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Stantec Liens

Lisa

November 05, 2009 5:18:57 PM

Jacques Whitford Stantec, by its successor in interest, Stantec Consulting LTD., filed construction liens in the amount of $242,296.58. A total of 150 landowners were cited in the claim.

Summary of recent research on adverse heath effects of wind turbines

Lisa

October 20, 2009 7:09:47 AM

This document provides a useful compilation of recent research pertaining to the impact of wind turbines on human health.

Community-based health survey, Ontario

Lisa

July 20, 2009 3:18:48 PM

This community based surveillance activity was conducted under the guidance of Dr. Robert McMurtry, the Former Dean of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario. The health survey revealed that out of 76 respondents, 53 people now living near different wind power facilities in Ontario reported that industrial wind turbines were having a significant negative impact on their lives. The adverse effects range from headaches and sleep disturbance to tinnitus (ringing in the ear) and depression. The abstract of his report is posted below. The full report, complete with responses from participants can be accessed by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.

Modern wind turbines generate dangerously "Dirty" electricity

Lisa

April 28, 2009 10:42:16 AM

Wind turbines are causing serious health problems. These health problems are often associated, by the people having them, with the flicker and the noise from the wind turbines. This often leads to reports being discounted. Residents of the area around the Ripley Wind Farm in Ontario where Enercon E82 wind turbines are installed feel that the turbines are making them ill.

Township of Dawn-Euphemia Resolution

Lisa

December 02, 2008 3:21:09 AM

Living with the impact of windmills

Lisa

November 30, 2008 7:00:00 PM

Chris Luxemburger is a real estate broker, director of the Brampton Real Estate Board and the Chairperson of the Real Estate By-Laws Committee in Ontario, Canada. In his survey of the three-year sales records for the Melancthon Wind Plant and surrounding area, Luxemburger found significant differences among 600 properties within and beyond three nautical miles of the plant. Those in proximity to wind turbines had either a higher rate of non-sale (11% vs. 3%) or took twice as long to sell. He summarizes his findings in this presentation.

Comments: Wolfe Island wind project, Environmental Review Report

Lisa

December 12, 2007 9:22:32 AM

Mr. Schneider, a retired biologist from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and a 38-year resident of Cape Vincent, provided these compelling comments in response to Canadian Hydro Developers' environmental review report on the Wolfe Island wind project. The first page of his letter is provided below. The full text can be accessed by clicking on the link(s) at the bottom of this page.

Calculating the real cost of industrial wind power

Lisa

October 31, 2007 7:00:00 PM

This document compiled for Ontario electricity consumers provides an comprehensive explanation of the hidden-costs of industrial wind energy. It also directly addresses the question of whether wind power provides a meaningful reduction in carbon emissions.

NERC Long-term reliability assessment (2007-2016)

Lisa

September 30, 2007 8:00:00 PM

North American Electric Reliability Corporation released this assessment of the reliability and adequacy of the bulk power system in North America for the next ten years.

Public health and noise exposure: the importance of low frequency noise

Lisa

August 27, 2007 11:12:51 PM

This paper on Infrasound and Low Frequency Noise Dose responses, was presented at the Inter-Noise 2007 conference held in Istanbul, Turkey August 28-31, 2007. The authors are Mariana Alves-Pereira and Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco of the Erisa-Universidade Lusofona, Lisbon, Portugal and the Center of Human Performance, Alverca, Portugal.

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