines Tour coming to Lambton Shores
Published on 2011-06-02 10:58:01
Thursday June 9, 2011, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm - Truth About Turbines Bosanquet Central Public School 8766 Northville Rd, Thedford, Ontario Map Download Poster > read more
The New Environmentalism
Published on 2011-06-02 09:53:12
McGuinty didn’t ‘ask’ anything
Published on 2011-06-02 07:36:42
By Michael Dobson, The Windsor Star Re: Hudak plan ‘reckless,’ premier says, by Doug Schmidt I wanted to point out an “error” in Dalton McGuinty’s speech in this article. When he was asked about rising utility rates for > read more
‘Like living in a microwave oven’
Published on 2011-06-02 06:05:56
By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter, Orangeville Citizen If the independent findings and conclusions of an electrical engineer are correct, Theresa Kidd and her family were living “inside a microwave oven environment” near the TransAlta transformer > read more
Re-Investing in Ontario’s Electricity Assets Delivers the Most Benefits
Published on 2011-05-21 13:24:49
By Don MacKinnon, Ottawa Citizen Some energy advocates cite Denmark and Germany’s policies to justify the tens of billions of dollars Ontario is spending on expensive, unreliable wind and solar generation. Regrettably, their view is premised on > read more
Turbines were top of mind in PE County
Published on 2011-05-21 13:09:33
CKWS Television News > read more
The reality of wind power
Published on 2011-05-21 05:31:29
By Don Butler, Ottawa Citizen One of the inherent limitations of wind power is its unreliability. It produces electricity only when the wind blows. And how much it produces depends on how much oomph nature provides at any given time. Ontario has wind > read more
Hudak is right on green energy contracts
Published on 2011-05-21 05:22:21
Ottawa Citizen It’s not surprising that those businesses trying to get rich off the Mc-Guinty Green Energy Act are coming out swinging after Tim Hudak’s announcement that he will cancel the $7 billion, 20-year contact with Samsung and kil > read more
The great divide over wind power
Published on 2011-05-21 05:18:57
By Don Butler, The Ottawa Citizen When Monica Elmes and her husband Neil bought their 35-hectare farm near Ridgetown in southwestern Ontario 15 years ago, the rural peace and serenity was the main attraction. “It was like heaven,” she says. They > read more
Help Us Oust McGuinty’s Gang Green
Published on 2011-05-20 16:39:32
Truth about Turbines Tour visits Prince Edward County
Published on 2011-05-20 13:19:03
countylive.ca More than 100 Prince Edward County residents participated in a 550-metre ‘Truth about Turbines’ march to Liberal MPP Leona Dombrowsky’s office Friday morning only to find she was “elsewhere in the riding at a previous commitment > read more
Leona Dombrowsky hides from protestors
Published on 2011-05-20 13:15:34
Many in Grey Highlands opposed to wind turbine development
Published on 2011-05-20 13:07:19
Owen Sound Sun Times I am writing to you regarding Don Crosby’s article: Meeting draws wind farm opponents. Specifically I would like to address the comments made by Mr. Mike Crawley, president of Plateau Wind Inc. an offshoot of IPC, now known > read more
An Open Letter to Northland Power
Published on 2011-05-20 11:46:45
Regarding Northland Power UCCMM Public Meeting After contemplating the events at your Northland Power UCCMM public information meeting on May 18,2011, I conclude that the verbal abuse by participants of your project directed towards myself and the > read more
Duncan playing a numbers game
Published on 2011-05-20 07:16:56
By Matt Ford, The Windsor Star Dwight Duncan is at it again, selling us his new math. Finance Minister Duncan claimed on a local talk show that his green energy scheme only accounts for a two per cent rise in electrical rates. The next question I wou > read more
Windworks deals dropped, but projects will proceed: CEO
Published on 2011-05-20 06:34:14
By Lisa Gervais, Lindsay Post Reporter KAWARTHA LAKES – Industrial wind turbine opponents say financing for two of Energy Farming Ontario’s projects – Settlers Landing and Snowy Ridge – in the Pontypool, Bethany and Janetville > read more
The Wind Experience
Published on 2011-05-11 20:55:19
Institute for Energy Research According to the Global Wind Energy Council, the world now has 197 gigawatts of installed wind capacity with the largest amount in China (45 gigawatts), followed by the United States (40 gigawatts). Europe, led by German > read more
Wind turbines remain an issue at Huron County council
Published on 2011-05-11 14:14:51
by Ben Forrest, Exeter Times-Advocate GODERICH – Huron County council heard two delegations on wind turbines at its May 4 meeting, the first dealing with health effects and a second focused mainly on turbines’ potential effect on property val > read more
Do Industrial Wind Developers Trump Our Natural Environment?
Published on 2011-05-11 13:59:44
South Shore Conservacy Press Release Picton,ON/May 11, 2011 – Yesterday, the Ministry of Natural Resources (ON) posted an application under the Endangered Species Act 2007 for a kill permit. Such a permit would enable Gilead Power Corporation&# > read more
Will the Ontario Tories slay the Green Giant?
Published on 2011-05-11 11:39:55
by Tasha Kheiriddin, National Post Is the green movement finally fading to black? In the recent federal election, the environment rated barely a whisper. While Green Party leader Elizabeth May won her seat, even her party took pains to highlight othe > read more
4,000 Acres Optioned by IPC in Sydenham
Published on 2011-05-11 10:30:40
“There will be no benefit for the municipality if wind farm projects move forward.” ~ Michael Anderson, Project manager for the Meaford Economic Development Strategy by Stephen Vance, Meaford Independent Representatives from International > read more
Use Niagara Escarpment Commission to stop turbines
Published on 2011-05-11 09:09:21
by Chris Fell, Simcoe.com Meaford council is going to investigate having thousands of acres of property in Sydenham Township added to the Niagara Escarpment Commission area in an effort to stop an industrial wind turbine project proposed for that seg > read more
Property values will fall, warns ACW resident
Published on 2011-05-11 09:06:45
By Cheryl Heath, Goderich Signal Star Shawn Drennan believes a turbine-spotted landscape could lead to a mass exodus. In making a presentation before Huron County Council on May 4, Drennan, who appeared before council to speak on his concerns about w > read more
Barrett Brings Wind Development Petition to Legislature
Published on 2011-05-11 06:51:24
By Ashley Degroote, CD98.9 FM Toby Barrett is making it known that he is not going to stop until there is a moratorium on wind development in the province. Toby Barrett brought a petition with nearly one thousand signatures to the Ontario Legisla > read more
What Hudak omitted to say
Published on 2011-05-11 06:48:51
by Lawrence Solomon, Financial Post In a much ballyhooed speech yesterday, would-be Ontario Premier Tim Hudak promised to kill the financing method that Premier Dalton McGuinty uses to build wind turbines. But Hudak doesn’t promise to kill wind tur > read more
Green revolution set to follow red
Published on 2011-05-10 21:40:45
Rearguard UN action will fail to prevent retreat of the new green order by Peter Foster, National Post Between the world wars, when the march of Communism suffered a local setback, a representative of the Comintern, the organization set up by Lenin > read more
Ontario’s Power Trip: The end of FIT
Published on 2011-05-10 21:33:23
PC leader triggers defining issue for Ontario vote: electricity By Parker Gallant, Financial Post After being challenged by the Ontario Liberals for the past six months to “show us your plan,” Tim Hudak, leader of the Ontario Conservative party > read more
Hudak’s promise could be costly
Published on 2011-05-10 19:28:24
by Christina Blizzard, Toronto Sun TORONTO – That steady beat of helicopter blades you’re hearing isn’t the chopper scene from Apocalypse Now. No, PC Leader Tim Hudak released part of his election platform Tuesday — and the choppers you c > read more
Stop the Madness
Published on 2011-05-10 17:42:48
Gilead Power Corporation applies for permit to kill, harm, harrass, damage and destroy wildlife habitat
Published on 2011-05-10 16:42:20
EBR Registry Number: 011-3181 Description: Gilead Power Corporation has applied for a permit under clause 17(2)(c) of the Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA) to kill, harm and harass Blanding’s Turtle and Whip-poor-will as well as damage and des > read more
Social Cost: A Few New Spins on Wind
Published on 2011-05-10 14:44:10
By Steve Campbell, Countylive.ca Much has already been said on the future of wind turbines in the County. I probably don’t need to retrace the steps which have already been covered, but I would like to offer a few new insights into Big Wind in the > read more
Hudak vows to scrap $7B Samsung green energy deal 7
Published on 2011-05-10 11:55:27
By Jonathan Jenkins, Toronto Sun Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak is vowing to rip up the $7-billion memorandum of understanding for wind and solar power with multinational Samsung and scrap the feed-in-tariff incentive for renewable energy. > read more
Tim Hudak vows to scrap lucrative green-energy deals in Ontario
Published on 2011-05-10 11:50:50
By Karen Howlett, Globe and Mail Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak is pledging to reverse a key energy policy of the McGuinty government by ending generous, long-term contracts for wind, solar and other renewable-electricity projects. > read more
Wind Concerns Ontario Applauds Tim Hudak’s Commitment to Cancel FIT and Samsung Deal
Published on 2011-05-10 09:54:02
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto May 10,2011 – Wind Concerns Ontario applauds Tim Hudak’s commitment to cancel the FIT program and Samsung Deal. Today Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak announced his plan to save Ontario ratepayers billions of dollars by e > read more
Hudak vows to kill controversial $7-billion Samsung green energy deal
Published on 2011-05-10 09:37:51
Richard J. Brennan and John Spears Toronto Star Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak says he will kill the $7-billion Samsung deal to deliver green energy to Ontario if elected premier. “This deal is a rip-off … we’ve got to cut ou > read more
Much yet to be learned about impact of wind projects
Published on 2011-05-09 13:34:16
Straford Beacon Herald Re Doug Fyfe’s letter, Wind Energy Way of the Future Doug Fyfe’s attempt to shame others for speaking out and accusing them of misinformation is unwarranted, considering the misinformation he provided himself. H > read more
Meaford’s Vision?
Published on 2011-05-09 12:12:09
Meaford Independent There have been and will continue to be arguments over the merits of large-scale renewable energy projects in Ontario. In our community’s discussion and analysis we should remove the term ‘green’ from all of the Feed in T > read more
Huron-Kinloss council refuses to change wind energy policy
Published on 2011-05-09 07:56:28
By Liz Dadson, Saugeen Times Huron-Kinloss council has refused to change its wind energy policies, despite a petition presented last week, bearing 109 signatures supporting responsible development of renewable energy projects. Jutta Splettstoesser to > read more
Source of Windsor and Essex County ‘rumblings’ remains a mystery
Published on 2011-05-07 07:46:04
by Dave Battagello, Windsor Star ….One Amherstburg resident who lives less than a kilometre from a wind turbine on Sixth Concession Road South was convinced Friday that is the source of her woes. “I’ve been calling and complaining since Feb > read more
McGuinty Liberal’s Legacy
Published on 2011-05-07 07:42:24
Pictures of the Brindley’s Abandoned Farm > read more
Help Us Oust McGuinty’s Gang Green
Published on 2011-05-06 16:39:32
Carolinian Canada meeting and information Session
Published on 2011-05-06 15:00:11
Locating And Planning For Wind Towers for CCC Members & Friends Friday, May 27, 2011 at Port Rowan, Ontario Map Speakers include Douglas Desmond (Desmond Law Office), Dr. Scott Petrie (Long Point Waterfowl) & Ted Cheskey (Nature Canada) R > read more
Ontarians will pay dearly for McGuinty’s ‘green’ energy fantasy
Published on 2011-05-06 11:31:58
by Lorne Gunter, National Post Last month, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, announced that investment in alternative energy in Europe fell 34% in just the first three months of 2011. Why would it fall by a third in so short a time? Because European gove > read more
County critical of power line upgrades
Published on 2011-05-06 10:47:09
by Scott Dunn, Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin Some Grey County councillors Tuesday criticized Hydro One for what some said appeared to be a “lack of clarity” concerning its power line upgrades for a wind farm. The company which owns Plat > read more
Compensation for Industrial Wind Turbines
Published on 2011-05-06 07:09:43
By Wayne Elliott, Goderich Signal Star I once was categorized as a Canadian, an Ontarian, and a resident of Central Huron. Since the passage of the Green Energy Act (GEA) by the Ontario Liberals (with support of the NDP) and the development of the Tw > read more
Are Wind Turbines Blowing the Economy out of Ontario’s West Coast?
Published on 2011-05-06 07:02:38
Goderich Signal Star The beauty of Huron County’s west coast shoreline, its resort-like cottages and the nature of its artsy culture is something to be proud of. And it can be proud of its pristine attraction, the far-reaching farm fields backe > read more
Wind versus nuclear – the debate
Published on 2011-05-05 18:10:43
by John Spears, Toronto Star Replacing nuclear generators with wind turbines would lead to huge increases in power bills and eat up vast swaths of countryside, says a hypothetical model of the idea. But advocates of renewable energy say the compariso > read more
Get a job, Gideon
Published on 2011-05-05 12:30:14
Gideon Forman is not a medical doctor yet even the MOE thinks he is. Gideon likes to infer he is a physician through the media and letters to the editor to various newspapers. In truth, he only has a degree in Philosophy and also spent some > read more
Kincardine special townhall meeting “The High Cost of Wind”
Published on 2011-05-05 09:49:53
Tuesday, May 31st, 6:30 pm Kincardine Davidson Centre 601 Durham Street, Kincardine, ON N2Z 1L6 Map You are invited to attend a very special townhall meeting: “The High Cost of Wind”. Professionals in their fields, these speaker > read more
Protest planned for Seaforth
Published on 2011-05-05 09:39:18
Public Meeting - St. Columban Energy LP Thursday, May 26, 2011 – 5:30 pm Seaforth & District Community Centre, 122 Duke Street, Seaforth Map Huron East Against Turbines (HEAT) is organizing a PROTEST MEETING at the same location. We invi > read more
CBC Ombudsman finds more Beauty than Beast in Wolfe Island Documentary
Published on 2011-05-05 09:26:23
by Henri Garand This week Kirk LaPointe, CBC ombudsman, responded to a complaint made on January 7, 2011, about The Current’s broadcast of “Beauty and the Beast,” a documentary on community attitudes towards the Wolfe Island wind energy project > read more
Consider the community, not just financial gain
Published on 2011-05-05 07:23:57
Goderich Signal Star I’d just like to comment on the letter to the editor from the group called S.A.C. They used the puzzling logic that since there were for example 7000 snowmobiling accidents reported last year in Ontario and none reported fo > read more
Wolfe Islanders claim turbines devalue homes
Published on 2011-05-05 07:17:37
by Paul Schliesmann The Whig-Standard A potentially precedent-setting tax assessment hearing began on Wolfe Island on Wednesday for a couple claiming that noise and lights from nearby wind turbines have lowered their property value. Lawyers from the > read more
IPC threatens to sue Grey Highlands
Published on 2011-05-05 07:12:23
When all else fails, resort to bullying Simcoe.com GREY HIGHLANDS – International Power Canada is threatening to sue the Municipality of Grey Highlands for delaying the building permits for its industrial wind turbine project. IPC Vice-Presiden > read more
Wilkinson, Minister of Environment making it up as he goes along
Published on 2011-05-05 07:02:28
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO Tuesday 19 April 2011 – WIND TURBINES Mr. Ted Arnott: Here we go again, discussing the Minister of the Environment’s contradictory statements on wind farm approvals. The last time I felt it was necessary > read more
Wind developers snap up Huron Township homes
Published on 2011-05-04 14:41:59
By Barb McKay, The Independent Four homes affected by the Ripley Wind Project have been purchased by wind energy developers, and are slated to be put back on the market. One property on Concession 2, another on Concession 4 and two on Concession 6 in > read more
Green energy complaints a thorn in Liberals’ side
Published on 2011-05-04 14:33:10
The Canadian Press TORONTO _ With an election just a few months away, concerns over Ontario´s green energy projects are proving to be a thorn in the governing Liberals´ side. The province received about 750 complaints about wind turbines over the p > read more
Zapped again by Wind Turbines
Published on 2011-05-04 11:36:39
MEDIA RELEASE Toronto -Ontario’s beleaguered electricity ratepayers were zapped again this past weekend. Ontario ratepayers provided $4,171,090.00 to subsidize the excess production of electricity from wind. Who benefitted? Our neighbours in Q > read more
For Sale – Ontario Family Heritage Farm
Published on 2011-05-04 09:02:06
The following message was sent directly to all Ontario MPP’s in February of this year. The Brindley family did not receive one phone call, letter or message from anyone in our government asking them what was happening to them. Not one. The Brindley > read more
Wind Concerns Ontario wants YOUR input
Published on 2011-05-04 08:14:33
TAKE THE SURVEY There is little doubt 2011 could be the most significant year for our shared opposition to industrial wind energy. With the Chatham Kent Environmental Review Tribunal decision pending this summer, the potential for Ian Hanna’s appea > read more
Green energy sector not cheering Tory majority
Published on 2011-05-04 07:00:19
by Richard Blackwell – The Globe and Mail The renewable energy sector is likely one of the few spheres of Canada’s business community that is unsettled about a Conservative majority government in Ottawa. After years of providing lukewarm supp > read more
What’s in a “newsletter”?
Published on 2011-05-03 17:29:17
Shoreline Beacon Well, with our weekly junk mail came a new way for pro-wind turbine people to spread their word. There was a piece of paper they call a newsletter that goes on to explain how they are going to keep us updated on a menagerie of items. > read more
No more donations to the McGuinty Liberals
Published on 2011-05-03 14:07:33
Inside Halton Dear Mr. McGuinty: Thank you for your recent letter requesting a donation to the Liberal Party of Ontario. Unfortunately, I can’t send you a donation because over the last four years my wife and I have paid $900 per year for your Onta > read more
Ominous signs for Dalton McGuinty
Published on 2011-05-03 08:23:00
by Christina Blizzard, Toronto Sun TORONTO – Poles apart. That’s the message Ontario politicians can take from Monday’s vote. Voters split down left/right lines — and the Liberal Party disappeared down the middle. Jack Layton and his > read more
“Windfall” the movie showing in Kincardine
Published on 2011-05-02 06:50:21
You are invited to the screening of Windfall Aztec Theatre, 877 Queen Street, Kincardine ON N2Z 2Y2 Map Thursday May 19th, 7pm & 9pm Admission: $5 View the trailer > read more
Letters’ facts disputed
Published on 2011-05-02 06:31:46
Toronto Star The first letter writer claimed that coal in Ontario causes $3 billion annually in health costs. This is highly suspect, as coal continues to be phased out in the province (and replaced by natural gas-fired generation, not renewables). W > read more
Importance of the Lower Great Lakes for Waterfowl and the Potential Impact of Wind Turbine Development
Published on 2011-05-01 20:38:45
Scots windfarms paid cash to stop producing energy
Published on 2011-05-01 20:10:56
According to the REF research, the payments made cost up to 20 times the value of the electricity that would have been generated if the turbines had kept running. BBC News Six Scottish windfarms were paid up to £300,000 to stop producing energy, it > read more
Why Noise Matters
Published on 2011-04-30 15:42:37
A Worldwide Perspective on the Problems, Policies and Solutions By John Stewart with Arline Bronzaft, Francis McManus, Nigel Rodgers and Val Weedon Order Here Is noise the most neglected green issue of our age? This book argues compellingly that it i > read more
Ontario Ministry of Energy: Not so Smart Spending
Published on 2011-04-30 12:15:18
by Parker Gallant, Energy Probe International In the final week of the Federal Election if you live in Ontario you might be confused based on the daily press releases emanating from Queen’s Park. Those releases would lead you to believe that the > read more
Wind Concerns Ontario province-wide Spring Tour
Published on 2011-04-30 07:52:29
Wind Concerns Ontario is organizing a spring tour across our province to connect with local citizens and groups and seeking the help of Wind Concerns Ontario local groups and other concerned citizens to make this a success locally, regionally and pro > read more
Ripley Wind Project company buys out four homes
Published on 2011-04-29 16:59:53
By Troy Patterson Kincardine News Four homes within the 38-turbine, 76-megawatt Ripley Wind Power Project have been purchased by owners Suncor and Acciona Energy, as a solution to resolve the ongoing issues some residents within the project have been > read more
Turbine output gone with the wind
Published on 2011-04-29 06:59:05
by Ian Harvey, Globe and Mail Toronto’s iconic wind turbine on the edge of Lake Ontario has been brought to a grinding halt by a combination of a bearing failure and, ironically, high winds. The lazily spinning, three-bladed turbine at the Exhibiti > read more
Grievances aired at Haldimand Wind Concerns meeting
Published on 2011-04-28 20:18:57
By Natalie Clewley, The Sachem Haldimand Wind Concerns held a public information meeting on April 19 at the Cayuga Secondary School cafeteria with more than 300 people from the community who are concerned about industrial wind development present. Gu > read more
Ontario Government Buying Wind Energy at Ten Times Market Rate – and Dumping it on Neighbouring Jurisdictions
Published on 2011-04-28 14:50:09
WIND CONCERNS ONTARIO – NEWS RELEASE Even though high winds are generating over 1000 megawatts (MW) of wind energy per hour in the province of Ontario today, it means little for Ontarians energy supply mix. Why? Virtually all of that energy i > read more
Wind and Nuclear Power: As Different as Chalk and Cheese
Published on 2011-04-28 13:57:54
Aegent Energy Advisors The March 11 earthquake in Japan and the subsequent nuclear disaster have catalyzed opposition to nuclear power generation in many jurisdictions, including Ontario. Some commentators have suggested nuclear power should be repla > read more
Four of the Ripley-Five homes bought out by wind developers
Published on 2011-04-28 07:53:17
Suncor and Acciona executives quietly bought out residents experiencing health problems. Documentation: Ripley Property Transfers “If there are no health effects from Industrial Wind Turbines as their proponents claim, then why would wind pla > read more
Northumberland health unit explores wind turbines
Published on 2011-04-28 06:58:28
by Jeanne Beneteau, Northumberland Independent PORT HOPE — Manvers Wind Concerns representatives have asked the local heath unit to support the group’s fight for in-depth investigations into potential adverse health effects from wind turb > read more
Pillows agains the window to muffle the noise
Published on 2011-04-27 15:03:43
By Stephanie Cattrysse, Watford Guide-Advocate – April 21st, 2011 Laura Wilde who lives on West Ipperwash Road in Kettle Point has been a resident of the area nearly her whole life. She loves the area is close to her siblings and children, al > read more
Four of the Ripley-Five homes bought out by wind developers
Published on 2011-04-27 13:53:17
Suncor and Acciona executives quietly bought out residents experiencing health problems. “If there are no health effects from Industrial Wind Turbines as their proponents claim, then why would wind plant operators buy the homes of wind victims? > read more
APPEC asks the candidates about wind energy development
Published on 2011-04-27 13:28:57
by Henri Garand – Chair, APPEC Countylive.ca Does the federal government have a role to play in wind energy development? Given the sensitivity of the issue in the County, it’s not a question federal candidates running in Prince Edward-Has > read more
Wind Turbines Big Issue At All Candidate Debate
Published on 2011-04-27 13:24:51
By Ashley Degroote, CD 98.9 FM With wind-turbines being a hot topic at the debate in Haldimand last-night NDP candidate Ian Nichols made it quite clear — if people don’t want them — they won’t have them. Now many questions were handed to th > read more
Wiky Elders group does not support wind turbines on Mnidoo Mnising
Published on 2011-04-27 10:38:03
Manitoulin Expositor Letter to the Editor from Wikwemikong First Nation Elders, Community, Members and Youth We, the Elders, community members and youth of Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve, do not support the Industrial Wind Development on our sac > read more
The environmentalists need to stop crying wolf
Published on 2011-04-27 08:14:48
“Alvarez and his researchers also found that each ‘green’ megawatt installed destroys 5.28 jobs on average elsewhere in the economy.” by George Jonas, National Post A study released this week concludes that government “green-job > read more
Editorial: Clean electricity’s dirty secret
Published on 2011-04-27 07:21:07
“We intend to make Ontario’s bizarre electricity-pricing policies a major issue in this fall’s election.” Toronto Sun TORONTO – The dirty little secret of Premier Dalton McGuinty’s “clean” electricity is that it’s gougin > read more
Alternative energy investors run for the exits
Published on 2011-04-26 07:44:18
National Post Bloomberg news reports that investments in wind farms, solar parks and other “clean energy” projects have plummeted since European governments announced they would reduce the inflated, guaranteed prices they pay for power from alter > read more
Ontario sold power at a loss on Earth Day
Published on 2011-04-25 18:52:58
By Antonella Artuso, Canoe News TORONTO – Ontario was paying other jurisdictions to take its electricity on Earth Day. “That’s the way we celebrate Earth Day in Ontario,” energy consultant Tom Adams of tomadamsenergy.com said > read more
Battling Wind Noise in Shelburne
Published on 2011-04-25 17:09:51
by Travis Pedwell, Bayshore Broadcasting A member of Huron East Against Turbines is pointing out a case he says reinforces his group’s stand in the turbine noise issue. Robert Tetu tells Bayshore Broadcasting News the story concerns a resident > read more
Ministry of the Environment says communities don’t need details
Published on 2011-04-25 08:30:38
By Esther Wrightman Did you know that when a wind developer holds its final mandatory Public Meeting, they do NOT have to have a hard copy of the final draft available for the public to view? They can have a meeting with no information available. App > read more
Industrial Wind Turbines: Sailing Into the teeth of a gale?
Published on 2011-04-24 17:59:30
Related: End Wind Welfare By Parker Gallant It appears that the Queen’s Park Liberals are concerned about the brewing storm surrounding their Green Energy Act and their Long Term Energy Plan. They are doing what they can to save themselves a > read more
Two Acousticians experience health problems from IWT
Published on 2011-04-23 14:42:49
From: Robert W. Rand, Rand Acoustics To: Nina Pierpont, MD, PhD Date: 4-20-11 I just got back from a several-day wind turbine noise survey with my long-time colleague, Steve Ambrose—like me, a Member of the Institute of Noise Control Engineer > read more
Industrial Wind Power: Some gathering, some storm!
Published on 2011-04-23 10:49:09
by Parker Gallant Back on January 2, 2007 Richard Blackwell wrote an article for the Globe and Mail titled “Wind power faces gathering storm”. The gathering storm Blackwell was referring to was related to a study by Tom Adams of Energy Probe that > read more
Ezra Levant and Lorrie Goldstein talk about carbon taxes and wind turbines
Published on 2011-04-23 08:46:47
Save our South Shore IBA Information Event
Published on 2011-04-20 18:48:30
Sunday, May 15, 2011, 2-4 pm St Andrews Presbyterian Church Corner of King & Bowery Streets, Picton Map Speakers: David Okines, Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory Cheryl Anderson & Myrna Wood, Prince Edward County Field Naturalists T > read more
Wind energy’s viability in question
Published on 2011-04-20 17:02:04
Energy Business Review Research conducted by the Renewable Energy Foundation has revealed that the UK failed to meet its 10% renewable electricity target for 2010. Specifically, only a 6.5% share of the UK’s 2010 electricity came from renewable > read more
Company asks Wainfleet about moratorium on turbine installation
Published on 2011-04-20 12:02:59
By Dave Johnson, Dunnville Chronicle WAINFLEET — A company that received approval for a 230-megawatt, wind-power project in West Lincoln plans to install turbines in the northwest area of Wainfleet. But before those turbines are ever installed, > read more
Ontario’s energy landscape
Published on 2011-04-20 11:56:00
By Bill Hallatt, Sault Star When Ontario’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure was looking for public input last fall on its Long-Term Energy Plan, its website heralded the coming of Ontario’s new energy landscape. Graphics featured a backgroun > read more
Mike Crawley and International Power leave community in tatters
Published on 2011-04-20 10:20:09
UPDATE – Mike Crawley, President and CEO of International Power Canada, Inc. (formally AIM Powergen) is also recently resigned President of the Federal Liberal Party (Ontario). To date, this company has refused to help any of the reside > read more
Liberal Candidate blasts McGuinty’s undemocratic GEA
Published on 2011-04-20 10:13:28
Letter from Bob Speller, Liberal Candidate for Haldimand-Norfolk WIND TURBINES – RECLAIM OUR COMMUNITY Basic local democracy is being pushed aside in the rush to put up wind power generation. How can we fight for democracy in other countries an > read more
Put wind project on hold until reliable bird survey is done
Published on 2011-04-20 08:51:13
Sault Star Ireland’s Vortex Wind and DPEnergy intend to construct a 36 turbine, 60 megawatt project east of Montreal River on the Lake Superior highlands. Peter Harte, president of Vortex Wind Power, said in a news interview (Calming the windy > read more
Ontario Power Trip: The $540-million electricity tax
Published on 2011-04-19 19:29:57
Parker Gallant National Post Ontario electricity consumers received the latest whack to their pocketbooks Tuesday. The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) announced that electricity rates will rise anywhere from 8% to 15% beginning May 1. The biggest i > read more
Ontario’s Green Energy Act: Case for Repeal
Published on 2011-04-19 16:30:24
Local Distribution Companies – Is Anyone Watching?
Published on 2011-04-18 17:15:33
Energy Probe – Parker Gallant argues that Ontario needs to set cost and performance benchmarks for local electricity distribution companies, and encourage mergers amongst them to increase efficiency. Ontario has almost 80 local distribution c > read more
Ontario Winds Blow Millions of Taxpayer Dollars this Weekend
Published on 2011-04-18 14:11:23
by John Laforet This has been a very windy weekend. Just before the wind industry gleefully announces how much electricity they produced and how many homes may or may not have been powered by wind this weekend, let’s look wind’s real cont > read more
Seismic Noise by Wind Farms: A Case Study from the Virgo Gravitational Wave Observatory, Italy
Published on 2011-04-18 10:31:48
Seismic-noise-by-wind-farms-PDF-report Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Pisa, Italy We present analyses of the noise wave field in the vicinityof Virgo, the Italian–French gravitational wave observatorylocated close to Pisa, Italy, > read more
Rumblings reminiscent of the ‘Kokomo Hum’
Published on 2011-04-18 06:06:00
By Dave Battagello, The Windsor Star When dozens of residents in Kokomo, Ind., started voicing complaints of unsettling vibrations and noise causing them to fall ill or lose sleep, it led city officials on an investigation that remains inconclusive n > read more
Blood on the blades
Published on 2011-04-17 19:44:17
Wind farms may be bringing a silent spring to our neighbourhoods by Loretta Routsky, Hamilton Spectator In the future, the only bird calls to be heard may be coming from your kitchen clock – and that’s only if you remember to replace the batteri > read more
Bow Lake wind project. Who needs it? Do we know the risk?
Published on 2011-04-17 08:33:11
By Carol Martin, SooToday.com Kevin O’Donovan, a principal in DP Energy, was in the hot seat. But he was cool about it. DP Energy wants to develop the Bow Lake project, a 60-megawatt wind energy development for the Goulais Bay area. ”We > read more
Public Information Meeting in Cayuga
Published on 2011-04-17 00:51:36
Tuesday April 19th, 2011 at 7:00pm Cayuga Secondary School, 70-HWY 54 Cayuga Guest Speakers: Ms. Marnie Knight Mr. John Laforet Mr. Ian Hanna Dr. Scott Petrie Mr. Tim Grech Mr. Peter Grosvenor > read more
The financial, legal, and political consequences of Ontario’s Green Energy Act
Published on 2011-04-16 21:03:19
June 2, 2011 12:00 PM John Laforet - President, Wind Concerns Ontario Wind Generated Controversy: The financial, legal, and political consequences of Ontario’s Green Energy Act Concert Hall, Royal York Hotel > read more
We can no longer live like this
Published on 2011-04-16 20:54:32
Amaranth families claim ‘electrical pollution’ illnesses
Published on 2011-04-16 20:52:50
By Richard Vivian, Orangeville Banner Two families claim continuous noise and “electrical pollution” from an Amaranth transformer substation has disrupted their lives. Citing a long list of health problems they contend were caused by the 10th Lin > read more
Answer blowing…
Published on 2011-04-16 11:45:28
Wellington Advertiser I feel compelled to write concerning a statement made by our MPP John Wilkinson in the March 25 Wellington Advertiser. At a Mapleton council meeting held last year, Mr. Wilkinson was quoted as saying “that an application submi > read more
Cash won’t blow Amherst Island’s way
Published on 2011-04-16 06:38:38
By Paul Schliessman The Whig-Standard The politics of wind power are taking their toll on Amherst Island. Islanders are deeply divided over the 75-megawatt project proposed for their community and Loyalist Township councillors and staff are feeling p > read more
Report details need for massive investment in electricity in Canada
Published on 2011-04-16 06:29:08
Wind Concerns Ontario is calling on federal leaders to use pubic infrastructure investment to protect citizens from the negative health effects of Dalton McGuinty’s wind turbine policy in Ontario. “Federal political parties must commit to banning > read more
Van Bommel ignores constituents concerns about wind turbines
Published on 2011-04-16 06:23:39
Strathroy Age Dispatch With a premonition of her own doom, Maria VanBommel said to a reporter, “There are many things that are going to be election issues in rural Ontario. I’m sure the Green Energy Act (wind turbines) will be uppermost i > read more
Anti-turbine group’s signs being defaced, burned by vandals
Published on 2011-04-15 19:50:02
by David Meyer, Wellington Advertiser BELWOOD -The wind turbine proposal for this community has pitted neighbour against neighbour – and it is starting to get uglier. Oppose Belwood Wind Farms has been against the proposal for nearly two years > read more
Estimated 5,000 onshore, industrial wind turbines built or proposed in Ontario
Published on 2011-04-15 14:37:02
Onshore Industrial Wind Turbines in Ontario The list (below) shows the number of industrial (Class 3 or 4) turbines that have been installed in or announced for Ontario. Numbers are either actual or estimated based on nameplate capacity, ass > read more
West Lincoln not giving up on wind battle
Published on 2011-04-15 05:49:26
by Amanda Street, Niagara This Week Consultant, wind group advise council to look at options While West Lincoln council won’t be going down without a fight, there may be little it can do to protect residents from industrial wind turbines approved b > read more
Turbine talk in Thunder Bay
Published on 2011-04-15 05:46:46
By Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com The co-chairman of the Nor’Wester Mountain Escarpment Protection Committee suspects Horizon Wind’s newest renewable energy approval application won’t look much different than one the province recently rejected. > read more
Strathroy Wind Turbine Protest April 2011
Published on 2011-04-14 16:52:28
Public Information meeting in Little Current
Published on 2011-04-14 12:07:32
Northland Power is hosting a public information meeting Wednesday, May 18 2011 from 7 pm to 9 pm Royal Canadian Legion No 177, Vankoughnet E. Little Current, Ontario Map > read more
No more bull from Bullfrog Power Inc.
Published on 2011-04-14 09:13:05
Send a Message: Stop funding professional subsidy parasites by Sue-Ann Levy, Toronto Sun Let’s call it the latest bit of bull left over from the Days of David Miller. For the past three years, the city has been paying as much as a 50% premium > read more
Reviewing the green wave
Published on 2011-04-14 09:06:06
Send a Message: Stop funding professional subsidy parasites by Sue-Anne Levy, Toronto Sun …“There are no sacred cows,” he said. “Ultimately a decision has to be made by council as to how high a priority these expenditures are compared to > read more
TV Ad now running on CHEX Peterborough
Published on 2011-04-14 05:55:32
New wind turbine setback set in Saugeen Shores
Published on 2011-04-13 17:34:47
By John Divinski, Bayshore Broadcasting Saugeen Shores council is now on record increasing the setback allowance for wind turbine development. The setback is now one thousand meters as opposed to the provincially mandated 550 meters. Leader Resource > read more
Rural Resident’s Requiem
Published on 2011-04-13 14:23:14
Chapter one, verse one, We of the disposable people, hereby proclaim We are of the people of the true god We accept his munificence as may be bestowed upon us We shall worship the turning of his blades, may his gentle breezes blow over us We shall > read more
Note to province: We want to be heard
Published on 2011-04-13 13:47:33
By Lynda Hillman-Rapley, Lakeshore Advance Lambton Shores – Another letter of concern letter came to Lambton Shores council regarding large scale industrial wind projects that are being proposed. The authors of the letter says the health issues > read more
Wind turbine issue in the Ontario legislature
Published on 2011-04-13 12:53:25
Ted Arnott – Monday, April 11 The Minister of the Environment continues to make inconsistent statements and comments regarding industrial wind farms, fueling confusion and anger on the part of communities across Ontario, including those in his > read more
Good Pickens in the Wind
Published on 2011-04-13 10:49:29
By Parker Gallant Back in May 2008, T. Boone Pickens, the billionaire Texas oil baron placed an order with GE for wind turbines. The order was for $2-billion. He had a vision to create the largest wind project in the world in Texas. By July of 2009 h > read more
Angry County residents demand wind consultants revise report
Published on 2011-04-13 08:57:15
Picton, Ontario/ April 12, 2011 – In a powerful show of concern regarding the proposed Ostrander Point wind development in Prince Edward County, residents demanded that no approval should be granted. Due to the many acknowledgements under oat > read more
Cancel these crazy wind turbine projects now!
Published on 2011-04-13 05:54:22
Goderich Signal-Star Our government keeps telling us that “we’ve got to work together”. Does this mean that only the government, the wind turbine companies and the landowners have their say in regards to the placement of the turbine > read more
Ontario power prices go below zero
Published on 2011-04-12 15:18:22
Delicate talks are currently under way with wind generators to see if there are ways to limit the flow of wind power onto the grid during periods of surplus. John Spears Business Reporter, Toronto Star Spring is here, the sap is rising – and Ontari > read more
Artist’s interpretation
Published on 2011-04-12 11:20:58
This is an original painting, 1611 in, oil on canvas board. It reflects my feelings about windmills. Needless to say I’m not a fan. The painting represents the evolution of wind power in a dystopian future. Don’t worry windmills are > read more
Thunder Bay turbines approved
Published on 2011-04-12 06:52:09
By Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com Thunder Bay’s elected officials stood their ground Monday night and left it to the province to decide the fate of a controversial wind turbine farm. Council voted 8-4 to approve an amended agreement between the city > read more
Winded
Published on 2011-04-11 13:34:35
You’ll see some very familiar faces in this 20 minute documentary of the wind fight in Ontario. > read more
Meaford Wind Symposium Draws Large Crowd
Published on 2011-04-11 09:21:16
Meaford Independent Approximately 300 people attended a symposium hosted by Wind Concerns Meaford at Meaford Hall on Saturday. With wind turbines and solar farms springing up all over southern Ontario, and numerous turbines currently planned for the > read more
“No Safe Place” Wind Public Information Meeting On Industrial Wind Turbines
Published on 2011-04-11 08:00:20
Thursday April 14, 2010 7:00 p.m. (doors open 6:00pm) South Lincoln High School, 260 Canborough St., Smithville, ON L0R 2A0 WL/GWAG – West Lincoln/Glanbrook Wind Action Group in association with WCO – Wind Concerns Ontario. Speakers will be: Jo > read more
Medical Officer of Health sees little advantage in province’s energy act
Published on 2011-04-11 07:53:31
By Don Crosby, Markdale Standard Medical Officer of Health Dr. Hazel Lynn said what she heard at Saturday’s symposium put on by Meaford Wind Concerns confirms for her that she still has doubts about the province’s energy policy. “We > read more
See the documentary “Windfall” by Laura Israel
Published on 2011-04-11 07:23:15
Wind Concerns Meaford presents the compelling documentary “Windfall”. Saturday, June 25, 3:00 pm Meaford Hall, Meaford, Ontario Map See Windfall trailer > read more
Energy act one of the biggest boondoggles in history, says critic
Published on 2011-04-11 07:10:48
by Don Crosby, Owen Sound Sun Times Michael Trebilcock calls Ontario’s wind energy policy “one of the biggest boondoggles in the history of the province” that seriously affects the economy, the environment and employment. “It > read more
Australians are angry!
Published on 2011-04-10 14:11:43
Same industry tactics…same results. > read more
Denmark has seen Ontario’s future
Published on 2011-04-10 07:27:07
by Lorrie Goldstein, Toronto Sun 20% of nordic nation’s electricity from wind power — with sky-high costs and no reduction in emissions If you want to see the future of Premier Dalton McGuinty’s push for wind power in Ontario, look at Denmark t > read more
Dalton McGuinty’s power surge
Published on 2011-04-09 08:21:57
by Connie Woodcock, Toronto Sun I’m having trouble staying interested in the federal election campaign. There’s another campaign gearing up that I’m more excited about — and I think of it every time I turn on a light. The provincial election > read more
A cry for help
Published on 2011-04-09 08:09:43
Windsor Star As a stepmother to two children with cerebral palsy, Dianne Serran started applying for provincial funding six years ago and has yet to receive funding for any kind of post-secondary program. Her gut churns as she watches the blades of w > read more
Nuclear lobby blasts renewable power
Published on 2011-04-09 08:03:05
by John Spears, Toronto Star Replacing proposed new nuclear plants with renewable power could mean overwhelming the landscape with solar panels or wind turbines, a pro-nuclear lobby group has argued. A forest of wind turbines stretching in a semicirc > read more
Turbine opinions differ on Amherst Island
Published on 2011-04-09 08:00:09
By Paul Schliesmann The Whig-Standard Depending on whom you talk to, the proposed Amherst Island wind turbine project is either going to be an economic boon for the community or an environmental disaster. Both opinions are already well entrenched wit > read more
We’re supposed to “appreciate” this explanation?
Published on 2011-04-08 17:23:07
Gilead Power Meeting in Picton
Published on 2011-04-08 17:14:36
Ostrander Point Wind Energy Park Tuesday, April 12, 2011 5:00 to 8:00 PM South Marysburgh Central Public School 2832 County Road #10, Picton, Ontario Map > read more
Comments regarding proposed wind turbines in South Marysburgh
Published on 2011-04-08 16:55:46
by Terry Sprague The South Shore Important Bird Area (IBA) was so designated due its importance as a migratory stopover during both spring and fall bird migrations. The IBA Program is an international conservation initiative coordinated by BirdLife > read more
Ontario Update: Offshore Moratorium Hangs Tuff, Onshore Business as Usual Targeted
Published on 2011-04-08 12:44:41
by Sherri Lange, Master Resource “The [conflicts between wind turbines and residents] are more than just NIMBYISM; they are a justified reaction to intrusive technologies that would not even be polluting the landscape except for involuntary taxpaye > read more
Grey Highlands proposes turbine fee at $135,000
Published on 2011-04-08 11:48:09
by Chris Fell, Simcoe.com Putting up an industrial wind turbine in the Municipality of Grey Highlands could become a very expensive proposition. GREY HIGHLANDS – Grey Highlands council held a public meeting to consider a new fee structure for i > read more
Wind challenger, Ian Hanna, to speak
Published on 2011-04-08 11:27:17
By Scott Dunn, Owen Sound Sun Times Wind turbines no longer threaten Ian Hanna in his own backyard. He said plans to put wind-powered generators on the island where he lives conflicted with the interests of an airstrip used by the Department of Natio > read more
News Release: Wind Concerns Ontario wades into Federal election campaign
Published on 2011-04-08 08:19:52
Toronto, ON/ April 8, 2011- With political parties clamouring to issue ‘green’ energy plans, Wind Concerns Ontario is calling on Federal leaders to use their spending power to protect citizens from the negative health effects of Dalton McGuinty > read more
Perth County turbine flip-flop stuns
Published on 2011-04-08 07:13:06
London Free Press Members of an anti-turbine group were blown away when Perth County council rejected their request for a moratorium on wind farm development. West & East Perth Against Turbines asked the county to forward a resolution to the prov > read more
Petitions presented in the Ontario legislature
Published on 2011-04-08 07:02:21
6 April 2011 WIND TURBINES Mr. Robert Bailey: This petition is to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, signed by people from Strathroy, Watford, Kerwood and Mount Brydges. “We, the undersigned, object to any approval of industrial wind t > read more
Wind turbines don’t belong in pristine setting of Manitoulin
Published on 2011-04-08 06:52:47
manitoulin.ca I am writing to protest the erection of any wind turbines on Manitoulin Island. Windmills on Manitoulin are an environmental sham. Less than 10 percent of the energy produced at the source makes it to your light bulbs. That means more t > read more
Cap-and-trade — useless, dumb, and reckless
Published on 2011-04-07 09:37:27
By Lorrie Goldstein, Toronto Sun Michael Ignatieff’s 2011 election Red Book promise to create a cap-and-trade market in carbon dioxide emissions, completes a triple play of stupidity on energy and environmental policy by the Liberals going back alm > read more
Crowd of 200 hears warnings about wind turbines in Elmwood
Published on 2011-04-07 08:44:26
By Mary Golem, Owen Sound Sun Times With landowners in the area now being approached by wind energy companies to sign land leases, “we need to arm ourselves with as much information as we can in order to make an informed decision,” Ingrid > read more
Chatsworth won’t issue permits for wind towers
Published on 2011-04-07 08:38:33
By Jon Radojkovic, Owen Sound Sun Times Chatsworth council will not issue any building permits for the construction of wind towers within the boundary of the municipality following a meeting of council Wednesday. “We want to promote the health, > read more
Air pollution death toll claims just blowing smoke
Published on 2011-04-07 06:46:16
By Peter Shawn Taylor, Waterloo Region Record Anyone tossing around allegations that a “crime” has been committed had better be prepared to defend those claims with solid evidence. Two weeks ago on these pages local entrepreneur Derek Satnik made > read more
Wind turbine foes to get support at hearing
Published on 2011-04-06 13:37:12
by Charlie Fidleman, Montreal Gazette For New York pediatrician and wind noise expert Nina Pierpont, wind farms blow nothing but an ill-wind. Pierpont, who coined the term “Wind Turbine Syndrome,” says she’s not against windmills an > read more
Official: wind farms are totally useless
Published on 2011-04-06 12:33:34
Wind farms are much less efficient than claimed, producing below 10% of capacity for more than a third of the time, according to a new report. by James Delingpole, Telegraph Before I take my break, I cannot resist drawing your attention to a new repo > read more
Info session in Elmwood draws 200
Published on 2011-04-06 10:18:59
94.5 The Bull Close to 200 people attended a wind energy information session in Elmwood. A panel of anti-wind energy experts spent about two hours warning Brockton landowners of potential health effects, decreasing land value and restrictive land lea > read more
Let’s ban the word NIMBY
Published on 2011-04-06 07:38:18
Krystyn Tully, Waterkeeper.ca It finally feels like spring: the sun is out, the crocuses are up, and temperatures are climbing above freezing. It is a time for new life and fresh starts. This spring, we would like to make a pact with you. Let’s ban > read more
Public Information Meeting in Cayuga
Published on 2011-04-06 05:51:36
Tuesday April 19th, 2011 at 7:00pm Cayuga Secondary School, 70-HWY 54 Cayuga Guest Speakers: Ms. Marnie Knight Mr. John Laforet Mr. Ian Hanna Ms. Carmen Krogh Mr. Tim Grech Mr. Peter Grosvenor > read more
MPP Van Bommel gets an earful from protesters
Published on 2011-04-05 13:43:00
By Nancy Powers, Strathroy Age Dispatch Getting an earful. That was the case for local MPP Maria Van Bommel as over 80 protesters demanded answers and voice their concerns regarding the Green Energy Act. More specifically those participating in the m > read more
More say on wind turbine projects
Published on 2011-04-05 13:36:46
Stratford Beacon Herald Our government keeps telling us “we’ve all got to work together.” Does that mean that only the government, the wind turbine companies and the landowners have their say in regards to the placement of turbines > read more
Chatham-Kent taking a stand on stray voltage
Published on 2011-04-05 13:14:06
By Karen Robinet, Today’s Farmer Chatham-Kent council is stepping up in the battle against stray voltage. At its March 28 meeting, Coun. Doug Sulman introduced a successful motion which will see the Ontario Energy Board, the Minister of Energ > read more
Meaford to hold symposium on wind energy
Published on 2011-04-05 09:00:49
Wind Concerns Meaford is hosting a symposium on wind energy on April 9th, 2011 – 3 pm Meaford Hall, 12 Nelson Street East, Meaford, ON Map Speakers: Ian Hanna, Eric Gillespie, Professor Michael Trebilcock, Tom Adams and Mike McMurray > read more
It’s not over yet in Thunder Bay
Published on 2011-04-05 08:53:03
by Brandon Walker, Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal “Houses in South Neebing — going cheap,” Anna Marchese said Monday evening while leaving city hall moments after Thunder Bay council approved an agreement with Horizon Wind to avoid a $126-millio > read more
Huron East will vote on bylaw creating a 2 km setback for wind turbines
Published on 2011-04-05 06:58:55
By Susan Hundertmark, Huron Expositor Huron East council will vote on whether or not to give third reading to a bylaw modelled after a wind turbine development policy for Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh (ACW) at its next meeting on April 5. In a recorded > read more
More than 80 gather at HEAT meeting in St. Columban
Published on 2011-04-05 06:53:25
Community expresses continued support of efforts to stop local wind development By Susan Hundertmark, Huron Expositor More than 80 people filled the Knights of Columbus Hall in St. Columban last Thursday night to hear that Huron East Against Turbines > read more
The no-win situation created by the Green Energy Act
Published on 2011-04-05 06:49:09
By Susan Hundertmark, Huron Expositor Huron East councillors face a tough decision at their next council meeting on April 5. As they consider giving third reading to a wind turbine development policy bylaw that would follow the lead of Ashfield-Col > read more
The Great Wind Debate
Published on 2011-04-05 01:36:34
Dr. McMurtry vs Dr. Colby By Bruce Urquhart, Oxford Sentinel-Review WOODSTOCK – Given the recent controversy and vitriol – and the provincial government’s support of wind energy – the topic of Monday night’s “Great Wind Debate > read more
WCO President to ask Thunder Bay Council to defer decision on settling wind developer’s $126 Million Lawsuit
Published on 2011-04-04 05:29:17
John Laforet, President of Wind Concerns Ontario is making his second trip to Thunder Bay on Monday April 4th 2011 to encourage Thunder Bay City Council to defer a decision on the terms of settlement to Horizon Wind Inc.’s $126 Million dollar lawsu > read more
The anger is blowin’ in the wind
Published on 2011-04-04 05:25:07
Wind turbines: A protest in Strathroy on Saturday is a taste of things to come in the fall provincial election by Randy Richmond, London Free Press Grey-haired, 81-year-old Stephana Johnston is the kind of person to give the provincial Liberals fi > read more
The Imaginary Scientist
Published on 2011-04-03 03:11:54
by Harvey Wrightman I have attended as many of the sessions of the ERT hearing as I have been able to justify. The last witness was Dr. Robert McCunney, who has a specialty in environmental and occupational health. Dr. McCunney speaks without the bom > read more
Protest at Maria VanBommel’s Office
Published on 2011-04-02 18:36:19
Strathroy protest turns angry
Published on 2011-04-02 17:19:05
by Randy Richmond, London Free Press STRATHROY — A peaceful march down a typical smalltown main street erupted into an angry confrontation Saturday that spells continuing trouble over Ontario’s green energy plan. About 80 protesters, many shouti > read more
Wind farm operators attack claims that the turbines make people sick
Published on 2011-04-01 20:49:39
Layton’s fairy-tale energy plan
Published on 2011-04-01 10:25:35
Mr. Layton said his clean-energy program would offer financial incentives for companies to invest in solar, wind, tidal and geothermal projects. Two things wrong with that one: First, I’ve heard it before -just recently, in fact -from Ontario > read more
Information Meeting in Haldimand
Published on 2011-04-01 07:42:57
Tuesday, April 19th at 7:00 pm Cayuga Secondary School in the gym. 70 54 Hwy, Cayuga, ON N0A 1E0 Map For more info, please contact Peter: groknow@distributel.net Website: http://haldimandwindconcerns.com/ > read more
McGuinty Liberals must be replaced
Published on 2011-04-01 07:29:28
Stirling Community Press Congratulations on your recent editorial! At last a member of the mainstream media has had the courage to expose the Great Swindle and place the blame squarely where it belongs. Our hydro costs are projected to double on to > read more
The Great Wind Debate
Published on 2011-04-01 01:36:34
Dr. McMurtry vs Dr. Colby Monday, April 4, 2011, 5:30 pm Quality Hotel & Suites Woodstock, 580 Bruin Blvd. Woodstock Map Ticket Information below. The benefit of wind generation and its impact on public health has become a matter of controver > read more
Ontario to Announce Solution to Solar Power Funding Challenge
Published on 2011-03-31 23:06:23
OPEN – Ontario New Payment Method Will Provide Ontario Families With Green Opportunities TORONTO, April 1 / OPEN / – The Ontario arm of OPEN is pleased to announce that Ontario‟s power agency will soon seek families to be economic hosts > read more
Join the Protest!
Published on 2011-03-31 14:22:34
Everyone Welcome Sat., April 2nd, – 11:00AM – Downtown Strathroy Head & Front St. (Kenwick Mall) to MPP Maria Van Bommel’s office Map The 550m March to your MPP’s Office (it’s not that far- just as close as a wind turbine can > read more
Hefty wind farm fees in works
Published on 2011-03-31 12:08:55
By Don Crosby Owen Sound Sun Times Grey Highlands wants to charge hefty fees for new wind turbines in the municipality. Council proposes a $35,000 building fee for each industrial turbine and an additional $100,000 surety to help cover the cost of > read more
Doc questioned about mounting evidence of turbines harming health
Published on 2011-03-31 12:00:33
By Ellwood Shreve, Chatham Daily News There was acrimonious cross-examination of a medical doctor on the final day of testimony today at a hearing into the challenge of an approval of a renewable energy project near Thamesville. Dr. Robert McCunney, > read more
Why the rush for wind turbines?
Published on 2011-03-31 08:20:30
by Dr. Natale Desrochers, MD, Dunnville Chronicle Let me start by saying I strongly support the concept of renewable energy and certainly have serious concerns about global warming. That being said, are some initiatives moving too fast and are we mak > read more
Colby can’t hide his bias
Published on 2011-03-30 18:26:07
By Muriel Allingham Although Dr. Colby professed throughout his testimony yesterday, at the Chatham Kent Tribunal, that he was in no way an activist for turbines, his view points, in addition to his association with CANWEA and AMWEA contravened that > read more
Sock it to Ignatieff and McGuinty
Published on 2011-03-30 11:42:24
Hamilton Spectator Re: Federal election and the province I have a question for the federal Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff. How can he stand up in front of Canadians, especially Ontarians, and claim he will bring back democracy? His own provincial > read more
Warwick officials to discuss grid problems with energy minister
Published on 2011-03-29 18:23:31
by Paul Morden, The Sarnia Observer The mayor of Warwick Township has some pointed questions for Ontario Energy Minister Brad Duguid. Todd Case wants to know how much capacity the electricity distribution grid has in Warwick, and how residents are be > read more
Green Party candidate critical of wind development contract
Published on 2011-03-29 10:25:05
Countylive.ca Treat Hull, Green Party of Ontario candidate for Prince Edward-Hastings in October’s provincial election and the party’s provincial Energy Critic, today expressed his opposition to the Ontario Power Authority’s decision to grant a > read more
Reality Check
Published on 2011-03-29 08:22:07
Electricity policy is blowin’ in the wind
Published on 2011-03-29 05:45:42
by Clare McCarthy, Orangeville Banner The Ontario Liberal government’s program supplying electrical energy to hydro consumers in the province appears to be in tatters. Premier Dalton McGuinty’s party is to be lauded for its aim to develop sources > read more
Ontario eco fees cost millions to cancel
Published on 2011-03-28 17:19:16
CBC Ontario taxpayers are on the hook for millions of dollars for shutting down the eco fee program introduced last July and then quickly cancelled, Environment Minister John Wilkinson confirmed Monday. The province expected it would cost $8 million > read more
Anti-wind challenge will forge ahead
Published on 2011-03-28 13:14:11
by Lee Greenberg, Ottawa Citizen TORONTO — Anti-wind campaigners in Ontario will forge ahead with their legal challenge against turbines, the group says. Wind Concerns Ontario, a grassroots organization, says it will appeal a Superior Court decisio > read more
Turbine proposal missing info: Consultant
Published on 2011-03-28 07:36:14
By Maryanne Firth Welland Tribune WAINFLEET — The answers to Wainfleet’s questions aren’t blowing in the wind. During Tuesday’s township council meeting, municipal staff brought forward a report that reviewed plans for the Wai > read more
Queen’s Park Protest Monday
Published on 2011-03-26 12:59:30
Note: This is not sponsored by WCO but feel free to join in… > read more
Safety issues discussed at Tribunal
Published on 2011-03-26 06:39:47
by Harvey Wrightman Wm.K.G. (Bill) Palmer, P.Eng , whose specialty was safety and risk management for Ontario Hydro, said this about safety and the wind industry, “A problem that exists is that unlike mature technologies where failure events are ca > read more
The Greed Energy Act
Published on 2011-03-25 17:23:17
London Free Press Apologies are offered in the rush to push the windmills through everybody’s throats before we realize how screwed up this whole thing is, they typed in the wrong letter. An “n” instead of a “d”, easily > read more
Monarch’s fate up in the air
Published on 2011-03-25 12:24:40
By DANIEL PEARCE, Dunville Chronicle LAKE ERIE – The struggling monarch butterfly faces potential disaster if the Ontario government’s moratorium on offshore wind turbines is ever lifted and a proposed wind farm for the middle of Lake Eri > read more
Wind farm’s 40-decibel noise limit debated
Published on 2011-03-25 07:48:57
By Sharon Hill, Windsor Star Suncor Energy’s Kent Breeze Wind Farm must meet a noise limit of 40 decibels -about the same level as that of normal conversation -at homes near its proposed wind turbines, Ministry of the Environment engineer John > read more
Engineering reports a sham
Published on 2011-03-24 06:48:37
by Harvey Wrightman With 500 turbines proposed for the area from Hwy 402 up to Goderich – looking like a porcupine, there will be no place to hide. Who will take us in? That was my thoughts as I drove past the Kent Breeze wind project. So it was wi > read more
Melancthon Twp. mulls specialty crops, turbines
Published on 2011-03-23 21:35:54
By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter, Orangeville Citizen The designation of an area of Melancthon Township as a specialty crop area might prove to be more complicated than thought, if such a designation is sought. According to correspondence to be discu > read more
Turbine setback ruling to be appealed
Published on 2011-03-23 21:21:24
By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter, Orangeville Citizen Ian Hanna, who is asking the Ontario Court of Appeal to review a Divisional Court ruling on the 550-metre wind turbine setback prescribed by the Green Energy Act, says he is in no personal danger > read more
Wind farm application called ‘priority’
Published on 2011-03-23 20:08:54
Ontario environmental review: Appellants argue the project, near Thamesville, will cause harm to health by Ellwood Shreve, London Free Press CHATHAM — The Ministry of the Environment honoured a request to put a rush on approving the Kent Breeze Win > read more
Ignatieff acknowledges issue with democracy
Published on 2011-03-23 14:00:37
By Monte Sonnenberg, Dunnville Chronicle NANTICOKE – Federal and provincial Liberals are not necessarily on the same page when it comes to energy policy in Ontario. During a town-hall style meeting in Nanticoke Friday, federal Liberal leader Michae > read more
Haldimand Council carries resolution for moratorium on wind turbines
Published on 2011-03-22 14:45:52
By Donna Pitcher, The Dunnville Chronicle The Haldimand County council chambers overflowed with residents at Monday night’s council meeting as people came out to support a vote on asking the Province for a moratorium on wind generators. Vice Pr > read more
HEAT members ask Huron East to do more to protect their health from wind turbines
Published on 2011-03-22 09:21:03
By Susan Hundertmark, Huron Expositor Responding to a recently published map of a planned 15-turbine wind project north of St. Columban, members of Huron East Against Turbines (HEAT) made an impassioned plea to councillors to do more to protect their > read more
Wind opponents to stage march on MPPs office
Published on 2011-03-21 19:02:39
By PAUL MORDEN, The Sarnia Observer Esther Wrightman was organizing a wind turbine protest march to the Strathroy office or Lambton-Kent-Middlesex MPP Maria Van Bommel when she noticed something interesting about the route. The 550-metre distance fro > read more
Legal challenge against wind turbines moves forward with appeal
Published on 2011-03-20 20:13:15
by Don Crosby, Owen Sound Sun Times Lawyers for Prince Edward County resident Ian Hanna will seek leave to appeal the recent Divisional Court decision in his application for judicial review of provisions of the Green Energy Act. Hanna is behind one o > read more
No more standard political nonsense from our MPP
Published on 2011-03-20 14:42:20
Stratford Beacon Herald Less than .5% (one half of one percent) of all of Canada is designated class 1 agriculture land. It is totally irresponsible to place even one wind turbine on agriculture land . How can MPP John Wilkinson justify the provincia > read more
Wind turbine opponents sense victory
Published on 2011-03-20 06:37:23
By JOHN MINER, Simcoe Reformer After losing one round in court to the McGuinty government, anti-wind turbine activists now can sniff political victory in the air. The wind energy issue has turned red hot in rural areas with enough people angry to bri > read more
Is this how you want to see Ontario’s West Coast?
Published on 2011-03-19 18:26:19
This map shows the industrial wind turbine projects currently proposed for Huron County. The dots indicate 422 turbines. This map shows the industrial wind turbine projects currently proposed for Huron County. The dots indicate 422 turbines. It repre > read more
Focus on real power issues
Published on 2011-03-19 16:41:24
OPG management costs us million By Randall Denley, Ottawa Citizen You and I look at all of this and see nothing but red ink. Premier Dalton McGuinty sees nothing but green? How is it possible? Believe it or not, there is a condition called “dal > read more
Michael Ignatieff interview (Wind Turbine Debate)
Published on 2011-03-19 12:28:11
CD89.com LISTEN TO AUDIO At 3:30 on the recording, Michael Ignatieff is saying that Dalton McGuinty’s Green Energy Act is undemocratic. > read more
Brant Tract won’t be home to turbines
Published on 2011-03-19 07:38:02
By Don Crosby, Owen Sound Sun Times Bruce County Councillors have turned down a request to lease one of the county’s premier recreational woodlands for industrial wind development. Councillors accepted a request by Chris LaForest, the county& > read more
Turbines part of health study
Published on 2011-03-19 07:33:44
By Tracey Richardson, Markdale Standard A study of renewable energy that will include health effects from wind turbines is getting underway, but it will take at least five years. Dr. Siva Sivoththaman, a University of Waterloo professor of electrical > read more
Legal Challenge Continues
Published on 2011-03-18 15:50:41
Ian Hanna seeks leave to appeal wind turbine decision March 18, 2011/TORONTO – Lawyers for Prince Edward County resident, Ian Hanna, announced today they will seek leave to appeal the recent Divisional Court decision in Mr. Hanna’s applica > read more
Liberals keep shoving wind down farmers’ throats: Merriam
Published on 2011-03-18 12:27:50
by Jim Merriam, Toronto Sun Early on each week holds a glimmer of hope that I will be able to write about something other than the Dalton Gang. But as the days unfold, something outlandish, sometimes even outrageous, usually happens that can’t be a > read more
Elmwood to hold Public Information Meeting
Published on 2011-03-18 09:49:00
Public Information Meeting on Wind Turbines Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 7:00 pm Elmwood Community Centre – At the main intersection in Elmwood (corner of County Road 10 and Concession 10) turn West onto Concession 10. The Community Centre is on t > read more
Living in shadow of wind turbines
Published on 2011-03-18 09:16:32
by Linda Rogers, Jarvis – Sachem.ca Toronto has one. “Middle of Nowhere”…200 plus. I am a land owner of a small acreage located near the shores of Lake Erie. Out in the middle of small-town “no where” large installations of indu > read more
Power companies paid millions NOT to generate electricity
Published on 2011-03-18 08:18:40
By John Spears, Toronto Star If you’ve paid a steep hydro bill lately, you might want to take a deep breath before reading this. Here’s what Ontario electricity market’s official watchdog has turned up in its latest report: • Since Ontario’ > read more
Ontario’s misguided Green Energy policy
Published on 2011-03-18 08:07:06
Tony Keller’s Blog > read more
Georgian Bluffs won’t issue permits for wind projects
Published on 2011-03-18 07:01:27
By Maria Canton, Owen Sound Sun Times Georgian Bluffs councillors made a pre-emptive strike against wind energy developers and the province this week when they voted to freeze the issuing of any permits that could lead to the building of industrial w > read more
Wind energy: source of much confusion
Published on 2011-03-17 11:04:27
by Barbara Ashbee, Orangeville Citizen The topic of wind energy creates a lot of confusion for almost anyone outside of the impact zone. Rarely do residents get involved until they receive word that a project is planned in their area. In most cases u > read more
A case against wind turbines
Published on 2011-03-17 06:37:30
Toronto Star More wind than science in turbine debate, Opinion March 10 Leaving aside the questionable science that leads to the estimate of 9,000 Ontarians dying annually of complications resulting from air pollution, and also the fact that most o > read more
Protesters greet Mike Crawley of International Power
Published on 2011-03-17 00:00:49
By Don Crosby, Owen Sound Sun Times Protesters greet wind turbine developer Michael Crawley who came to update Grey Highlands council Monday on projects owned by International Power Canada. The president of International Power Canada had to run a gau > read more
Ontario’s Power Trip: Time to recast the plan
Published on 2011-03-16 13:38:50
by Parker Gallant, Financial Post When the Ontario Power Authority recently launched their saveONenergy advertising campaign it appears the Liberals simultaneously launched a saveOURseat campaign. On March 9th they announced a grant of $7.9 million f > read more
People need opportunity to provide input into turbine projects
Published on 2011-03-16 12:51:55
Manitoulin Expositor I would like to comment on the February 23 article “Northland shrinks size of wind farm.” I don’t believe Northland Power removed or relocated 10 turbines in response to the community. The 33 1.8-megawatt turbines are a ref > read more
Plympton-Wyoming delegates meet with ministers
Published on 2011-03-16 07:20:42
Special to The Petrolia Topic Town of Plympton-Wyoming delegates met with several Ontario ministers at the 2011 Rural Ontario Municipal Association/Ontario Good Roads Association (ROMA/OGRA) combined conference, held recently in Toronto. At one meeti > read more
Huron County to hear more on low frequency noise
Published on 2011-03-15 14:22:52
By Cheryl Heath, Lakeshore Advance Thanks to a question delivered by Coun. Bill Siemon (Huron East), councillors learned the county is a step closer to forming an ad hoc committee that will address Low Frequency Noise (LFN) related issues. County pla > read more
Bluewater council balks at wind bylaw
Published on 2011-03-15 14:17:24
By Vanessa Brown, Lakeshore Advance Bluewater council will await guidance from the county before it adopts a wind turbine bylaw similar to the Municipality of Huron-Kinloss. The bylaw withholds issuing building permits to wind developers unless they > read more
Saugeen Shores to ask province to suspend wind energy projects
Published on 2011-03-15 14:11:55
by Patrick Bales, Owen Sound Sun Times An overflow crowd of nearly 250 people attended Saugeen Shores council Monday night to either throw their voices behind an anti-wind turbine motion from deputy mayor Luke Charbonneau, or support Leader Resources > read more
Wind industry knowingly violated rights
Published on 2011-03-15 13:23:55
Owen Sound Sun Times I’m a mother of two and a resident of Grey Highlands who cares about the good health and well being of my family and of my rural neighbours. I’ve taken cheap shots from wind industry salespeople like Roberta Knox before. It > read more
Where is the logic with wind turbines?
Published on 2011-03-15 13:17:33
By Alfred Dykstra, Lakeshore Advance Here are 10 things to think about with regard to wind-turbine projects. 1. In Ontario, the velocity of the wind constantly changes. This means that no useful power comes from wind turbines approximately 75 per c > read more
Protesters greet Mike Crawley of International Power
Published on 2011-03-15 12:21:49
By Don Crosby, Owen Sound Sun Times Protesters greet wind turbine developer Michael Crawley who came to update Grey Highlands council Monday on projects owned by International Power Canada. More to come later. > read more
Failed Consultation Process
Published on 2011-03-15 11:32:06
Friends of Arran Lake Wind Concerns Ontario Central Bruce Grey RR1 Southampton ON N0H 2L0 ________________________________________________________________ Hon. John Wilkinson, Minister of the Environment Hon. Brad Duguid, Minister of Energy Carol Mit > read more
Arran-Elderslie council expected to vote on higher turbine fees
Published on 2011-03-15 06:46:33
Deputy-mayor says municipality will continue fight against wind farms until health study done By Mary Golem, Owen Sound Sun Times Arran-Elderslie is considering raising building permit fees for all buildings and structures related to commercial wind > read more
Carol Mitchell sticks to the script
Published on 2011-03-14 11:05:20
Mitchell defends wind turbine policy by Don Crosby, Owen Sound Sun Times Ontario’s minister of agriculture defends the government’s handling of the controversial renewal energy policies as part of a 25-year plan to develop a sustainable e > read more
Infrasound from wind turbines can be bad for your health
Published on 2011-03-13 18:10:55
Pray for the Japanese People
Published on 2011-03-13 11:09:31
Join the Protest!
Published on 2011-03-12 19:22:34
Everyone Welcome Sat., April 2nd, – 11:00AM – Downtown Strathroy Head & Front St. (Kenwick Mall) to MPP Maria Van Bommel’s office Map The 550m March to your MPP’s Office (it’s not that far- just as close as a wind turbine can > read more
Mayor Hewitt to introduce motion for moratorium in Haldimand County
Published on 2011-03-12 16:04:27
By Jim Knisley, The Sachem Mayor Ken Hewitt will introduce a motion March 21 that would, if passed by county council, call on the province to “recognize a moratorium on the development of industrial wind turbine and solar projects” in Hal > read more
Wind Opposition Strength Grows in West Lincoln
Published on 2011-03-12 14:21:20
SMITHVILLE, ON – March11, 2011 Following the recent announcement of another $3 billion dollars of solar and wind contracts awarded under the Provincial FIT program the West Lincoln and Glanbrook Wind Action Groups jointly condemned the proposed c > read more
Ontario Real Estate Association to take a stance on wind development
Published on 2011-03-12 08:48:09
Chris Luxemburger’s Real Estate Blog This has been an issue in Dufferin County for some time. Membership has now been able to sway our Provincial Real Estate Association (OREA) to take on this issue. OREA’s President was quoted saying that t > read more
Municipal Wind Group Invites Liberals
Published on 2011-03-11 20:45:32
Bayshore Broadcasting Listen to Audio The Liberal provincial power brokers are being invited to Bruce and Grey counties. The chair of the Inter-municipal Wind Turbine Working Group, Mark Davis says it’s time to bring Premier Dalton McGuinty and > read more
McGuinty’s reality
Published on 2011-03-11 20:38:39
In the wake of his smart-meter flop, expect blackouts and appliance shutdowns ‘We’ve got to contend with reality,” Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty told the provincial legislature last fall, in explaining that Ontarians need smart electricity me > read more
A wind of uncertainty is blowing through Simcoe area
Published on 2011-03-11 08:29:18
By Toby Barrett, Simcoe Reformer The storm of uncertainty swirling about the McGuinty green energy policy grows more worrisome and divisive as residents become aware of the extensive list of projects slated to blow into our area. I hear it at the doo > read more
Do our share?
Published on 2011-03-10 16:04:45
By Enest Horvath, Paris Star Ontario provides funding for the proponents of wind and solar energy. They are even getting into your schools. Energy use breaks down this way, homeowners use 30%, business uses 70%. While you watch 1000′s of acres > read more
Concerns of Manitoulin Island wind critics not adequately addressed
Published on 2011-03-10 14:58:21
Manitoulin Expositor There has been much public activity from Northland Power (NPI) lately as they scramble to gain approval for the McLean’s Mountain Wind Farm. They have been bombarding our local paper with a handful of repeated CanWEA ads (I sup > read more
Meaford to hold symposium on wind energy
Published on 2011-03-10 13:16:49
Wind Concerns Meaford is hosting a symposium on wind energy on April 9th, 2011 Meaford Hall, 12 Nelson Street East, Meaford, ON Map Watch for further information > read more
Court ruling doesn’t quell West Lincoln group’s plans
Published on 2011-03-10 12:24:49
by Amanda Street Niagara This Week The West Lincoln Wind Action Group is “sticking to its guns” despite a recent ruling by an Ontario court in favour of the province’s stance on industrial wind turbines. Cam Pritchard, spokesperson for the West > read more
Foul winds blow at workshop
Published on 2011-03-10 11:17:01
By Paul Schliesmann, Kingston Whig Standard The pro-wind power stance of the Sierra Club Canada environmental group caught its executive director in a political crosswind in Kingston this week. John Bennett had a good day going on Tuesday. In the mor > read more
Wind turbines: Friend or foe?
Published on 2011-03-10 10:27:22
London Free Press, March 10, 2011 (click to enlarge) > read more
Wind Energy Battles Still Churning Across Ontario
Published on 2011-03-10 06:01:55
by Ian Kennedy, Chatham Daily News With the Capitol Theatre stealing much of the spotlight in Chatham-Kent during recent weeks, hearings related to the Kent Breeze Wind Farm near Thamesville spun on with little fanfare locally. A quick look at the p > read more
Ontario Power Trip: Good advice from the Ontario Energy Association?
Published on 2011-03-10 05:56:20
By Parker Gallant, Financial Post The Ontario Energy Association, an industry lobby, today issued its “Blueprint for Energy Policy in Ontario” in which it puts forth the views of its diverse membership of generators, transmitters, distributors, r > read more
Melancthon Council send formal protest to McGuinty
Published on 2011-03-09 20:11:18
By WES KELLER, Orangeville Citizen Melancthon Mayor Bill Hill and Deputy Darren White have sent a formal protest to Premier Dalton McGuinty at the treatment they were given recently by his minister of Natural Resources. In a letter dated March 7, t > read more
Wainfleet council favours turbine moratorium
Published on 2011-03-09 17:52:52
Niagara This Week “They are loud and clear. Our Wainfleet does not include wind turbines.” The sentiments shared by Ald. Richard Dykstra were simple and to the point, but were echoed by other members of Wainfleet Township Council who voted unanim > read more
PBS Newshour: Wind Turbines and Health
Published on 2011-03-09 16:57:13
PBS NewsHour Connect: Mass. Community Reacts to Living Near Wind Turbines By: Lauren Knapp Wind turbines, used around the world to provide energy, are often seen grouped together in wind farms in rural parts of Iowa, Texas and Nebraska. But as mo > read more
Dalton’s Delusions
Published on 2011-03-09 16:15:34
Ontario Power Worker Union Videos
Published on 2011-03-09 15:37:25
While Wind Concerns Ontario has no affiliation with the OPW Union, we would like to post these videos found on their website that clearly explain McGuinty’s colossal failure with the Green Enery Act. Renewables and Conservation are Not Enough > read more
Unplug ‘green’ taxes, says Ontario Energy Association
Published on 2011-03-09 14:35:01
by Jonathan Jenkins, Toronto Sun The province should scrap sections in the Green Energy Act that allow the Ontario Energy Board to effectively levy environmentally friendly taxes, an industry lobby group says. “The Green Energy Act has granted the > read more
How Green Is Your Lost Job?
Published on 2011-03-09 09:15:10
Investors.com Power: A study of renewable energy in Scotland shows that for every job created in the alternative energy sector, almost four jobs are lost in the rest of the economy. We’ve seen this movie before. Not only has the sun set on the > read more
Election talk is about sex, windmills and finger painting
Published on 2011-03-09 09:08:55
by Christina Blizzard, Toronto Sun …Speaking of windbags brings us to another hot issue that pits rural against urban. Ironically, it was Murray’s predecessor in his Toronto-Centre riding — one George Smitherman — who’s largely responsi > read more
There’s nothing inherently sustainable about renewable energy
Published on 2011-03-09 08:58:19
By Robert Rattle, Sault Ste Marie This Week We have the potential to create successful and promising sustainable renewable energy projects in Sault Ste. Marie. The PUC and the West End Community Centre are good examples. Let’s build on those su > read more
WCO-5, Sierra Club-0, Wainfleet Council Unanimously Passes Moratorium Motion
Published on 2011-03-09 06:42:45
In Mid-February Sierra Club Executive Director John Bennett questioned whether the backlash to industrial wind energy in Ontario was real. He demonstrated his ignorance on the file by suggesting opponents of industrial wind were Progressive Conservat > read more
The Sierra Club: How Support for Industrial Wind Technology Betrays Its Mission
Published on 2011-03-08 19:14:07
The Sierra Club: How Support for Industrial Wind Technology Subverts Its History, Betrays Its Mission, and Erodes Commitment to the Scientific Method by Jon Boone Part I Part II Part III As part of our endwindwelfare campai > read more
American Bird Conservancy slams AWEA for misleading, irresponsible tactics
Published on 2011-03-08 10:08:26
Sign ABC’s Petition “It is unfortunate that, rather than owning up to, solving, or at least mitigating for impacts to birds from wind farm installations, the industry’s lobbyists spin outdated and misleading information, and try to conc > read more
Municipal power attack
Published on 2011-03-08 09:39:30
By Peter Jackson, www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca The Progressive Conservatives in the Legislature continue to turn up the heat on the governing Liberals — this time on the issue of municipal decision-making powers. Sarnia-Lambton Tory MPP Bob Bailey a > read more
Wind turbine revolution has no place in southern Ontario
Published on 2011-03-08 09:14:46
Durham Radio News I’m all for increasing our use of green energy, renewable energy. It’s a great idea, a good goal and one to be commended. However, there seems to be a windy revolution that’s brewing that I don’t think has the best inter > read more
No relief in sight from rising costs
Published on 2011-03-08 08:57:12
by Parker Gallant, National Post Ontario Power Generation, the provincially owned generating company, released its 2010 annual report on Friday. Hydro One, the provincially owned transmission company, had released its annual report last month. But ne > read more
Orange Take on Green Math Raises Red Flag
Published on 2011-03-08 07:59:27
by the Energy Numbers Guy Over the last two weeks, Terence Corcoran of the National Post has written two articles critical of the exorbitant prices paid to Ontario renewable projects and questionable job claims associated with the projects. Last week > read more
Wind Concerns Ontario « Goldhawk Fights Back
Published on 2011-03-07 20:14:33
John Laforet, President of Wind Concerns Ontario, comments on the Trillium Foundation funding pro-industrial wind lobby groups. LISTEN TO PODCAST Join the campaign: endwindwelfare.ca > read more
Protest March Song Contest
Published on 2011-03-07 10:19:10
Calling on all budding songwriters and poets to compose a chant or song for upcoming protests. Any ideas? The prize? Your creation will be loudly sung by thousands and will live on in infamy! Submit to windconcerns@gmail.com or leave a comment > read more
The Ontario Ministry of Mixed Messages
Published on 2011-03-07 09:09:31
Sussex Strategy’s “Confuse the Public” campaign in full swing by Parker Gallant The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) on February 25, 2011 released a report telling us our electricity supply “remains very strong” an > read more
Green Energy Blues
Published on 2011-03-06 18:06:43
Saugeen Shores Council to Challenge Ontario Government
Published on 2011-03-06 11:00:48
March 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at 600 Tomlinson Drive, (The Plex) Port Elgin. Map Please come out and support us on March 14 when Saugeen Shores Councillors will vote on Deputy Mayor Luke Charboneau’s motion. The mo > read more
Average folks getting soaked by Feed-in-Tariff deals
Published on 2011-03-06 09:16:36
By Bob Stewart, Kenora Miner and News Ontario’s Feed-in-Tariff program, assigned the acronyms FIT and MicroFIT, is under fire again in some quarters. This is nothing new. The program, designed to encourage small-scale “green” source > read more
Microfit Program called a Ponzi Scheme
Published on 2011-03-06 08:26:39
By John Phair, Today’s Farmer The president of the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario (CFFO) says a number of farmers who have invested or borrowed money to install solar panels on their farms have been treated unfairly in the province& > read more
Don’t count on constant electricity under renewable energy, says UK electricity CEO
Published on 2011-03-06 08:11:01
Wind power will require lifestyle change by Lawrence Solomon, Financial Post Electricity consumers in the UK will need to get used to flicking the switch and finding the power unavailable, according to Steve Holliday, CEO of National Grid, the countr > read more
Protect farmland from energy projects, Guelph audience told
Published on 2011-03-06 05:48:17
GUELPH – The intrusion of energy projects onto Ontario farmland will only increase, and it is up to farmers to ensure the land remains viable for agriculture, a Guelph audience heard on the weekend. “There’s a way to do it in which we can prese > read more
Dalton McGuinty’s mind games
Published on 2011-03-06 05:39:15
When it comes to electricity, premier uses the power of spin by Lorrie Goldstein, Toronto Sun It would be so much easier if Premier Dalton McGuinty and his government would just be honest and forthright about electricity pricing and renewable energy. > read more
Anti-turbine activist stands firm
Published on 2011-03-05 06:44:42
An appeal of a Chatham-Kent wind power development continues despite this week’s defeat of efforts elsewhere in Ontario to overturn a provincial law governing distances between wind turbines and dwellings. by PAT CURRIE, Better Farming Don’t coun > read more
Smart is dumb
Published on 2011-03-04 20:00:35
Plans to spend trillions on ‘smart grids’ will collapse by Lawrence Solomon, National Post Power companies around the world are planning to spend trillions of dollars building smart grids — next-generation marvels likened to the transcontinenta > read more
Wind fight not over, says Manvers councillor
Published on 2011-03-04 13:47:07
By Lisa Gervais, Lindsay Post KAWARTHA LAKES – Ward 16 Coun. Heather Stauble said Manvers’ fight against 550m setbacks from wind turbines is not over, despite the Canadian Wind Energy Association claiming victory in a court decision last > read more
Wellington County rejects wind energy process due to concerns on several issues
Published on 2011-03-04 10:32:37
by David Meyer, Wellington Advertiser GUELPH – Wellington County council has told the Ministry of Environment it has no interest in taking part in the public consultation process that would permit wind turbines to be built in Wellington County. > read more
Public urged to attend wind-farm open houses
Published on 2011-03-04 08:17:07
By Carol Martin, Soo Today Will the great outdoors still be so great when the landscape is dotted with wind turbines? That was one of the questions on many of the minds of about 100 people who attended a public information session hosted last night b > read more
Kingston Field Naturalists hold turbine workshop
Published on 2011-03-04 07:41:46
Kingston Whig Standard Kingston Field Naturalists will hold a workshop Tuesday they hope will help shape a policy regarding wind farms, which are a divisive issue among environmentalists. “Some are strongly in favour of wind farms; some very st > read more
Rural mayors like PC wind policy
Published on 2011-03-03 19:27:27
by CATHY DOBSON, Sarnia Observer Lambton’s rural leaders say they hope Tim Hudak is as good as his word. The Progressive Conservative leader and Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey issued a joint statement Thursday promising to restore decision-makin > read more
Response from WCO on Court Ruling
Published on 2011-03-03 18:05:59
Wind Concerns Ontario President John Laforet cautioned the Government of Ontario and industrial wind lobby not to celebrate the recent divisional court ruling regarding industrial wind turbines. “The panel of judges determined it was not up to them > read more
Divisional Court Rules in Favour of Minister in Wind Appeal
Published on 2011-03-03 17:48:08
Panel leaves 550 metre setback an open question for Environmental Review Tribunal Toronto – The Ontario Divisional Court released its decision today in the Ian Hanna judicial review, which challenged the 550m setback for industrial win > read more
Time to Deep-Six the Green Energy Act
Published on 2011-03-03 14:32:51
by Parker Gallant, Financial Post The second round of large-scale renewable energy projects totalling 872 MW of new generation contracts was announced by the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) Feb. 24. These contracts included 215 MW of solar and 615 MW > read more
Ontario Landowners Association join in fight
Published on 2011-03-03 07:06:59
By WES KELLER, Orangeville Citizen Ontario Power Authority (OPA) last Thursday awarded four Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) onshore wind turbine contracts, and the Ontario Landowners Association (OLA) has joined in the intensifying fight against them. The four > read more
Five steps to lower hydro bills — and votes
Published on 2011-03-03 07:01:09
by Andy Frame, Toronto Star Premier McGuinty, you have a lot of trouble on your hands and you know that hydro costs will be a major issue on election day, Oct. 6. The voters are cranky about five major problems your government has created: • You > read more
The Green Network: Putting the “ Green Eco” in Economics
Published on 2011-03-02 20:07:17
by Parker Gallant In the Eco-friendly world, economics takes a back seat to climate change as does job creating industries like pulp & paper and lumber mills, mining, refining, oil extraction and any electricity production outside of wind and sol > read more
Visit Ontario’s beautiful west coast, but don’t look east
Published on 2011-03-02 13:43:44
Goderich Signal Star The West Coast of Ontario, who wouldn’t want to vacation here with sand, water, cottages, campgrounds and the best sunsets in the province or live here with all the year round opportunities that abound in such a rich area o > read more
Save Our Algoma Region will host information forum
Published on 2011-03-02 13:37:28
By The Sault Star Sault Ste. Marie MP Tony Martin and Save Our Algoma Region (SOAR) will be co-hosting their third wind farm development public forum in six months Thursday, March 3 at Alexander Henry High School. The two-hour forum, beginning at 7 > read more
Wind Concerns Ontario launches “End Wind Welfare” campaign
Published on 2011-03-02 09:54:24
Send a Message: endwindwelfare.ca Wind Concerns Ontario Calls On Leaders to ‘Come Clean’ on Continuing Taxpayer ‘Wind Welfare’ Payments to Industrial Wind Lobbyists In response to a campaign launched by The Ontario Sustainable Energy Associa > read more
Ontario Legislature Hansard – March 1, 2011
Published on 2011-03-02 08:58:33
WIND TURBINES Mr. Tim Hudak: The question is to the Minister of Energy. In a speech to the Rural Ontario Municipal Asso-ciation yesterday, Premier McGuinty sadly missed his chance to show respect to Ontario families and Ontario municipal leaders by r > read more
No windfall in false promise of green jobs
Published on 2011-03-02 08:35:44
POLITICAL rhetoric has shifted from the need to respond to the “generational challenge” of climate change. by Bjorn Lomborg, The Australian Investment in alternative energy technologies such as solar and wind is no longer peddle > read more
Bruce County approves guidelines for wind developers
Published on 2011-03-02 06:48:25
By Don Crosby, Lucknow Sentinel Bruce County council has adopted a protocol aimed at facilitating discussions with wind energy developers. It sets guidelines for such things as setbacks from certain types of uses, requirements for protection of natur > read more
Come Clean’s messy jobs reality
Published on 2011-03-02 06:45:10
by Terence Corcoran, Financial Post There’s little doubt that green jobs come at a higher cost in jobs lost in other sectors of the economy The job-killing consequences of massive government spending and regulation to force green energy development > read more
McGuinty’s green jobs plan could kill 185,000 jobs
Published on 2011-03-02 06:37:41
Ontario’s unemployment rate could reach 10% The Ontario government has one of the world’s most aggressive green job-creating program, with plans underway to create 50,000 new green jobs in the province. Based on the latest evidence from anothe > read more
Smithville announcement causes outrage in community
Published on 2011-03-01 17:58:15
Local politicians were “blindsided” by the announcement, said Ward 1 Ald. Sue-Ellen Merritt. “I feel like a fool,” said Merritt at Monday’s council meeting. “We don’t know anything about it ahead of time until it’s approved. The w > read more
40 doctors urge Québec Government to halt all wind turbine projects
Published on 2011-03-01 17:04:31
Credit: Terre Citoyenne, terrecitoyenne.qc.ca —Roc Lebel, Terre Citoyenne I am not a physician, but I work in the health care field. My work involves Research & Development and product formulation, and I have close ties with a number of phy > read more
Meaford Council looking at wind energy
Published on 2011-03-01 12:27:23
by Jon Meyer, Bayshore Broadcasting Meaford Council won’t blow over for wind farm developers like International Power Corporation of Toronto. Deputy Mayor Harley Greenfield expects council to set up an ad hoc committee solely dedicated to study > read more
Ontario’s Wind Moratorium: Public Discontent Sends a Global Message to Government-Dependent Energy (and energy sprawl)
Published on 2011-03-01 10:33:38
by Sherri Lange, Master Resource “Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch, nay, you may kick it all about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Professor at the Br > read more
Renewable Energy is (Not) Great
Published on 2011-03-01 09:55:12
by The Energy Numbers Guy Martin Regg Cohn, in his February 20, 2011 Toronto Star article on green activists, warned us that a coalition of like-minded (to Rick Smith of Environmental Defence) lobby groups would launch a campaign to “stiffen the sp > read more
Petition presented in the Ontario legislature
Published on 2011-03-01 08:27:07
28 February 2011 WIND TURBINES Mr. John O’Toole: I am very, very pleased to be able to present a petition. In fact, I have thousands of them from my riding of Durham. I will read it. “To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario: “Whereas industrial > read more
Tom Adams Comments on Ontario’s FIT Contracts Announced Feb. 24/2011
Published on 2011-03-01 08:19:38
Tom Adams Energy The Ontario government announced here that it has entered into 40 new Feed-In Tariff contracts to procure another 872 MW of renewable power, primarily from wind and solar generators. The generators know that McGuinty’s green en > read more
Why the £250bn wind power industry could be the greatest scam of our age – and here are the three ‘lies’ that prove it
Published on 2011-03-01 08:14:09
by Christopher Booker, UK Daily Mail Scarcely a day goes by without more evidence to show why the Government’s obsession with wind turbines, now at the centre of our national energy policy, is one of the greatest political blunders of our time. > read more
Dalton McGuinty Isn’t Happy Till No One’s Happy
Published on 2011-02-28 12:01:58
by Tim Hudak QUEEN’S PARK – While rural and small communities gather in Toronto at the ROMA/OGRA conference, Dalton McGuinty should take the opportunity to call a moratorium on his industrial wind farms and return the local decision making powers > read more
Grey Highlands seeks proper consultation on wind projects
Published on 2011-02-28 10:21:29
By DON CROSBY, Owen Sound Sun Times Grey Highlands wants any further wind energy projects to be suspended until the provincial government meets its obligation under the Green Energy Act to consult with the community. In a motion passed last week, cou > read more
The colour of this green is money
Published on 2011-02-28 10:15:05
By RUTH FARQUHAR, Sudbury Star It’s hard to believe that something that is supposed to be so good for the environment can bring so much divisiveness and anger to Manitoulin Island. I haven’t written much about the MacLean’s Mountain > read more
MNR ignores Endangered Species Act
Published on 2011-02-28 05:54:10
Chronicle Journal I have been following the development of the low-key Greenwich Lake wind farm at Dorion, particularly in light of the provincial government’s latest flip-flop on Great Lakes wind farms. The Greenwich wind farm covers a large area > read more
Massive wind turbine project has gone out to tender in Smithville area, opponents say
Published on 2011-02-28 05:00:59
By Tom Wilkinson, Niagara News Opponents of wind power in Niagara Region were alarmed Thursday that while they’re fighting a proposed five to 11 wind turbines near Caistor Centre, another 50 to 75 have been approved to go to tender in the Smith > read more
Wind turbines slated for Port Ryerse
Published on 2011-02-27 21:09:43
” That is completely inadequate,” says Petrie, who is hearing anecdotal evidence that giant turbines drive away wildlife wherever they are situated. ” That means they can basically place them anywhere. If I lived in the Port Ryerse > read more
Eco-groups take shots at all parties. Does anyone care?
Published on 2011-02-27 17:23:09
Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star A coalition of environmental groups is launching a website Monday urging the Ontario government and opposition parties to “come clean” on their environmental intentions. The effort at www.comeclean.ca debuts as groups i > read more
Toronto spent too much ‘green’: Editorial
Published on 2011-02-27 09:55:17
Toronto Sun It’s one thing for City Hall to spend our tax dollars on services we all use. Most people understand the need to pay property taxes to fund the police, fire and ambulance services, public transit, road repairs, libraries, parks, garbage > read more
Council sets rules for turbine permits
Published on 2011-02-27 06:01:20
By Don Crosby, Owen Sound Sun Times Huron-Kinloss won’t issue building permits for new industrial wind energy projects unless developers adhere to the municipality’s wind energy policies. “We’re trying to protect the residents > read more
Rural Ontario is collateral damage
Published on 2011-02-26 19:27:55
Goderich Signal Star I would like to thank The Signal Star for helping to provide a forum for the very contentious issue of Industrial Wind development in Huron County and beyond. This is certainly the largest single issue the county will have to fac > read more
Wainfleet wind turbine meeting packed
Published on 2011-02-26 09:26:30
by Eddie Chau, Niagara This Week It was all about wind energy in Wainfleet this past Wednesday. About 100 people packed Wainfleet Township council chambers on Feb. 23 to voice their two cents worth on the hot topic at the moment in the municipality: > read more
Wolfe Island wind plant still harming birds in Important Bird Area
Published on 2011-02-26 09:08:42
by Ted Cheskey Nature Canada Last May, I blogged about a report that described how birds and bats have been affected by the TransAlta wind plant on Wolfe Island, a globally significant Important Bird Area in southern Ontario known for its waterfowl, > read more
Green zeal too costly
Published on 2011-02-26 07:15:47
Chronicle Journal An open letter to MPPs Michael Gravelle, Bill Mauro, Premier Dalton McGuinty: Where do I start? It is obvious that your government has lost its way when it comes to Ontario energy policies. The sudden cancellation of future wind tur > read more
Wind energy’s dirty secret
Published on 2011-02-26 07:07:08
Mining mineral for windmill magnets causes environmental disaster by Christina Blizzard, Toronto Sun What’s the fastest growing cash crop in rural Ontario — after pot, that is? Try wind turbines. These ugly eyesores are sprouting like weeds and a > read more
WCO didn’t commission panel
Published on 2011-02-25 14:09:57
Orangeville Citizen In your issue of February 17 you stated that Wind Concerns Ontario commissioned an expert panel of practitioners to undertake a study of the effects of noise, etc., associated with wind turbines. This is not correct. What is corre > read more
Liberals all in a tither after seeing buttons/postcards
Published on 2011-02-25 11:44:05
“Gone with the Wind” buttons and postcards, provided by the Belwood group, were delivered to every MPP yesterday in the legislature by Ted Arnett, PC MPP for Wellington-Halton Hills. The following exchange then took place: Ontario Ha > read more
Amherst Island Project gets pact for power
Published on 2011-02-25 06:56:34
By Tori Stafford, Kingston Whig-Standard A group that has been fighting for four years against a proposed wind farm on Amherst Island got bad news yesterday. “I’m very, very disappointed,” John Harrison, director of the Association > read more
Ontario blows wind farm into Hudak’s turf
Published on 2011-02-24 20:43:41
By ANTONELLA ARTUSO, Toronto Sun Shortly after axing an offshore wind energy project near his own Scarborough riding, Energy Minister Brad Duguid has planted a wind turbine farm in PC Leader Tim Hudak’s political backyard. The Niagara Region Wind F > read more
Ontario burns up more green cash
Published on 2011-02-24 19:12:28
by Terence Corcoran, Financial Post Ontario’s green jobs come at a cost of up to $207,000 each North America’s only feed-in-tariff smokestack, a renewable energy program that burns money to generate electricity, announced fresh incinerations Thur > read more
Ontario moves forward with wind and solar projects
Published on 2011-02-24 18:00:39
The Canadian Press TORONTO — Ontario’s Liberal government announced Thursday it was proceeding with dozens of large wind and solar projects, despite having to delay hundreds of smaller green energy projects because of limited access to the po > read more
Advisors Support Deferral of Offshore Wind Projects
Published on 2011-02-24 17:57:10
Canadian Committee of Advisors Agrees With Government Decision to Study Impacts TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire - Feb. 24, 2011) -On behalf of the stakeholders committed to restoring and enhancing the fisheries of the Great Lakes, the Committee of > read more
Payback – 6th October 2011
Published on 2011-02-24 13:47:55
Courtesy of the Belwood Group Postcards and buttons delivered to all MPPs and Queen’s Park media today. Download Postcard > read more
Ontario to award additional $3-billion green-energy contracts today
Published on 2011-02-24 09:57:16
Download FIT Contract Awards-Final List -February_24,_2011 Communities of Pickerel, Smithville, Simcoe and Stella hit with massive new wind turbine projects By Karen Howlett, Globe and Mail The Ontario government will announce on Thursday that it is > read more
Opposition parties calls Ontario Energy Board ruling a ‘scam’
Published on 2011-02-24 08:09:30
Once Again Ontario Families Stuck with the Bill…This Time for Illegal, Interest Charges and High Priced Lawyers by Rob Ferguson , Toronto Star The government is standing idly by as electricity ratepayers get hit in the pocketbook again, opposition > read more
Dunc Quixote
Published on 2011-02-24 07:52:24
By Tom Van Dusen, Ontario Farmer After generally supporting industrial wind turbines for the past several years and saying so in this column more than once, I think it’s time to inject a little fresh air into my position. I’m not abandoning the p > read more
Slap in the face to rural Ontario: Jones
Published on 2011-02-24 06:52:30
Orangeville Citizen Dufferin-Caledon MPP Sylvia Jones says Premier Dalton McGuinty’s shelving of offshore wind turbine projects is another example of the Liberal government’s poorly planned energy experiments. The Liberals announced they are back > read more
GreenView: Ontario cancels off-shore wind projects. Good
Published on 2011-02-24 06:06:13
by Krystyn Tully, Waterkeeper.ca Weekly There will be no off-shore wind projects in Ontario any time soon. Off-shore wind farms are built in the water – in Ontario, this generally means in the Great Lakes and especially in Lake Ontario. Before the > read more
Offshore wind turbine halt politically motivated?
Published on 2011-02-24 06:03:26
The Mitchell Advocate No matter if it’s offshore or on-shore, it’s crystal clear wind turbines will be a major election issue for the remainder of 2011. Why else would the Dalton McGuinty government send out a press release late on Feb. 1 > read more
Who’s on our side?
Published on 2011-02-24 05:59:04
By Chris Vander Doelen, Windsor Star Premier Dalton McGuinty might not be facing an Ontario-wide uprising against his plan to dot the countryside with wind turbines if Canadians had normal property rights. We have nominal property rights, as mentione > read more
I am not an anecdote
Published on 2011-02-24 05:26:11
Orangeville Citizen Dalton McGuinty needs to educate and inform his ministers, friends and colleagues in positions of authority, such as top doc Dr. Arlene King, Minister Wilkinson, Minister Duguid and the entire ministry staff in every district offi > read more
Rural Ontario is under systematic attack by government and false environmentalism
Published on 2011-02-23 18:40:29
By Ontario Landowners Association, Canada Free Press Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty may back off on plans to construct offshore wind turbines. The Ontario Landowners Association says he should also back off on plans to build wind turbines in rural a > read more
Clarington Wind Concerns host public forum March 3
Published on 2011-02-23 16:42:37
by Jennifer O’Meara, Durhamregion.com CLARKE — Concerned residents are still determined to fight the winds of change which could blow two proposed wind farms into rural Clarington. Clarington Wind Concerns, a group of citizens opposing > read more
300 turn out in Haldimand to hear WCO speakers
Published on 2011-02-23 13:35:04
By Daniel Pearce, Dunnville Chronicle FISHERVILLE - The fight to stop the numerous wind turbines slated to go up in Haldimand County over the next two years is on. The community hall in Fisherville overflowed Tuesday night with about 300 residents > read more
Carol Mitchell flustered by wind opposition
Published on 2011-02-23 13:27:18
By Vanessa Brown, Clinton News Record Recent criticism of the Liberals’ announcement to postpone offshore wind development while asking for more research on land-based turbines is conflicting, according to Huron Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell. Both C > read more
Green projects run amok with little oversight. What is Toronto getting for $130M?
Published on 2011-02-23 09:21:16
by SUE-ANN LEVY, Toronto Sun As much as $130 million of one-time money has either been dumped down the drain or committed to fund ex-mayor David Miller’s Climate Change Agenda in the last four years — money which could have been used to offset To > read more
Eagerly anticipating more election promises from Premier Pinocchio
Published on 2011-02-23 08:42:56
Meanwhile, in rural Ontario, the Green Energy Act is creating a massive headache for the Liberals. Not only is it pushing up the price of electricity, it’s foisting hundreds of ugly, disruptive wind turbines on small communities, destroying other > read more
Huron-Kinloss Unanimously Passes Moratorium
Published on 2011-02-22 19:44:05
See Resolutions of all 74 Ontario Councils 7.3 Industrial Wind Turbines in Huron-Kinloss WHEREAS, It is the primary function of all levels of government to function at all times with the Health, Safety and Well Being of their constituents as a high > read more
McGuinty’s GEA (Gaia Energy Act) devastating Northern Ontario
Published on 2011-02-22 16:51:38
Hydro Worth More than Jobs in McGuinty’s Ontario No Apologies According to Iroquois Falls Mayor Gilles Forget, the proposed sale puts in question the long term viability of the pulp and paper mill. “Abitibi’s mill in Iroquois Falls is competiti > read more
Looking for Wind Industry Leadership in Reducing Noise Impacts
Published on 2011-02-22 14:29:42
By Jim Cummings, Acoustic Ecology Institute - Renewable Energy World The wind industry needs to be more proactive about addressing community noise standards. In recent years, we’ve seen a surge of noise complaints, troubling annoyance-level su > read more
Ontario electricity prices to rise again as OPG seeks 6.2 per cent hike March 1
Published on 2011-02-22 14:07:36
The Canadian Press TORONTO – Electricity ratepayers in Ontario, already reeling from soaring prices, should brace for yet another increase. The Ontario Energy Board is expected to rule shortly on a request from Ontario Power Generation for a 6. > read more
Time for ‘science-based’ decision-making is now!
Published on 2011-02-22 13:38:29
By Debbie Lynch, The Sault Star Re: “Green energy comedy not that funny“ Jim Merriam’s take on the antics of the “Dalton Gang” concerning the absolute mismanagement of the provincial energy file should be a ‘must-r > read more
Protect property in Charter: Ont. politicians
Published on 2011-02-22 13:11:34
By Brian Lilley, London Free Press OTTAWA – A pair of Ontario politicians are hoping to change Canada’s Constitution to insert property rights into the Charter of Rights and Freedom. Property rights were traditionally held to be part of > read more
Emperor McGuinty has no clothes!
Published on 2011-02-22 11:12:36
By Michael Den Tandt, London Free Press For years, Premier Dalton McGuinty has made an art of dividing rural Ontarians from urban. Now he’s gone one better, seeking to split the wealthiest rural landowners, those with lakefront property, from t > read more
We need to consider the consequences of our ‘green’ initiatives
Published on 2011-02-22 07:17:04
By Raymond, Chalifoux, Special to the Sarnia Observer It’s time we got rational and practical with our energy policy. There should be a moratorium on future “wind” and “solar” developments and Ethanol; and consider the c > read more
An ill wind blowing
Published on 2011-02-22 07:05:20
by Tom Blackwell, National Post As soon as the Ontario government announced it was halting development of offshore wind farms — a high-profile part of its vaunted, nation-leading green-energy plan–critics wrote off the surprise decision a > read more
Is the Air Out of the Industrial Wind Lobby Sails in Ontario?
Published on 2011-02-21 18:34:02
by John Laforet The announcement that the Ontario Liberal Government recognized the merits of the position Wind Concerns Ontario and its member groups from Lake Superior to Lake Ontario, on Lake Huron, the Georgian Bay, Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair h > read more
Big dose of skepticism needed
Published on 2011-02-21 09:30:49
Moore says the subsidies to highcost wind and even higher-cost solar power that Ontario and various European countries have adopted are unnecessarily driving up energy prices. And poverty, he notes, is the worst environmental problem of all. By Jon F > read more
The truth behind the wind fight in Ontario
Published on 2011-02-21 09:14:36
There is some damaging information being delivered to the media and to councils by wind energy developers and our provincial government authorities. This information may help bring some degree of clarity to the issues. There is nothing technical > read more
Amaranth Wind Turbine Noise Studies
Published on 2011-02-20 15:00:05
Voters Rebel, professional NGOs turn against political recycling
Published on 2011-02-20 09:55:08
Also Read more about Rick Smith and his questionable abuse of Ontario public funds By Martin Regg Cohn, Toronto Star There’s nothing wrong with having second thoughts on wind power. But third thoughts? Queen’s Park has rightly been put through th > read more
Green Math
Published on 2011-02-20 09:40:06
The Daily Bayonet Ontario’s green energy numbers don’t add up: Wholesale Average Weighted Cost (YTD) of Ontario electricity: 3.35 cents/kWh Guaranteed 20-year contract price per kWh for solar panels (ground level): 64.2 cents/kWh Guaranteed 20-ye > read more
Wind farms not for the birds
Published on 2011-02-20 06:59:57
Think duck deaths on oilsands tailings ponds are bad? The real slaughter happens elsewhere By EZRA LEVANT, Toronto Sun Sonya Thomas is five feet tall and weighs just 105 pounds. But last fall she won the world chicken wing eating competition in Buffa > read more
Powerful Directives: Misguided Power
Published on 2011-02-20 06:49:38
“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead” by Parker Gallant The Minister of Energy Brad Duguid on November 23, 2010 released the $87 billion Long Term Energy Plan (LTEP) and on February 17, 2011 issued a directive to the Ontario Power Authority (OPA > read more
Public Information Session – Save Algoma
Published on 2011-02-20 06:35:19
Meaford group wants more studies
Published on 2011-02-19 18:07:47
By Don Crosby, Markdale Standard Local opponents of wind farms in Meaford are prepared to cut councillors some slack to give them time to digest the detailed information that was presented against wind farms at Monday’s Meaford council meeting. > read more
Halt to turbines offers hope
Published on 2011-02-19 18:02:01
London Free Press Regarding the article Liberals yank offshore wind power (Feb. 11). As a conservation biology student at the University of Western Ontario, I believe the halt to offshore wind turbines in Ontario by the McGuinty government provides a > read more
CBC The National covers Chatham ERT
Published on 2011-02-19 09:14:00
Green energy comedy not that funny
Published on 2011-02-19 09:00:53
By JIM MERRIAM, Barrie Examiner In the early years of the 20th century we had the Keystone Kops for comic relief. Mack Sennett’s boys stumbled and fumbled their way through a variety of misadventures, in both starring roles and as background go > read more
Green debate is over
Published on 2011-02-19 05:18:52
The Liberals rammed the ill-fated Green Energy Act through the Legislative Assembly. Anyone brave enough to inquire about the potential problems of a backyard full of windmills or question the horrendous cost of solar energy was accused of NIMBYism. > read more
Haldimand-Norfolk residents ask for help from Medical Officer of Health
Published on 2011-02-18 22:11:20
by Stephana Johnson Standing shoulder to shoulder around the Board room table at the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit Advisory committee meeting, the ~ 43 residents of H-N came on Thursday, February 17, 2010 to hear what action the H-NHU would take in c > read more
Dalton McGuinty Knows the Costs
Published on 2011-02-18 22:07:50
Amaranth Wind Turbine Noise Studies
Published on 2011-02-18 20:38:17
Industrial Wind Turbines too close, Haldimand County ON
Published on 2011-02-18 18:53:35
Ontarians pay price for Liberals’ backfiring green energy plans
Published on 2011-02-18 18:49:04
by ADAM RADWANSKI, Globe and Mail At a certain point, the excuses start to wear a little thin. Yes, Ontario entered largely uncharted territory with the most ambitious alternative-energy strategy in North America. Sure, it was inevitable that a few m > read more
Brooke-Alvinston wind farm catches breeze
Published on 2011-02-18 17:42:07
by PAUL MORDEN, Sarnia Observer Construction could begin this summer on a four-turbine wind farm planned for Brooke-Alvinston Township. Mississauga-based Green Breeze Energy Inc. held its second public meeting required to secure provincial approvals > read more
Grid unprepared for wind, solar power
Published on 2011-02-18 17:38:35
by PAUL MORDEN, Sarnia Observer Hydro One has been told to get a move on upgrading transmission lines in southwestern Ontario so more wind and other renewable energy projects can come online. Ontario’s Energy Ministry has told Hydro One “ > read more
Haldimand Wind Concerns is formed
Published on 2011-02-18 17:29:49
Turbine opponents join forces By Monte Sonnenberg, Simcoe Reformer A citizens’ group has come together to oppose the installation of wind turbines in Haldimand County. The inaugural meeting of Haldimand Wind Concerns was held in the garage of a > read more
Green Breeze Energy Inc. displays utter contempt for the public
Published on 2011-02-18 17:16:20
by Harvey and Esther Wrightman Last night we attended the second and final Brooke-Alvinston Wind Project “Public Consultation”. Incredibly frustrating- so much so that I just stopped asking questions. There were NO print copies of th > read more
Citizens protest Armow Wind Power Project
Published on 2011-02-17 18:52:59
By Liz Dadson, Kincardine Times The Kincardine council chamber was packed last night (Feb. 16) as a crowd of citizens protested the proposed Armow Wind Power Project. Ashley Duncan, representing the non-optioned landowners within the planned industri > read more
CanWea Advertising
Published on 2011-02-17 14:48:45
Hanover Post Right on cue as land owners are being approached by wind developers in the Elmwood area, the industry has taken out Ad space in the local media. I would like to comment on one particular CanWea (Canadian Wind Energy Association) ad appea > read more
The Great Wind Debate
Published on 2011-02-17 13:36:34
Dr. McMurtry vs Dr. Colby Monday, April 4, 2011, 5:30 pm Quality Hotel & Suites Woodstock, 580 Bruin Blvd. Woodstock Map Ticket Information below. The benefit of wind generation and its impact on public health has become a matter of controver > read more
Two cases concerning turbines and health before the courts in Australia
Published on 2011-02-17 11:21:03
Rumbling from turbines puts wind up sleep-deprived locals by Rebecca Puddy, The Australian Dreaming of building a house and farming the land, Julie Quaft and her husband, Mark, bought a quiet 16ha property 100km north of Adelaide six years ago. Since > read more
MOE Lawyer suggests residents should just wear earplugs or earmuffs
Published on 2011-02-17 10:49:09
Dessert in Chatham by Harvey Wrightman The most notable problem for the Suncor and AG lawyers is their lack of technical background, and so they depend on the support staff to provide them with content. It easily leads to confusion for the lawye > read more
Ontario’s wind power ‘flip-flop’ draws ire from executives
Published on 2011-02-17 08:47:47
By Richard Blackwell, Globe and Mail Ontario’s decision to put the brakes on all offshore wind power is drawing criticism from businesses behind several major wind projects in the province. Executives in the renewable sector say the province’ > read more
Doctor’s motivation questioned
Published on 2011-02-17 07:35:14
By Ellwood Shreve, Chatham Daily News Dr. Robert McMurtry’s medical credentials are impeccable, but his motivations were questioned during an Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal hearing in Chatham on Wednesday. McMurtry, who is Professor (Eme > read more
WCO would defeat Liberals over GEA
Published on 2011-02-17 07:07:51
[Once again, Mr. Keller, WCO has nothing to do with any health studies or the symposium. The Society for Wind Vigilance is completely separate organization. Please get your facts straight.] By WES KELLER, Orangeville Citizen The recent decision of > read more
Experts weigh in on turbine noise
Published on 2011-02-17 07:01:04
By Gary Rennie, The Windsor Star In a case that’s put Ontario’s Green Energy Act on trial drawing expert witnesses from around the world, a prominent Canadian physician testified Wednesday that construction of new wind turbines should > read more
Kent Breeze Environmental Tribunal – Testamony of Dr. Arline Bronzaft
Published on 2011-02-16 20:13:37
By Esther Wrightman TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2011 Testamony of Dr. Arline Bronzaft New York Environmental Psychologist Dr. Arline Bronzaft is not afraid of attorneys- they don’t faze her one bit. Dr. Bronzaft is a firecracker that says everything in > read more
Charbonneau looks to challenge province on wind turbine consultation
Published on 2011-02-16 19:14:30
By Patrick Bales, Shoreline Beacon WATCH VIDEO SAUGEEN SHORES – Section 2 of the Green Energy Act states that the act shall be administered in keeping with community consultation. According to Saugeen Shores deputy mayor Luke Charbonneau, t > read more
Wind turbine flicker upsets PEI neighbours
Published on 2011-02-16 19:05:55
CBC News People living in the shadow of a group of wind turbines in Summerside, P.E.I., are complaining about the flickering light caused by the energy producers. Emmett Curley has enjoyed living in the area for 15 years, but says things have become > read more
In a nutshell
Published on 2011-02-16 13:39:09
Recent wind & solar developments under Ontario’s Green Energy Act by Gary Mooney, Prince Edward County February 15, 2011 – It’s a challenge to keep up to date with wind and solar energy developments under Ontario’s Green Energy Act > read more
The industrialization of McLeans Mountain and other news from Manitoulin
Published on 2011-02-16 12:22:28
Manitoulin Expositor UCCM, Northland deal earns higher rate by 1.5 cents/kWh by Lindsay Kelly February 16, 2011 SUDBURY—Employment, trades training, and financial dividends for Manitoulin-area First Nations will be amongst the benefits of a new 50/ > read more
Province set to unleash new, untapped source of “green energy”
Published on 2011-02-16 09:04:45
The Province of Ontario announced today a “green energy” initiative to rival all others, including wind and solar. “Hamsters are nocturnal and they like to run,” said Energy Minister Brad Duguid, “If we rig up enough hamster wheels to reall > read more
McGuinty blows in the wind: Editorial
Published on 2011-02-16 06:11:48
Toronto Sun From the beginning, Premier Dalton McGuinty’s green energy strategy has been a case of “ready, fire, aim.” It started when he promised in the 2003 election to close Ontario’s coal-fired electricity plants by 2007. His latest promi > read more
Wind plan runs out of gas: Blizzard
Published on 2011-02-16 06:10:00
by Christina Blizzard, Toronto Sun Nothing like an election on the horizon, with the two frontrunning parties tied in the polls, to make a government see the light. Or, in this case, the wind. The McGuinty government has finally acknowledged what cri > read more
Red flags on green energy
Published on 2011-02-16 06:08:00
by JATIN NATHWANI, Globe and Mail Offshore industrial-scale wind farms – and their onshore cousins – have stirred up an unholy alliance of forces and opposition drawing from a fountain of discontent that would have been difficult to predict and t > read more
Expert witnesses slam wind turbine reports
Published on 2011-02-15 20:24:01
HEARING: Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal By Ellwood Shreve, Chatham Daily News American-based expert witnesses for those opposed to a Thamesville-area wind farm levelled criticism at provincial reports on wind turbines during an Ontario Environ > read more
McGuinty vows to be “very aggressive” with land-based wind development
Published on 2011-02-15 16:53:13
Wind farm moratorium not election-based: McGuinty CTV News BRAMPTON, Ont. — The governing Liberals’ surprise decisions to halt off-shore wind farms and freeze the minimum wage have nothing to do with a provincial election that’s just ei > read more
Wilkinson not looking out for the people of this province
Published on 2011-02-15 14:18:37
Stratford Beacon Herald John Wilkinson’s Environment Ministry is aggressively forcing wind energy installations on rural Ontarians. I know he is well aware of the serious adverse health effects that have forced multiple families to abandon thei > read more
CanWEA’s best practices guidelines a sick joke
Published on 2011-02-15 13:32:06
By Debbie Lynch Lindsay Daily Post As I read Mr. Hornung’s letter to the editor, I literally broke down in tears I laughed so hard at what he said about guidelines his wind energy lobby group CanWEA, developed. Mr. Hornung stated “The > read more
Dr. Arline Bronzaft and Dr. Carl Phillips qualified as expert witnesses
Published on 2011-02-15 13:01:42
Chatham Daily News Dr. Carl Phillips, an expert in epidemiology and related health sciences, as well as scientific epistemology and methodology, is being qualified as an expert witness to appear before an Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal in Chat > read more
Carol Mitchell is suddenly “anti-wind” (just offshore though)
Published on 2011-02-15 12:51:13
Offshore wind is off the table A press release from Huron-Perth MPP Carol Mitchell applauded the news that no offshore wind projects will be located on Lake Huron “as Ontario is not proceeding with proposed offshore wind projects while further > read more
New Brunswick wind turbines frozen solid
Published on 2011-02-15 11:19:47
National Post FREDERICTON — A $200-million wind farm in northern New Brunswick is frozen solid, cutting off a potential supply of renewable energy for NB Power. The 25-kilometre stretch of wind turbines, located 70 kilometres northwest of Bathurs > read more
Norwich Council hears from group, clerk about turbine issues
Published on 2011-02-15 10:05:52
By Tara Bowie, Norwich Gazette NORWICH -Norwich Township appears to be a leader in protecting its residents from possible ill effects of wind turbine developments. Michael Graves, CAO/clerk for the township, spoke openly with council and a concerned > read more
Wind turbine foes not optimistic
Published on 2011-02-15 09:27:51
By Bruce Bell, Belleville Intelligencer Although hopeful, opponents of wind turbines in Prince Edward County aren’t holding their breath waiting for the provincial moratorium on offshore wind turbines imposed last week to include land-based pro > read more
Stop Winds Work Says Saugeen Shores Deputy Mayor
Published on 2011-02-15 09:19:36
CKNX 920 Click for Audio The Deputy Mayor of Saugeen Shores wants to see all wind energy developments proposed for the municipality suspended. Luke Charbonneau says the province and wind developers have failed to provide proper community consul > read more
Good Riddance
Published on 2011-02-14 20:19:08
O.F.A.H. Applauds Scrapping of Offshore Wind Projects
Published on 2011-02-14 13:32:39
PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Feb. 14, 2011) – The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (O.F.A.H.) is pleased that the Government of Ontario has announced it will not proceed with planned offshore wind projects until more > read more
Chuck Edey Crashes and Burns
Published on 2011-02-14 07:54:26
In a case eerily similar to the Onco Petroleum collapse, investors have lost more than $20 million they poured into Echo Energy Inc., a London-based oil and gas exploration firm that drilled near Port Burwell. Chuck Edey, who followed Conn as preside > read more
The growing nightmare of McGuinty’s green-energy dream
Published on 2011-02-14 07:15:45
by Lorne Gunter, National Post As my colleague Kelly McParland pointed out in a post on Sunday, the Ontario Liberal Government used Friday’s wall-to-wall coverage of Egypt’s revolution to announce yet another climbdown from its vaunted green-en > read more
David v Goliath Week 2 – Kent Breeze Legal Challange
Published on 2011-02-14 05:40:09
Toronto – The hearing this past week began with evidence from Dr. Michael Nissenbaum of Maine. Nissenbaum’s controlled study of people living in Mars Hill and Vinalhaven, Maine was the subject. Information on the study has been embargoed as i > read more
Day 5- Suncor’s Kent Breeze Wind Farm Project Appeal
Published on 2011-02-13 20:30:08
written by Bennett Jones Renewable Energy Group The hearing before the Environmental Review Tribunal (“ERT”) of the appeal brought by local residents in Chatham, Ontario in relation to Suncor Energy Inc. (“Suncor”) Renewable E > read more
Provinces Legal Arguments Pathetic
Published on 2011-02-13 19:45:50
by Adam Shirley London Free Press There are two cases going on right now in which municipalities or private citizens are trying to challenge the placement of wind turbines in Ontario. Both centre around health issues potentially caused by turbines, s > read more
More fallout from McGuinty’s bungled energy policies
Published on 2011-02-13 17:47:18
Strathroy farmer spent $85,000 to erect solar panels and sell electricty to the grid only to have the project cancelled by the Ontario government by Jonathan Sher, London Free press VIDEO STRATHROY — Henry Aukema saw his retirement plans crumbl > read more
Haldimand Wind Concerns Meeting
Published on 2011-02-13 17:16:03
Haldimand Wind Concerns will be holding its 2nd offical meeting February 22nd, 7:00 pm Lions Club Building, 18 Main Street West Fisherville, Ontario, N0A 1G0 > read more
Province Announces No Offshore Turbines “for now”
Published on 2011-02-13 15:28:25
MEDIA RELEASE: Toronto Wind Action and Great Lakes Wind Truth, Canada Sherri Lange, Founding Director of Toronto Wind Action and Executive Director, Canada, Great Lakes Wind Truth, today expressed her group’s excitement about the turnaround deci > read more
Wind farm opponents claim victory in moratorium
Published on 2011-02-13 13:03:47
CTV News WATCH VIDEO Opponents of industrial wind farms are declaring a victory this week after the Ontario government imposed a moratorium on off-shore wind projects. The government made the surprise announcement on Friday, saying it would not mov > read more
‘The first domino has fallen’ in wind turbine plans
Published on 2011-02-13 10:25:40
By Susan Pigg, Toronto Star Roy Wright has spent 40 years taking special care of the precious piece of Toronto waterfront that stretches for miles outside his Scarborough Bluffs home. He picks up litter from the rugged shoreline, paints watercolours > read more
Monteregie, Quebec rallies against wind turbines
Published on 2011-02-12 21:59:33
By DAVID JOHNSTON, Montreal Gazette The Quebec government should only authorize wind-energy development in uninhabited regions of the province -not in busy rural regions, and especially not in the Monteregie region south of Montreal, home to Quebec& > read more
Cohn: Ontario reverses its spin on offshore wind
Published on 2011-02-12 18:09:16
By Martin Regg Cohn Queen’s Park, Toronto Star Regime change in Egypt can come in handy when you’re trying to hang on to power here in Ontario. So what better time than a Friday afternoon, with all eyes on the fall of dictatorship in Cairo, f > read more
Ontario quietly reverses field on wind, solar energy
Published on 2011-02-12 11:42:16
by Kelly McParland, National Post Times of international turmoil are great moments for domestic governments to make important announcements they don’t want to be noticed. Especially if the announcement involves a sudden reversal in policy that coul > read more
Duguid expects to lift offshore moratorium in two years
Published on 2011-02-12 08:46:58
Duguid expects it’ll take about two years to gather enough science on offshore wind to lift the moratorium. By Jonathan Sher, Kelly Pedro and Troy Patterson QMI Agency, London Free Press Dalton McGuinty has abruptly pulled the plug on offshor > read more
Ontario’s failed experiment will cost taxpayers
Published on 2011-02-12 05:53:55
By TERRY DAVIDSON, Toronto Sun Ontario taxpayers will be on the hook for years paying for Ontario’s failed experiment with wind energy, Conservative energy critic John Yakabuski said Friday. Shortly after Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced h > read more
Global Panic as Green Sector Collapses and Investors Face Ruin
Published on 2011-02-11 18:21:57
johnosullivan Governments, investors and even the World Bank are rushing for the exits in the Great Escape from the green energy bubble. Solar energy appears to be the worst affected sector so far. Dow Jones reports on a startling U-turn by Brita > read more
Ontario’s Power Trip: The wind won’t blow for offshore power
Published on 2011-02-11 18:03:07
by Parker Gallant National Post Whatever the motivation, Ontario moratorium on offshore wind projects is a good sign that economic reality is winning out over fantasy. In what looks like a rush to prevent more erosion of support, Premier Dalton McG > read more
Offshore wind-energy, home microFIT projects on hold
Published on 2011-02-11 17:58:03
By Lee Greenberg, Ottawa Citizen TORONTO – Once a shining example of its renewable energy plan, the Liberal government turned its back Friday on offshore wind energy, announcing an end to all projects until further scientific research is conducted. > read more
Ontario declares moratorium on off-shore wind farms
Published on 2011-02-11 17:48:01
CBC News Facing a court challenge, a growing backlash and an election, Ontario’s Liberal government imposed a surprise moratorium Friday on all off-shore wind farms until there is more scientific research on their impact. The government announc > read more
Ontario scraps offshore wind power plans
Published on 2011-02-11 17:30:33
By Tanya Talaga, Toronto Star The provincial government has suddenly abandoned any plans to construct offshore wind projects. Citing environmental concerns, the Liberals made the surprising announcement Friday that they have placed a moratorium on bu > read more
Province nixes all offshore wind energy projects
Published on 2011-02-11 17:26:08
by DANIELLE MILLEY, Inside Toronto The people of Guildwood feel vindicated after the provincial government has ruled out offshore wind projects because of a lack of science. “It was a mix of things. I felt vindicated for one,” John Lafore > read more
Windfall the Movie
Published on 2011-02-11 14:45:27
Clayton, New York is near Kingston, Ontario Map > read more
Wind Concerns Ontario responds to Offshore Moratorium
Published on 2011-02-11 14:03:59
Wind Concerns Ontario President John Laforet is available to comment on the Ontario Liberal Government’s Announcement on offshore wind energy. As a grassroots volunteer and member of Wind Concerns Ontario Laforet has directly fought offshore > read more
Ontario Rules Out Offshore Wind Projects
Published on 2011-02-11 13:45:41
Ontario Newsroom Ontario is not proceeding with proposed offshore wind projects while further scientific research is conducted. No Renewable Energy Approvals for offshore have been issued and no offshore projects will proceed at this time. Applicat > read more
Grey Highlands to appeal OEB ruling that allows wind developers to use municipal roads
Published on 2011-02-11 12:10:38
by Chris Fell, Simcoe.com The Municipality of Grey Highlands is going to appeal a recent Ontario Energy Board ruling that allows a wind power company to use municipal roads for its energy project. The ruling by the OEB allows International Power Cana > read more
Ontario wind energy advocates say they’ll try harder to explain their projects to the public
Published on 2011-02-10 18:55:21
John Spears, Toronto Star Buffeted in some quarters by opponents of wind farms, the Canadian Wind Energy Association says it plans to do a better job of building support for its members. “One can’t deny there is opposition,” Robert Hornung, pre > read more
New FIT rules
Published on 2011-02-10 15:05:45
One-year extension of Milestone Date for FIT contract holders The OPA is offering to amend the contracts of all FIT counterparties who have not yet reached commercial operation so that these suppliers may extend their milestone date for commercial op > read more
Saugeen Shores Council to Challenge Ontario Government
Published on 2011-02-10 10:12:48
March 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at 600 Tomlinson Drive, (The Plex) Port Elgin. Map Please come out and support us on March 14 when Saugeen Shores Councillors will vote on Deputy Mayor Luke Charboneau’s motion. The mo > read more
Letter – Wind energy a boondoggle
Published on 2011-02-10 10:06:02
Simcoe.com Thanks to Chris Fell for bringing a proper perspective to the wind turbines debate. The unassailable fact is that wind turbines are not now, never have been, and never will be cost effective. They owe their existence to significant gover > read more
‘Bribes’ for areas that accept wind development
Published on 2011-02-10 09:41:22
by Louise Gray, The Telegraph Communities will be offered council tax discounts or cheaper electricity as part of plans to increase the number of wind farms in Britain, Charles Hendry, the Energy Minister will announce today. Thousands of turbines w > read more
Turbines have opposition in West Lincoln
Published on 2011-02-10 07:03:37
By QMI Agency, Welland Tribune WEST LINCOLN — About 60 people protested at a recent meeting at South Lincoln High School that was hosted by IPC Energy to provide information about wind power, particularly about provincial regulations under the Gree > read more
Wainfleet wind development moratorium debate on hold
Published on 2011-02-10 06:58:22
By DAVE JOHNSON, Welland Tribune WAINFLEET — Ald. David Wyatt’s motion calling for a moratorium on any new industrial wind turbine agreements in the province has been deferred until Wainfleet township council hears from area residents. Wyatt > read more
Just say no
Published on 2011-02-09 16:10:15
More on this story in the Belleville Intelligencer by Rick Conroy, Wellington Times County council has asked the McGuinty government to put a moratorium on wind energy development in Prince Edward County on Monday night. In doing so, they join many o > read more
Ontario Power policy shocking
Published on 2011-02-09 09:38:11
Niagara Falls Review “We must deliver power to such an extent that the poorest working man will have light in his home,” “Power at cost” and “Public power ownership.” These are three quotes from Sir Adam Beck in hi > read more
New Brunswick wind energy pricey, comes at expense of mill jobs
Published on 2011-02-09 07:34:35
“Are we going to support local jobs and a local mill and local loggers, or are we going put up a wind tower?” The Daily Gleaner MIRAMICHI – New Brunswick must get its energy costs under control if its battered economy is going to re > read more
Opposition in air for Quebec wind developments
Published on 2011-02-09 07:23:49
By David Johnston, Montreal Gazette Anger is growing in rural communities south of Montreal over proposals to introduce wind farms in the Montérégie region. Complicating the political optics is that fact that Hydro-Québec has given preliminary > read more
Information Session in Abingdon
Published on 2011-02-09 06:56:56
Turbine Impacts and Community Protests from Ontario & around the World 9184 Regional Rd 65, Silver St RR 2 Caistor Community Hall, Abingdon Map Wednesday, February 9th, 2011 – 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Sponsord by: West Lincol > read more
Exposé on Nextera / FLP
Published on 2011-02-08 18:02:00
Published in the Wellington Advertiser, Jan 21, 2011 I live in Arthur, Ontario, and am located in the middle of the study area of a proposed wind farm by NextEra Energy/FPL (Florida Power and Light Co.) As a resident of the area, I am concerned wit > read more
Turbines put wind up opponents
Published on 2011-02-08 15:59:36
By Tom Van Dusen – Eastern Ontario AgriNews The Prince Edward County resident who challenged in Ontario Superior Court the placement of industrial wind turbines hopes to hear a decision within several weeks. Ian Hanna outlined his case Jan. 2 > read more
Parker Gallant: The evisceration of the Independent Electricity System Operator
Published on 2011-02-08 13:36:28
Energy Probe, February 8, 2011 – Parker Gallant writes that the Independent Electricity System Operator has lost its independence from political influence. The President and CEO of the IESO, Paul Murphy, delivered a speech to the Ontario Energy > read more
Haldimand area holds first meeting
Published on 2011-02-08 12:10:08
Stephana Johnston will be appearing at the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Advisory Committee meeting on Feb. 17th, 7:oo p.m. Location: 12 Gilbertson Drive, Simcoe Map Simcoe Reformer The Haldimand Wind Concerns committee would like to e > read more
Filling up our Blue Boxes
Published on 2011-02-08 10:35:38
See the Million Dollar brochure designed to “confuse” the issue. Thanks Sussex Strategy! 680 News – TORONTO, Ont. – The ‘blue box best friend’: that’s what Ontario New Democrats care calling Premier Dal > read more
The perils of wind turbines to aviation
Published on 2011-02-08 07:25:34
By Paul Hayes, Director of the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA), Canadian Plane Trade Magazine A matter of increasing concern to our members is the almost uncontrolled spread of wind turbines across many areas of our country with, in man > read more
David v Goliath – Week One: Kent Breeze Legal Action
Published on 2011-02-07 15:40:14
The optics said it all. On one side, lawyer Eric Gillespie for the appellants Katie Erickson and Chatham-Kent Wind Action and his assistant. On the other side two lawyers for the Ministry of Environment, Fredericka Rotter and Andrea Huckins along wit > read more
Wind Power Could Kill Millions of Birds Per Year by 2030
Published on 2011-02-07 11:03:10
American Bird Conservancy Department of the Interior to issue wind and wildlife guidelines imminently Congressional hearing requested by conservationists Major Department of Interior meeting on renewable energy scheduled for February 9th and 10th wil > read more
Dr. Arlene King – talking head for the lobbyists?
Published on 2011-02-07 09:20:33
Ontario MOH’s stance on turbines a concern – Owen Sound Sun Times In a Dec. 9 letter in support of wind farms, Dr. Arlene King implies that : 1) the European World Health Organization (WHO) night-time noise standard of less than 40 dB at > read more
Will turbines affect real estate values?
Published on 2011-02-07 09:15:33
Owen Sound Sun Times Given the abundance of recent letters to the editor regarding the wind turbine industry’s plans for our part of Ontario, I would like to concentrate on an important aspect of the wind industry’s campaign of disinforma > read more
McGuinty to launch $1 million blitz to explain soaring energy costs
Published on 2011-02-07 06:10:32
Robert Benzie, Queen’s Park Bureau Chief, Toronto Star OTTAWA—Premier Dalton McGuinty is hitting Ontarians where they live to explain rising energy prices and what’s being done to help. Queen’s Park is distributing a six-page pamphlet this we > read more
Doubts hit Ontario’s green energy plan
Published on 2011-02-06 18:54:09
Lee Greenberg, Postmedia News, Financial Post TORONTO — Ontario’s plan to incite a homegrown green energy industry has stalled, industry experts say, as the plan is plagued by political doubt ahead of this fall’s provincial election. Several fa > read more
Queen’s Park’s energy greenwashing: Woodcock
Published on 2011-02-06 10:05:23
by Connie Woodcock, Toronto Sun There was a pale green and grey brochure from the Ontario government in my mail last week. Its low key message: “Electricity prices are changing. Find out why.” Wow, there’s a surprise. Who knew? I guess they t > read more
Hanna wind Challenge to turbine setbacks survives legal counter-attack
Published on 2011-02-06 05:56:40
by Jim Moodie, Manitoulin Expositor TORONTO–Critics of the wind industry were in a celebratory mood this week after a case against the province’s setback requirements cleared a significant hurdle. While no ruling has yet been made on the > read more
A forest of errors
Published on 2011-02-05 19:42:57
Ottawa Citizen It’s hard to write a critical assessment of the McGuinty government in the space allotted. To sum up all of the scandals, broken promises and other shortcomings of the provincial Liberal government, you would have to kill a fores > read more
What’s good for Toronto isn’t for all
Published on 2011-02-05 13:54:03
Industrial wind farms have this region up in arms, right along with many other areas of Ontario. But here the fight is getting nasty and will continue to do so unless Queen’s Park starts to pay attention. By JIM MERRIAM, Barrie Examiner Ontario > read more
“I don’t like what I see in Ontario right now”
Published on 2011-02-05 08:12:53
by Rocco Rossi, National Post I was a Liberal. I have made no secret of the fact that I want to serve the public. I want to help. I believe in public service and I want to help make Toronto — and Ontario–a better place. Sadly, politics to > read more
My thoughts on wind turbines
Published on 2011-02-04 17:06:43
By Chris Fell, Simcoe.com I have a great idea. I think the Toronto Maple Leafs should swing a three team deal that ends with them getting Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin, while at the same time only giving up draft picks and prospects. > read more
Skeptics grill environment minister
Published on 2011-02-04 17:01:20
Wilkinson makes presentation at Perth County council By DONAL O’CONNOR, Stratford Beacon Herald A detailed presentation of the approval process for wind turbines in Ontario orchestrated by Environment Minister John Wilkinson seemed to bring cla > read more
The case against industrial wind turbines
Published on 2011-02-04 16:46:00
By Michel Chevalier, REM – Real Estate Magazine To be green, or not to be green? That is the question! The answer my friends, is not blowing in the wind, as many residents of rural Canada and elsewhere around the world are finding out – the h > read more
Follow the Funding! **Must Watch**
Published on 2011-02-04 15:10:38
From Greengrift: Tom Adams has posted an interesting video on the Green Energy Act Paradox in which he addresses the apparent disconnect between the heavy handed measures of Ontario’s Green Energy Act and public support for the legislation. To > read more
We Really Need Your Help
Published on 2011-02-04 02:20:34
Kent Breeze – Donation Information ‘David and Goliath’ Legal Challenge Underway Against the Global Wind Industry We call upon all concerned citizens around the globe to dig deep into their pockets and contribute to this precedent settin > read more
Wilkinson in denial, fails to address concerns
Published on 2011-02-03 19:48:41
CTV News WATCH VIDEO Wind turbines remain contentious issue Overflow crowds forced an information session in Stratford hosted by the Perth County Council to be moved to a court room to ensure everyone had a seat. There are more than 700 w > read more
Whittington turbine project draws public ire during open house
Published on 2011-02-03 09:08:28
By Richard Vivian, Orangeville Banner It’s a sentiment repeated throughout the evening: “I’m only here to figure out how to get this stopped.” There was no shortage of public criticism and skepticism during an open house last Tuesday (Jan. 25 > read more
Acoustician Rick James – Real Evidence
Published on 2011-02-03 08:54:47
by Harvey Wrightman “I have seen both good wind projects and disasters. My hope is to prevent the disasters.” ~ Richard R. James, Acoustician With that in mind, Rick James explains his philosophy and approach to siting industrial wind t > read more
Nearly all 22 turbine foundations cracked
Published on 2011-02-03 08:48:11
CBC News Nearly all of the 22 turbine foundations at Nova Scotia Power’s Nuttby Mountain wind farm are cracked, CBC News has learned. “Wherever we identify cracks, they are being addressed. I think right now we are at 19 of the 22,” > read more
NB’s energy commission warns projects could hurt economic growth
Published on 2011-02-03 08:37:12
Telegraph Journal EDMUNDSTON – The co-chairmen of New Brunswick’s energy commission are warning that new energy projects in the province could hurt economic growth. Jeannot Volpé and Bill Thompson launched the commission’s public c > read more
Updated: Wind turbines louder at night, says expert
Published on 2011-02-02 17:04:16
By Ellwood Shreve, Chatham Daily News Wind turbines make more noise at night, according to acoustics expert Rick James. James provided testimony during the second day of an Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal, held in the council chamber of the Cha > read more
Ontario Power Agencies Failing Consumers: Examining the IESO
Published on 2011-02-02 15:36:23
by Tom Adams Tom Adams Energy Institutional reform is needed in Ontario’s electricity sector so that key public agencies can properly perform their duties serving consumers while balancing the needs of producers. This essay argues that the Ontario > read more
Environmental noise the fundamental problem with wind turbines
Published on 2011-02-02 11:55:30
Owen Sound Sun Times Over the past few months I have read with interest the ongoing editorial comments on the proposed Silcote Corners wind farm. I have had the opportunity to attend a few impromptu meetings with residents inside the project bounda > read more
Statement from the Save the Oak Ridges Moraine Coalition
Published on 2011-02-02 10:23:59
Impacts of wind turbines on the Oak Ridges Moraine Save the Oak Ridges Moraine Coalition (STORM) is focused on protecting the ecological and hydrological health and integrity of the Oak Ridges Moraine and as such only supports those land and resource > read more
Why the need to export electricity subsidized by the Ontario consumer?
Published on 2011-02-02 09:25:51
By: Donald Jones, P.Eng. Ontario exports large amounts of electricity to neighbouring jurisdictions day and night. Exports occur for technical and financial reasons. Ontario presently has an excess of baseload generation so it makes sense to > read more
Report from the Chatham Courthouse
Published on 2011-02-02 06:00:34
by Harvey Wrightman, WCO Reporter Chatham, Well, day 1 of the ERT reminds of the time I spent chasing 2 helicopters around Nova Scotia some 20 years ago. On a dull day when much flying was done with little results, Angus would report, “I can& > read more
Huron-Bruce needs federal leadership on industrial wind
Published on 2011-02-02 05:52:44
A position statement on industrial wind turbines By Grant Robertson, NDP Federal Candidate for Huron Bruce I admit I was excited by the first few industrial scale wind towers going up in our area. We took our kids to see them regularly because we w > read more
Wind energy showdown begins
Published on 2011-02-01 19:58:56
by ERICA BAJER, Chatham Daily News Those opposed to the Kent Breeze Wind Farm will attempt to prove the eight-turbine project near Thamesville will cause serious harm to human health. Opening statements were heard during the first day of the Ontario > read more
Anti-turbine group will be at county meeting with Wilkinson
Published on 2011-02-01 14:26:30
By LAURA CUDWORTH, Stratford Beacon Herald When Environment Minister and local MPP John Wilkinson speaks to Perth County council on Thursday, it could be standing room only. Wilkinson and Doris Dumais, director of environmental assessments and approv > read more
Wind power not worth the cost to Algoma?
Published on 2011-02-01 09:01:05
By Carol Martin, SooToday.com NDP Western Arctic MP Dennis Bevington thought long and hard about what would change if proposed industrial wind projects go ahead in the Algoma area. He really started thinking after skiing around King Mountain with loc > read more
Wind power showdown looms
Published on 2011-02-01 05:59:27
by Jonathan Sher, London Free Press It’s an O.K. Corral moment for Ontario’s wind industry, with all sides bringing gunslingers for the big fight. If wind is the frontier of energy in the province, consider this the showdown: Adversaries have enl > read more
Wilkinson has picked his team
Published on 2011-01-31 17:39:09
PLEASE ATTEND! Meeting with the Minister of the Environment and staff (Open to Public) Thursday, Feb. 3 at 1 p.m. Perth County Council Chambers Stratford Beacon Herald In the Dec. 17 article Turbines Under Attack it was stated that MPP Jo > read more
Wind farm health effects to be challenged
Published on 2011-01-31 13:39:45
CBC News A small wind farm in Thamesville, Ont., is the centre of a big debate over the health effects of wind turbines. Opponents who claim wind turbines are bad for people’s health are challenging government approval of an eight-tower wind fa > read more
Grey Highlands appeals energy ruling
Published on 2011-01-30 20:59:36
by Don Crosby, Owen Sound Sun Times Grey Highlands is appealing a ruling by the Ontario Energy Board to allow wind energy developer International Power Canada to use municipal road allowances for distribution lines from its Plateau Wind Project in th > read more
T.O. environmental agency under fire
Published on 2011-01-30 18:00:00
By DON PEAT , Toronto Sun After seven years of breathing easy, the Toronto Atmospheric Fund is facing its biggest challenge yet — political climate change at City Hall. It was supposed to be standard business for the arm’s-length agency (TAF) rec > read more
Multinationals could soon develop Ontario’s Provincial Parks
Published on 2011-01-30 14:05:10
Crown land could help South Korea’s Samsung meet its $7-billion wind and solar developments by Lawrence Solomon National Post Ontario’s provincial parks may soon be open to wind and solar developers to help meet the goals of its Green Energy Ac > read more
In China, the true cost of “clean, green” wind power experiment: Pollution on a disastrous scale
Published on 2011-01-30 07:45:19
By SIMON PARRY in China and ED DOUGLAS in Scotland, Daily Mail UK On the outskirts of one of China’s most polluted cities, an old farmer stares despairingly out across an immense lake of bubbling toxic waste covered in black dust. He remembers it a > read more
Dalton McGuinty’s wind policy blows: Editorial
Published on 2011-01-30 07:21:36
Toronto Sun There’s an obvious solution to prevent a repeat of the recent fiasco where Ontario had to pay Quebec and the U.S. almost $1.5 million to take surplus electricity generated by wind turbines on New Year’s Day. It’s turn off the turbin > read more
Turbines declared a nasty neighbour as secret buyout is revealed
Published on 2011-01-29 18:00:20
by Peter Rolfe, Sunday Herald Sun Victorians who have endured health problems from a nearby wind farm have been gagged from talking in return for the sale of their land. Spanish multinational energy company Acciona has been quietly buying farms adjac > read more
We were supposed to be partners, they were just giving us crumbs
Published on 2011-01-29 12:38:15
Samsung deal called off by Jason Teakle Brant News An agreement between Six Nations and Samsung C&T Corporation involving Six Nations participation in wind and solar projects has been called off. Six Nations intended to partner with the compa > read more
Big business, insensitive government and unexplained science
Published on 2011-01-29 08:23:09
We need to weigh effects of wind farms By JIM MERRIAM The Barrie Examiner Lewis Mumford, “the last great humanist,” once said that kites rise against, not with, the wind. The same might be said for the growing opposition to wind turbine > read more
Send to your local Council
Published on 2011-01-29 07:27:37
This is a well written piece presented by Marion Thompson as an update to Cavan Monaghan Council. It can be modified to use for all municipal Councils in Ontario. Good Afternoon, Mr. Reeve, Members of Council, Staff and Visitors My presentation > read more
Wind’s legal storm may blow in Grey Bruce
Published on 2011-01-29 07:12:05
By Jim Algie, Owen Sound Sun Times The lawyers have just started working on wind turbine cases in Ontario and some of the legal storms will blow up right here in Grey and Bruce counties, one leading specialist says. Wind-related litigation is “ > read more
Why are our electricity bills going up?
Published on 2011-01-28 19:51:05
By: Parker Gallant, Canadian Association of Retired Persons January 27, 2010: Now we’re told that our hydro bills will increase 46 % over the next 4 years. Why? What caused it? Political spin is often different from reality so I will try explain th > read more
Green Energy Versus Greenheads
Published on 2011-01-28 18:37:16
By Jeff Helsdon Ontario Out of Doors, February, 2011 Issue Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) added its voice to the growing outcry against Ontario’s Green Energy Act (GEA). The national conservation organization raised concerns over wind turbines being > read more
Letter from Ian Hanna
Published on 2011-01-28 17:06:45
Big Island – January 28, 2011 Dear Friends, We have now had time to recover from a long and tiring day in Toronto, on Monday. At the House on Big Island, this important day started just before 4:00 AM and let me assure you – arriving home Mon > read more
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) & Gideon Forman
Published on 2011-01-28 16:58:56
CAPE is a not-for-profit and also has a charitable arm used for environmental health research. CAPE has been effective at getting their views accepted by the Liberal government lobbying extensively for matters they perceive as harmful to our health; > read more
Heroes stand up
Published on 2011-01-28 15:38:21
Wellington Times Win or lose, Ian Hanna and Dr. Robert McMurtry are heroes. They deserve our thanks and enduring appreciation for standing up to the McGuinty government this week. Neither of these men was looking for a fight—especially not one with > read more
Symposium on the importance of preserving agricultural land
Published on 2011-01-27 19:50:03
January 29th, 2011, 11am – 1pm Coldwater & District Community Centre, 1 Michael Anne Drive, Coldwater, Ontario Map Simcoe Solar Farm Awareness Project (to preserve and protect Simcoe county farmland from large scale solar projects for present a > read more
Tories claim stranded debt payment now tax grab
Published on 2011-01-27 18:22:58
Wilson said the Tories believe the government wants to generate extra revenue by keeping the debt payments going to help subsidize its green energy plan, citing the lack of details surrounding a $7-billion contract with the Samsung Corporation to pro > read more
Johns Hopkins Study Examines Proper Wind Turbine Spacing
Published on 2011-01-27 12:04:08
North American Windpower Rolf Miller, director of wind assessment at Chicago-based Acciona Windpower: “Ontario – with its feed-in tariff – is hot right now,” he says. “However, using [the Johns Hopkins methodology] m > read more
Subterfuge of turbine industry similar to tobacco’s past
Published on 2011-01-27 06:02:52
Orangeville Banner Local residents are fighting a war against industrial wind turbines and we need help. It’s a war to protect our health, property values, the environment and our rights. One needs only to think back to the claims of the tobacco in > read more
Death of 10 raptors on Wolfe Island concerns naturalist
Published on 2011-01-26 21:12:04
Wolfe Island – Bird & Bat Monitoring Report Environment Canada – Comments on Wolfe Island Post-Construction Monitoring Report By Mike Norris, The Whig Standard There were fewer birds and bats killed by wind turbines on Wolfe Isl > read more
Austerity pulling plug on Europe’s green subsidies
Published on 2011-01-26 18:41:49
by ERIC REGULY , Globe and Mail The Spanish and Germans are doing it. So are the French. The British might have to do it. Austerity-whacked Europe is rolling back subsidies for renewable energy as economic sanity makes a tentative comeback. Green ene > read more
WLWAG protest opens information night
Published on 2011-01-26 18:25:24
Niagara This Week Also read: Wind critics not quelled Protesters from Niagara and beyond joined members of the West Lincoln Wind Action Group, for a peaceful protest at a wind energy information night at South Lincoln Secondary School in Smithville > read more
The massive untendered contract taxpayers are not allowed to see
Published on 2011-01-26 17:47:04
Download the (Heavily Censored) Samsung Deal > read more
Shifting winds could push Liberals onto rocky shore
Published on 2011-01-26 11:29:24
By John Kastner, Stratford Beacon Herald There are more than a few people in Ontario anxiously awaiting the decision of three divisional-court judges in Toronto because their opinion could change the landscape in Ontario — literally and politic > read more
Horrified by your hydro bill?
Published on 2011-01-26 09:50:21
Blame the Green Energy Act. (Oh, and it’s going to get worse). by Andy Frame, Hamilton Spectator It was May 14, 2009, that the Ontario Green Energy Act was proclaimed. It was labelled by Premier Dalton McGuinty as legislation to “build a > read more
Editorial: Turbines should be studied
Published on 2011-01-26 09:45:47
Barrie Advance The Board of Health for the Grey Bruce Health Unit wants the government of Ontario to undertake studies into the issues identified by Grey Bruce Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Hazel Lynn, in her report reviewing potential avenues of > read more
Comparison of turbine health effects and social vices makes no sense
Published on 2011-01-26 09:01:39
Manitoulin Expositor The stance by Dr. Hazel Lynn, medical officer of health for Grey Bruce, on industrial wind turbines appears to be unchanged from 2009 when she and Dr. Ray Copes, director of environmental and occupational health for Grey Bruce, > read more
Voltage cited for maladies
Published on 2011-01-26 07:04:34
By Troy Patterson, Owen Sound Sun Times Some complaints about health effects from wind farms may be due to stray electrical voltage, Kincardine council heard recently. Ripley’s David Colling, an electrical pollution tester, has tested more than > read more
First grassroots meeting in Haldimand County
Published on 2011-01-26 06:54:17
There is to be a meeting at Swents Machine Shop at Rainham Centre (Selkirk) on Wednesday evening (Jan. 26th/2011) at 7:00 pm Map This is the first meeting where we as residents of Haldimand can collectively express our opposition to Samsung, Ne > read more
Is McGuinty’s green-energy answer just blowin’ in the wind?
Published on 2011-01-26 06:01:39
by ADAM RADWANSKI, Globe and Mail In court, Dalton McGuinty’s government is defending its authority to put up wind turbines around Ontario. At Queen’s Park, it’s under pressure to release financial details of its controversial multibillion-doll > read more
Induced confusion
Published on 2011-01-25 20:55:36
by Rick Conroy, Wellington Times Is it working? Are you confused about wind energy yet? Confusion was the remedy offered by Sussex Strategy Group last fall in a pitch to the Ontario Government. Seeing that the McGuinty Liberals were facing tough he > read more
How Ontario blew it on energy, paying big bucks to Quebec, the U.S. — and wind farmers
Published on 2011-01-25 20:23:04
By Christina Blizzard, Toronto Sun Stupid. Reckless. Incompetent. What word captures the way Dalton McGuinty’s government has blown it when it comes to windmills and green energy? Having sold us on their new, clean, green energy, and having hiked o > read more
McGuinty couldn’t give a hoot about rural Ontarians
Published on 2011-01-25 19:12:55
The Lindsay Post As each and every day goes by, there is an ever increasing awareness of the wool that’s being spun to blind all out here, of Premier Dalton McGuinty’s ploy to hide the real truth about industrial wind turbines. No, its no > read more
Wind Action Group takes on Huge Energy Company: Suncor
Published on 2011-01-25 16:45:14
Further Fronts Open in Legal Wars Over Ontario Industrial Wind Development Toronto, Ontario – On November 12, 2010, the Ontario Ministry of Environment (MOE) issued the first ever Renewable Energy Approval (REA) under the current regulations for th > read more
GLOBAL CALL FOR SUPPORT
Published on 2011-01-25 16:37:34
Fundraising Letter Pledge sheet ‘David and Goliath’ Legal Challenge Underway Against the Global Wind Industry The international wind industry will face one of its biggest challenges beginning on February 1, 2011. Canada will be at the centre of > read more
Ottawa area info session draws concerned residents
Published on 2011-01-25 16:19:05
by LJ Matheson Your Ottawa Region Three Ottawa-area communities concerned about proposals for industrial scale wind turbine developments held a public meeting on Sunday Jan. 23 at the Alfred Taylor Centre in North Gower. About 150 people were in atte > read more
Wind developer packs PAC
Published on 2011-01-25 12:31:16
By Cheryl Heath, Clinton News Record In a marked departure from the typical Central Huron Planning Advisory Committee with an empty gallery, hundreds of area residents had to be packed into the REACH Centre Auditorium Jan. 20, for a scheduled present > read more
Media Release: Central Bruce-Grey Wind Concerns
Published on 2011-01-25 09:16:21
On Monday, January 24, Keith Stelling of the Friends of Arran Lake presented the following information to the Arran-Elderslie Municipal Council at a packed, standing room only council meeting attended almost entirely by citizens opposed to wind turbi > read more
Turbines on trial as judges hear UWO witness
Published on 2011-01-25 08:02:32
McGuinty’s government’s energy policy is also in the spotlight by Jonathan Sher, London Free Press TORONTO – The fate of the billion-dollar wind industry and the future of green energy in Ontario may now rest in the hands of three divisiona > read more
Residents want Ont. to consider turbines’ health risk
Published on 2011-01-24 19:28:36
CP24 TORONTO Ontario’s energy minister may have failed to properly consider how industrial wind turbines affect health, a Toronto divisional court heard Monday. Ian Hanna, 56, a resident of Prince Edward County, is claiming the province did not > read more
Province had nothing but ad hominem attacks
Published on 2011-01-24 18:58:47
Ontario lawyer challenges credibility of leading witnesses in challenge to wind farm law By Lee Greenberg, Ottawa Citizen TORONTO — An Ontario government lawyer attacked the credibility of three star witnesses in a key legal challenge to the pro > read more
Ontario paid to give power away to Quebec, U.S.
Published on 2011-01-24 18:48:58
Wind farm operators are paid for windy days whether their energy is used or not, which is why Ontario Hydro customers still pick up the bill. by Paul Bliss ctvtoronto.ca WATCH VIDEO Ontario Hydro customers paid the U.S and Quebec $1.5 million > read more
Challenge to wind power moves ahead
Published on 2011-01-24 18:42:58
Judges agree to hear case by Jonathan Sher, London Free Press TORONTO — Opponents to wind power in Ontario overcame the first legal obstacle to challenging the province’s Green Energy Act when a panel of judges agreed to hear their challenge Mond > read more
Wind energy supporters and objectors storm council meeting
Published on 2011-01-24 18:39:24
by MARY GOLEM, QMI Agency Owen Sound Sun Times A supporter of the proposed Arran Wind Energy Project wants Arran-Elderslie’s deputy mayor removed from all future council discussions regarding wind energy. Bruce Ransome, a Kincardine-area farm > read more
Court asked to set aside turbine guidelines
Published on 2011-01-24 18:35:09
John Spears Business Reporter, Toronto Star The Ontario government failed to ask any doctors about how large wind turbines affect human health when it drafted rules for the devices, a lawyer for a wind power skeptic told divisional court Monday. But > read more
SOAR vows to fight Algoma projects
Published on 2011-01-24 16:05:14
Sootoday.com Members of Save Ontario Algoma Region (SOAR) vowed today to fight until the last possible nanosecond to stop two proposed wind energy facilities in the Algoma district. The group is organizing another public information session for March > read more
Reader responds to Gideon Forman’s rhetoric
Published on 2011-01-24 14:57:52
Stratford Beacon Herald This is a response to the letter from Gideon Forman, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, who claims that we need to phase out coal and nuclear power to protect human health. As ene > read more
Payments and premiums to Samsung blacked out
Published on 2011-01-24 14:20:10
Ontario still hiding details of $7B green energy deal with Korean giant Samsung By: The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario’s Liberal government is still refusing to say exactly how much Korean giant Samsung will be paid to generate electric > read more
Wind power hearing
Published on 2011-01-24 13:55:25
Follow up to the minute court case news here: jsherLFPRESS on Twitter. by Jonathan Sher The London Free Press TORONTO – Wind power opponents will soon learn if they have overcome procedural hurdles to arguing a divisional court should strike > read more
IPC Public Meeting
Published on 2011-01-24 05:17:01
Tuesday, January 25, 7-9 pm Lincoln High School, 260 Canborough Street, Smithville Map > read more
Court challenge threatens Ontario’s wind energy plans
Published on 2011-01-23 18:10:36
by Lee Greenberg Ottawa Citizen TORONTO — An Eastern Ontario man has launched a court case that could put the brakes on the province’s green energy plans. Ian Hanna, a 56-year-old property owner from Prince Edward County, says the government wasn > read more
Wind power case may cloud industry’s future
Published on 2011-01-23 16:58:44
by Richard Blackwell, Globe & Mail A panel of Ontario Divisional Court judges will begin hearing a challenge today that, if successful, could throw a wrench into the province’s burgeoning wind power industry. The case, brought by Ian Hanna, a r > read more
Ian Hanna’s lawsuit may halt all wind turbine project approvals
Published on 2011-01-23 16:53:02
County Live County resident Ian Hanna is about to have his day in court, and the outcome may benefit rural residents throughout Ontario. His application for a judicial review of wind turbine setback distances under the Green Energy Act Regulations > read more
Power prices short-circuiting senior’s budget
Published on 2011-01-23 07:09:22
The McGuinty Liberals have already blown the bank on green energy, paying massive premiums for wind and solar. By Rob Granastein, Toronto Sun n October 1968, Doreen and Alexander Smith moved into their house of the future — one run completely on e > read more
Ontario’s massive corporate welfare
Published on 2011-01-22 21:23:49
Price Summary First-Year Wind Tariffs Jurisdiction Years CAD/kWh Germany 20 $0.12 Ontario 20 $0.14 France 15 $0.11 Spain 25 $0.10 South Africa 20 $0.18 Vermont 20 $0.13 Price Sum > read more
Seniors facing ‘energy poverty’
Published on 2011-01-22 19:25:03
Instead of its Ontario Power Generation monopoly, Canadian Taxpayers Federation national director Derek Fildebrandt said the province should “abandon hare-brained eco-schemes” such as wind turbine and solar power. “We’re paying the price > read more
Poem by Paula C. Peel
Published on 2011-01-22 18:53:20
Ostrander Point by Paula C. Peel, Prince Edward County Along the coast of Marysburgh south A line of turbines stand, Arcing blades on steel trunks Anchored to crown land. Above the coast of Marysburgh south Condemned birds fly and die; Blood-smeare > read more
Pre-Hearing Wraps Up For Wind Farm Appeal
Published on 2011-01-22 11:18:23
More than 20 experts from around the world will present evidence in next month’s hearings for the appeal of the Kent Breeze Wind Farm near Thamesville. Today’s preliminary hearing laid the ground work for discussion between the participan > read more
One million visitors to the Wind Concerns Ontario website
Published on 2011-01-22 10:51:39
Since our humble beginnings in two years ago, this website should hit the 1,000,000 Visitor mark this week! 1,700 articles and over 10,000 comments posted. THANK YOU, READERS! > read more
Ontario’s power users zapped in export deals
Published on 2011-01-22 07:43:58
John Spears, Business Reporter Toronto Star Ontario electricity customers have subsidized power exports to the tune of $1 billion since 2006 — with most of the money ending up in the pockets of energy traders. That’s the conclusion of research > read more
Wind deserves study: MOH
Published on 2011-01-22 07:30:59
By PAUL JANKOWSKI, Owen Sound Sun Times HEALTH: ‘Significant doubt’ board of health should be one to do work The report, which was tabled at Friday’s board of health meeting, says “it is clear that many people in many differen > read more
People complaining of health impacts from wind turbines head to Toronto court
Published on 2011-01-22 07:24:18
The Canadian Press CTV News TORONTO — Opponents of Ontario’s use of industrial wind turbines to generate electricity are hoping legal action will stop any more wind farm projects until scientific studies are done on possible adverse health ef > read more
Newspaper apologizes for publishing developer’s hate rant
Published on 2011-01-22 07:18:26
St. Catherines Standard This newspaper published a letter to the editor on Jan. 20 and circulated it on its website, that contained unfounded and untrue statements about John Laforet, president of Wind Concerns Ontario and his organization. The lette > read more
Dr. Lynn fires back at Gideon Forman’s “group”
Published on 2011-01-22 07:14:00
by Jonathan Sher The London Free Press A health official who suspects a link between wind turbines and ill health accused a green advocacy group of twisting her words Friday to claim precisely the opposite. Dr. Hazel Lynn, chief medical officer of he > read more
Wind turbine flicker upsets neighbours
Published on 2011-01-21 18:22:29
CBC News People living in the shadow of a group of wind turbines in Summerside, P.E.I., are complaining about the flickering light caused by the energy producers. Emmett Curley has enjoyed living in the area for 15 years, but says things have become > read more
Getting what we voted for
Published on 2011-01-21 05:58:23
Welland Tribune It was nice to see the large turnout on a stormy Saturday morning to get the other side of the story on wind energy. Wind energy appeals to many because it is green. But is it really green? Alternate power sources must always be on ta > read more
Solar fades as shale gas flares
Published on 2011-01-21 05:53:31
by Peter Foster, Financial Post China reportedly has some two-thirds of the US$39-billion global market for solar panels, but it doesn’t use them very much. Why? Because they’re uneconomic. The Chinese subsidize their manufacturers to tak > read more
An assault on rights
Published on 2011-01-21 05:01:42
Waterloo Region Record Last year, Premier Dalton McGuinty steam-rolled the Green Energy Act through the legislature. But the fine print of this act is an assault on all taxpayers’ rights, not just landowners, which should set off alarm bells. All m > read more
Ideas for a rational electricity policy platform
Published on 2011-01-20 18:10:54
By Rod Taylor, Globe and Mail Rod Taylor is former executive vice-president, Hydro One, and was a member of the board of the Ontario Independent Market Operator and sat on Ontario’s Market Design Committee. We are about 10 months away f > read more
One Year Later, McGuinty Liberals Still Won’t Release Details of Secret Samsung Deal
Published on 2011-01-20 16:49:01
QUEEN’S PARK – January 21, 2011 marks the first anniversary of the McGuinty Liberals signing their secret, sweetheart energy deal with multinational conglomerate Samsung. Today, Ontario PC Energy Critic John Yakabuski (MPP Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembr > read more
Wind opponents called ‘terrorists’ by industry rep
Published on 2011-01-20 16:39:54
by HEATHER YOUNG, Special to The Sarnia Observer A local wind power opponent is brushing off the comments of an industry representative who characterized the opposition as “terrorists. John Andrews, president of IPC Energy, made the allegation > read more
Taxpayers pay, one way or another
Published on 2011-01-20 16:29:35
Stratford Beacon Herald MPP John Wilkinson placed an advertisement in the January 14, Wellington Advertiser, announcing the Clean Energy Benefit program providing Ontario Hydro Consumers with a 10% reduction of every electrical bill for the next five > read more
Ontario’s new dilemma: Too much power
Published on 2011-01-20 12:51:30
by John Spears, Toronto Star Ontario residents were bemused to discover that on New Year’s Day 2011, on average, they were paid to use electricity. If that seemed unusual – and it is – it’s only the start. Within the next two years, the c > read more
Wind turbine fight looking more like war
Published on 2011-01-19 19:58:41
(Note: Mr. Keller states that WCO had held a symposium of its own. WCO did not organize the recent Health Symposium. It was sponsored by The Society for Wind Vigilance which is an international federation of physicians, engineers and other > read more
Blustery start for wind farm lawsuit
Published on 2011-01-19 09:30:37
netnewsledger.com THUNDER BAY – City of Thunder Bay Legal Counsel received notification this afternoon that the Superior Court will not stay, or put on hold, Horizon’s action for breach of contract pending resolution by an arbitrator. Superio > read more
Turbine projects should be halted until further health studies undertaken
Published on 2011-01-19 08:14:49
Manitoulin Expositor It is my opinion that the December 15 headline “Island wind power opponents and advocates equally vocal” is highly misleading. Having attended several public meetings concerning this proposed project, and having read > read more
Norfolk Councilors question wind developers
Published on 2011-01-19 07:23:06
An open house with Capital Power officials will be held at the Jarvis Community Centre on Mon., Jan. 31 and at the Port Dover Community Centre on Tues., Feb. 1, 4 p.m.-7 p.m. both days. By Daniel Pearce, Brantford Expositor Norfolk’s elected of > read more
Duguid: Get used to it!
Published on 2011-01-19 07:19:08
By KENNEDY GORDON , Peterborough Examiner A similar opposition has arisen around wind turbines, Duguid said; while turbine farms are planned for many Ontario communities, including the Millbrook, Bethany and Hastings areas, residents do have concerns > read more
Wind turbine development still a hot button issue in area
Published on 2011-01-19 06:44:24
By Garit Reid, Lucknow Sentinel The hot button issue of wind turbine development was the topic of discussion at the Jan. 11 Huron-Kinloss general committee meeting. Cheryl Murray and Wayne Couture, on behalf of Huron-Kinloss Against Lakeside Turbines > read more
No benefit for consumers in green energy
Published on 2011-01-18 17:02:58
by John S. McGee, P.Eng. Simcoe.com BARRIE – The issue of skyrocketing hydro bills should become front and centre so consumers and landowners have some say over energy policy. So far, the Ontario government has completely ignored the de > read more
An open letter to MP Ben Lobb
Published on 2011-01-18 16:58:49
Goderich Signal Star As a member of HEAT (Huron East Against Turbines) and WEPAT (West and East Perth Against Turbines), I am writing you not as constituent, since I live in Perth County but as citizen of Canada. However, an industrial wind project i > read more
Could you sleep through this?
Published on 2011-01-18 16:39:24
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Aldyen Donnelly: An in-depth look at Spain’s disastrous renewable energy policy
Published on 2011-01-18 16:17:40
Energy Probe (Jan. 14, 2011) Aldyen Donnelly offers a closer look at why Spain’s renewable energy policy should not be repeated in Ontario and other Canadian provinces. As I have suggested in the past, I think that all Canadian energy policy in > read more
Citizens’ Action Group Called ‘Terrorists’ by Canadian Wind Industry Member
Published on 2011-01-18 12:18:37
MEDIA RELEASE January 18 Toronto – Wind Concerns Ontario, the province’s wind action umbrella group has called on the president of the Canadian Wind Energy Association to condemn a stunning assertion by its member John Andrews of IPC Energy. > read more
Turbines being abandoned
Published on 2011-01-18 08:05:23
Owen Sound Sun Times I am writing in response to a letter published on Jan. 5th entitled: “Wind turbines will not be abandoned”. If wind turbines will not be abandoned, why do five abandoned wind sites mar the Hawaiian Islands, and why ha > read more
Liberals use lies, hype to fool the public
Published on 2011-01-18 07:56:45
Owen Sound Sun Times Merv Misch, a Dobbinton-area farmer, wrote a letter to the Rural Voice magazine in support of wind turbines. It was good to see that he couldn’t give any credible reasons to justify these disgusting eyesores, their horren > read more
Purveyors of ‘junk science’
Published on 2011-01-18 07:52:28
Welland Tribune I don’t take too much exception to IPC Energy president John Andrews refusing to comment on my ‘junk science.’ When anyone refuses to answer reasonable questions it implies they have no credible answers. And incide > read more
Leamington council vows fight on wind farms
Published on 2011-01-18 07:47:18
Windsor Star LEAMINGTON, Ont. — The new Leamington council unanimously agreed Monday it is opposed to wind turbines in Lake Erie. “I don’t care if I lay across a road in front of truck bringing them,” Leamington’s new De > read more
Wind energy industry selling bogus product
Published on 2011-01-18 05:55:18
Owen Sound Sun Times There has been a steady flow of marvelously informative letters on the wind turbine situation in the Silcote area. Most of the letter writers are clearly situated in the line of fire of the Silcote Wind Project, and they have g > read more
Turbines could be boondoggle for Liberals: MPP
Published on 2011-01-17 18:40:18
By ALLAN BENNER, Welland Tribune WAINFLEET — The Green Energy Act could end up being the provincial Liberal government’s worst boondoggle since the scandal surrounding its eHealth program, says Welland MPP Peter Kormos. “Everybody’ > read more
McGuinty Liberals release their first election ad
Published on 2011-01-17 18:32:15
This is simply not sustainable, nor is it acceptable.
Published on 2011-01-17 18:25:11
Words of Dwight Duncan: “It would be irresponsible for the province and tax-payers to continue to subsidize electricity consumption, because it jeopardizes our ability to invest in health care and education. This is simply not sustainable, nor is i > read more
Industrial Wind Tubines – What’s in your wallet?
Published on 2011-01-17 10:32:27
By Craig Dill, Stratford Beacon Herald Last year Dalton McGuinty steam rolled the Green Energy Act. In the fine print of this act is an unconstitutional assault on all tax payers’ rights, not just land owners. That should set alarm bells ringing fo > read more
Major media outlets dropped the ball
Published on 2011-01-17 08:56:46
by Bill Jackson, Caledonia Regional News This Week Throughout the Douglas Creek occupation, people were justified in saying that the mainstream media was ignoring Caledonia’s plight. Similarly, when it comes to the, green energy file and wind t > read more
Wind turbines will change lives
Published on 2011-01-17 06:03:30
Owen Sound Sun Times I grew up on the St. Lawrence river just east of Kingston and sailed those waters for years. From Fort Henry hill looking southwest over the Kingston harbour the vista stretched on for miles until the waters of the lake met the s > read more
Wainfleet Meeting critical of wind turbine proposals
Published on 2011-01-17 05:55:25
By ALLAN BENNER, QMI AGENCY St. Catherines Standard WAINFLEET — If industrial wind turbines are really as safe as companies building them say they are, John LaForet wonders why those companies are so adverse to the idea of independent scientifi > read more
A lot of cash produces a little power
Published on 2011-01-16 06:24:15
Electricity scheme bleeds ‘consumer,’ benefits ‘taxpayer’ By Randall Denley, Ottawa Citizen Have you heard about the taxpayers’ brilliant plan to screw the electricity consumers? It’s a bit complicated, but here > read more
Put a wind turbine at Queen’s Park
Published on 2011-01-15 11:11:01
Owen Sound Sun Times Industrial-sized wind turbines — so safe every park should have one. Let’s start with Queen’s Park. Just think of it, the Ontario provincial legislature could set the example. After all, true leadership is all > read more
Liberal MPP misquoted numbers because he was in his pajamas
Published on 2011-01-15 08:31:34
by ANTONELLA ARTUSO, Toronto Sun The “pajama defence” won’t get Liberal cabinet ministers off the hook for using inaccurate numbers, Tory MPP Lisa MacLeod says. After Infrastructure Minister Bob Chiarelli was questioned about asse > read more
Meaford wants International Power to include Q&A at turbine meeting
Published on 2011-01-15 07:36:45
by Chris Fell, Simcoe.com Meaford council wants International Power to include a question and answer session at its next public meeting about a proposed wind farm in northwest Sydenham Township. Meaford council at its regular meeting on Monday, Janua > read more
Wind power makes no economic sense
Published on 2011-01-15 07:30:34
When Pickens came to his senses, he cut his GE order in half and is expected to dump the remaining turbines on someone oblivious to market realities. Fortunately for him, Ontario fits the bill in the sucker-born-every-minute category. Premier Dalton > read more
Walkom: How McGuinty’s windmill dreams became a nightmare
Published on 2011-01-15 07:11:21
By Thomas Walkom National Affairs Columnist Toronto Star When Dalton McGuinty embraced wind power four years ago, it seemed he couldn’t lose. Politically, his support for this infinitely renewable form of energy put the Ontario premier firmly on > read more
Vestas paid $1.2M in wind turbine compensation to PEI
Published on 2011-01-14 07:37:19
CBC News The P.E.I. government has received $1.2 million in compensation from wind turbine company Vestas to cover the cost of energy lost while the turbines in East Point weren’t operating in 2008. The province spent close to $50 million to bu > read more
A foul wind
Published on 2011-01-14 07:25:47
The fight against Shear Wind shows that timelines for Nova Scotia’s Freedom of Information Act impede citizens’ legal appeals. by Bruce Wark, The Coast (Halifax) Father Robert McNeil drew chuckles at a Pictou County funeral last week when > read more
Experts say be careful on wind deals
Published on 2011-01-14 07:10:32
By Mary Golem, Owen Sound Sun Times For more info: Leases Farmers at a wind energy information session in Elmwood this week went home with a clear message: Make sure you know what you are signing if asked to lease land for wind turbines. Both Ted Co > read more
Carol Mitchell, Can You Hear Us Now?
Published on 2011-01-13 19:54:05
In my mail today I found a flyer from Carol Mitchell, MPP for Huron-Bruce, proudly detailing the bountiful gifts which the Liberal government has bestowed upon our riding. A major part of the brochure is dedicated to “the clean energy revolution > read more
Perth County to meet with the Minister of the Environment
Published on 2011-01-13 09:47:28
Meeting with the Minister of the Environment and staff (Open to Public) Thursday, Feb. 3 at 1 p.m. Perth County Council Chambers Map Due to limited seating, anyone planning to attend is asked to contact clerk Kerri Ann O’Rourke at 519- > read more
Wind farms making electricity too costly
Published on 2011-01-13 06:56:53
Owen Sound Sun Times In a letter to you published on Jan. 5, Mr. Malcolm Hamilton admitted that he was a “windy”, a fact that he had previously chosen to hide. In that letter, he admitted to a preference for eating “our own dog fo > read more
Wind turbine health warning
Published on 2011-01-12 20:25:43
by STEVE ROBERTSON, Portland Observer Dr Sarah Laurie, the medical director of the Waubra Foundation, a group concerned about wind farm development near Ballarat, said she met last week with Glenelg Shire’s CEO, local doctors and citizens to discus > read more
Ontario opposition would seek green energy changes
Published on 2011-01-12 19:45:55
By Nicole Mordant Reuters Ontario’s opposition Progressive Conservative Party would overhaul the province’s feed-in tariff program for producers of renewable energy if it wins the October provincial election because it is too expensive, a > read more
Concerns aired at Wainfleet Council meeting
Published on 2011-01-12 19:28:01
By DAVE JOHNSON, Welland Tribune WAINFLEET — Wainfleet could join a growing list of municipalities asking the province to impose a moratorium on wind farms. Ald. David Wyatt made a notice of motion at Tuesday’s township council meeting after > read more
Documentary on the wind industry
Published on 2011-01-12 18:22:48
As your electricity bills skyrocket, take a moment to watch this short documentary about the wind corporations who have invaded Ontario. > read more
Progressive Conservatives target Liberals’ Green Energy Act as a job killer
Published on 2011-01-12 17:55:42
By: Keith Leslie Winnipeg Free Press TORONTO – The Liberal government’s green energy policies will be a focal point of Opposition attacks in the run-up to the Oct. 6 Ontario election, with the Progressive Conservatives warning voters ca > read more
Arran-Elderslie Council wants united front on wind study
Published on 2011-01-12 17:41:34
By Mary Golem, Owen Sound Sun Times Arran-Elderslie council wants all municipalities in Grey and Bruce counties, along with both county councils, “to show a strong, unified belief ” in supporting Medical Officer of Health Dr. Hazel Lynn i > read more
The Huff & Puff of Wind Power in Ontario
Published on 2011-01-12 10:29:46
Parker Gallant looks at Ontario’s Long Term Energy Plan and its vision for renewable energy in the province. Energy Probe The Long Term Energy Plan (LTEP) released November 23, 2010 by Brad Duguid, Minister of Energy (MEI) projected capital expen > read more
Nova Scotia wind turbines must be moved
Published on 2011-01-12 07:12:30
Proposed towers pose problems, says province By Judy Myrden, Chronical Herald The developers of a proposed $60-million wind farm near Hampton in Annapolis County “must go back to the drawing board” and relocate four turbines that are cons > read more
Wind farm tribunal hearing held
Published on 2011-01-11 19:07:54
by ERICA BAJER, Chatham Daily News Bill Palmer believes wind turbines pose a risk to human health. He plans to tell the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal why at the upcoming hearing into an appeal of the government’s approval of Suncor& > read more
Wind farm legal challenges loom
Published on 2011-01-11 16:33:45
By PAUL MORDEN/QMI Agency Welland Tribune SARNIA – Wind turbine opponents say they are hopeful about a pair of upcoming legal challenges. Ontario’s minimum setback distance for turbines is being challenged this month in court by Ian Han > read more
Ontario customers paid $52.8 million last month to subsidize electricity in the US and Quebec
Published on 2011-01-11 08:40:28
By Don Butler, Postmedia News Windsor Star Ontario producers sold a record amount of electricity to neighbouring jurisdictions in December. But if you think that’s good news, think again. What it really means is that Ontario has so much sur > read more
Wind whistles past quiet Dalton
Published on 2011-01-11 06:58:10
By MICHAEL DEN TANDT, Toronto Sun Dalton McGuinty has been oh, so quiet lately. It’s as though he knows these are his last months in power. Even last week, after the premier let slip he doesn’t plan to serve another full term, it wasn’t him who > read more
Public Meeting in Zurich
Published on 2011-01-10 14:38:44
POSTPONED Tuesday, Jan. 11th at 8:00 p.m Zurich Public School, 11 Frederick Street, Zurich, ON N0M 2T0 Map Due to unforeseen circumstances, please note that the Public Meeting scheduled for the 11th at Zurich Public School will be r > read more
Lawyer says wind farm appeal could set precedent, prehearing set for Tuesday
Published on 2011-01-10 14:21:54
By the Canadian Press, Winnipeg Free Press CHATHAM, Ont. – A lawyer says the outcome of an appeal of a wind farm planned for the Thamesville, Ont., area could be precedent-setting. Construction of the eight-turbine Kent Breeze Wind Farm is unde > read more
A lot of us can’t afford our electricity bills anymore
Published on 2011-01-10 11:14:05
By Toby Barrett, Tillsonburg News There is a growing concern locally and across Ontario. People are finding they just don’t have the extra money to pay for electricity. I hear it at my offices and I’ve heard it door to door as I canvass > read more
Ontario’s FiT faces political turbulence
Published on 2011-01-10 11:03:59
Wind Energy Update Ontario’s burgeoning wind energy market could face a slowdown as investor concerns grow over the future of the province’s flagship feed-in tariff (FiT) programme. Initial enthusiasm among ratepayers for the scheme is flagging i > read more
No case for wind energy in Alberta
Published on 2011-01-10 09:54:31
Medicine Hat News With the province having given Medicine Hat the approval to build a wind farm, the decision as to whether to proceed now rests with city council. Our aldermen should pass on this one. As it stands, the proposed wind farm will cost > read more
Health effects of turbines? We already know
Published on 2011-01-09 13:56:24
By DAN REID, The Sarnia Observer Over the past few months, I have read with interest the comments on the proposed Silcote Corners wind farm near Meaford, Ont., and others around the province. What I have found particularly intriguing is the consisten > read more
Thoughts on Carol Mitchell’s reflection on 2010
Published on 2011-01-09 06:16:25
In the Goderich newspaper, Carol Mitchell looks back on 2010 and says, “the province will continue to address concerns about the health effects of turbines.” Several families in Carol Mitchell’s riding have told her of their debi > read more
Wind issue brought residents together
Published on 2011-01-08 08:05:38
Lindsay Post After a year and a half of listening to the ongoing wind turbine debate, one can’t help but wonder why, if wind energy is such a good idea for Ontario, our provincial government and the Canadian Wind Energy Association are having s > read more
Ontario taxpayers deserve better
Published on 2011-01-08 07:38:18
Owen Sound Sun Times The following is a response to James Glennie: Majority of the population support wind energy. Only individuals who haven’t taken the time to delve into this very serious situation Ontario finds itself in would agree with co > read more
Wind battle coming to Chatham-Kent
Published on 2011-01-07 17:08:22
by ERICA BAJER, Chatham Daily News The world’s leading experts on the impact of wind turbines on human health will blow into Chatham-Kent in February. The Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal will hear an appeal of the approval of the Kent B > read more
CNSC responds to Gideon Forman’s silly rhetoric
Published on 2011-01-07 16:50:58
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission I’m compelled to respond to Gideon Forman’s groundless statements on the health impacts of nuclear energy in his January 6 editorial “Wind power is healthy.” Studies have shown over and over that people livi > read more
Public Meeting in Zurich
Published on 2011-01-07 14:38:44
Tuesday, Jan. 11th at 8:00 p.m Zurich Public School, 11 Frederick Street, Zurich, ON N0M 2T0 Map There will be a meeting giving attendees an opportunity to comment on the issues facing the village (underground gas storage project, the clo > read more
Ontario amends Renewable Energy Approval regulation
Published on 2011-01-07 14:34:07
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Adam Chamberlain – Lexology The Ontario government has published amendments to Ontario Regulation 359/09 that created and governs the Renewable Energy Approval (REA) and that applies to most renewable energy developme > read more
Records in Ontario’s Electricity Market Mark the New Year
Published on 2011-01-07 12:04:18
by Scott Luft The media tends to run all sorts of lists to mark the transition in the calendar year. Here’s a pair of records that just occurred – for all the reasons I’ve noted elsewhere on my blog. Monthly Net Exports hit an all-t > read more
Hudak promises change on wind
Published on 2011-01-07 11:48:49
By Don Crosby/QMI Agency Welland Tribune OWEN SOUND – Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak says he’ll change the province’s Green Energy Act to give local councils the option to decide the location of commercial wind turbines > read more
Why we are fighting?
Published on 2011-01-07 11:41:21
Welland Tribune Thanks to the president of IPC Energy for enlightening us on the “non-issue” of wind turbines and Skydive Burnaby. Unfortunately, it seems to me Wainfleet is full of “non-issues” depending on who one talks to > read more
A ray of hope regarding wind farms
Published on 2011-01-07 11:27:16
Toronto Star, Re: Legal challenge could stall wind projects, Business, Jan. 6 I was pleased to read your coverage about the upcoming court case between Ian Hanna and the provincial government regarding the setback requirements of wind turbines from > read more
Tyler Hamilton anxiously waiting for baby boomers to finally kick off
Published on 2011-01-06 16:25:51
(Warning: Condescending, arrogant opinion piece to follow. Is this how we raised our children?) by Tyler Hamilton, Toronto Star Deep down most people would agree that transitioning our energy system to cleaner, low-emission sources is necessa > read more
Engineering poverty
Published on 2011-01-06 11:48:20
By Klaus Rohrich, Canadian Free Press Last year McGuinty’s henchmen ordered Ontario hospitals to close beds, departments and lay off nurses in an effort to cut back on the cost of healthcare. Yet at the same time the McGuinty government entered i > read more
Grey County may study turbine health effects
Published on 2011-01-06 10:01:04
Simcoe.com Grey County council is stepping up its efforts to get the provincial government to commit to studying the health effects of living close to industrial wind turbines. Grey County council at its regular meeting on Tuesday, January 4 agreed w > read more
Nuttby Mountain turbines improperly installed
Published on 2011-01-06 08:33:31
CBC News There are problems with the foundations of at least five of the 22 wind turbines installed this past summer at Nova Scotia Power’s wind farm on Nuttby Mountain, north of Truro, CBC News has learned. Three of the turbines are shut down > read more
Undoing Ontario’s energy mess
Published on 2011-01-05 17:43:07
InsideHalton.com What a mess. Years of dreamy plans for renewable solar and wind energy, expensive conservation plans, unfulfilled promises to close coal-burning stations, and a belief that Ontarians can always reach deeper to pay for hydro rate incr > read more
Decision pending on Thunder Bay lawsuit
Published on 2011-01-05 17:29:40
By Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com City officials will find out next Thursday whether or not a judge will allow an arbitrator to decide the fate of four turbines Horizon Wind Inc. has planned for the Nor’Wester Mountain range. A positive decision in > read more
Legal challenge could stall Ontario wind projects
Published on 2011-01-05 17:25:06
by John Spears, Toronto Star One day in the summer of 2008, Ian Hanna went to an open house in Prince Edward County about the possible health effects on wind turbines on people who live near them. He came away worried. His worries grew to the point t > read more
McGuinty’s hydro plan does not instill confidence
Published on 2011-01-05 13:36:38
Cottage Country Now In 2007, Dalton McGuinty ripped up a previously prepared plan on rebuilding hydro that would have cost $60 billion and after experimenting with energy policy over the last three years the Liberals now say their plan will cost $87 > read more
Shock! Shivering Britain realises wind power needs wind to work
Published on 2011-01-05 11:46:59
by Andrew Bolt Herald Sun Only now does this problem occur to them? Wind farms in Britain generated practically no electricity during the recent cold spell, raising fresh concerns about whether they could be relied upon to meet the country’s energy > read more
Response to IPC Energy
Published on 2011-01-05 06:00:32
Welland Tribune Re: The Tribune’s Dec. 30 front page story headlined, Turbulence over turbines Considering that IPC Energy is receiving tax subsidized incentives from the Ontario government, to the tune of 400% over the current market value for > read more
Wind turbines are not BEATERS, they are SWISHERS!
Published on 2011-01-04 20:18:07
by Harvey Wrightman TB Newsnet Ledger Below is a letter/article which culminates from a round of correspondence I have had with the Ontario Ministry of Environment re: the specific (non)application of their noise rules to wind turbines. I have atta > read more
Wind turbines are definitely not ‘parks’
Published on 2011-01-01 07:23:25
Toronto Star Re: Holyday questions wind park investment, Dec. 29 Message to Councillor Shelley Carroll: rural Ontario, her so-called remote area, has dwellings and families just like her Toronto. And guess what? The Ontario government has been usin > read more
Ian Hanna v. Ontario – December 31 Update
Published on 2010-12-31 12:01:17
Albeit short and to the point, I hope this update will provide as much encouragement and optimism as possible as we approach the end of 2010. There may be little to report from this point forward, until the final hearing in January 2011 – as much o > read more
Wind project neighbors refuse noise waiver payments, seek buyouts
Published on 2010-12-31 10:53:46
The Acoustic Ecology Institute A few months back, there was a bit of a news and comment flurry when the Shepherd’s Flat wind farm announced plans to pay neighbors $5000 for noise wavers, in order to build turbines closer to homes than Oregon’s un > read more