This blog entry is one of many since May 2009 detailing the adverse impacts related to living near a wind farm in Ontario Canada.

Phil Bloomstein of Freedom, Maine provides a gripping image of what his life is like living next to an industrial wind facility.

Town of Oakfield, Dodge County. The Wirtz home is just over the county line from Fond Du Lac County where the wind turbines are located.

I am from the town of Empire, which includes the Cedar Ridge Wind Farm located in Fond du Lac County Wisconsin. There are 44 wind turbines in this project, three of them are within a quarter mile (1,320 feet) from our home. I can see 12 from our door. Now that the towers are working, people are grumbling. You cannot believe how loud these things are!

The residents of Michigan's Thumb area have been writing about their experience living near industrial scale turbines. Their individual stories are remarkably consistent regarding noise, flicker, sleep interruptions, and feelings of helplessness. The testimony of one Thumb resident is included on this page. Many others can be found by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.

Invenergy's Forward Wind facility, Brownsville WI

Barbara Ashbee-Lormand has written this plea to the Ontario Environment Minister, John Gerretsen, asking that he take a moment to understand the impacts of wind energy development on the people of Ontario.

Horizon Wind Twin Grove wind energy facility, McLean County IL

Pubnico Point wind energy facility, Nova Scotia