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Norfolk declares itself unwilling to host new wind farms
May 21, 2013 by David Judd in Port Dover Maple Leaf
May 21, 2013 by David Judd in Port Dover Maple Leaf
The message by itself will not stop the province from approving the proposed Port Ryerse Wind Farm or other projects.
But councillors hope the province will take heed of the growing chorus of municipalities asking to put the brakes on Ontario's push for wind energy.
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Peer-reviewed commentary published in Canadian family physician journal
May 18, 2013 by Paul Morden in Sarnia Observer
May 18, 2013 by Paul Morden in Sarnia Observer
A peer-reviewed article in the official journal of the College of Family Physicians of Canada says its members should expect to see increasing numbers of rural patients reporting adverse effects from exposure to industrial wind turbines.
The commentary, published in the May issue of Canadian Family Physician, says turbines can harm human health if built too close to where people live.
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Gail Kenney welcomed a court ruling last week that supports landowners' right to seek compensation if their property values are lowered by wind turbines. ...Last Tuesday, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a lawsuit by landowners seeking compensation for lowered property values caused by a proposed wind energy development.
Wind power opponents taking heart at new court ruling
April 25, 2013 by Wes Keller in Orangeville Citizen
April 25, 2013 by Wes Keller in Orangeville Citizen
Lawyer Eric Gillespie and Wind Concerns Ontario are taking heart from a Superior Court ruling that persons in the proximity of industrial wind turbines can commence a civil action against turbine proponents and host landowners when and if a wind farm development has been approved for construction.
Healey noted that the landowners near the proposed wind farms had submitted expert opinion estimating that drop in land values of 20 to 50 per cent.
She said the landowners can file a damage claim when the project clears all of its regulatory approvals.
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Property Values]
Ontario court allows lawsuits against wind company and landowners just a matter of time
April 23, 2013 in Cunningham & Gillespie LLP
April 23, 2013 in Cunningham & Gillespie LLP
The court has specifically recognized that claims against wind companies and against landowners who agree to host wind turbines are possible as soon as projects receive approval. [Para. 37] "There are many people who have been waiting to see how the courts would respond to these types of claims" said lawyer Eric Gillespie, whose firm acts for the plaintiffs in the actions. "It now seems clear that as soon as a project is approved residents can start a claim.
C-K residents living in shadow of industrial wind turbines resort to drastic measures
April 16, 2013 by Vicki Gough in Chatham Daily News
April 16, 2013 by Vicki Gough in Chatham Daily News
Sheets of one-inch Styrofoam and thick corrugated cardboard still cover his upstairs bedroom windows.
"It helped," he said.
But, he says he gets his best sleep now in the basement.
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The decision came down Friday in the lawsuit brought about by Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc. and its owners the Loeffen family and Tom Rankin, head of Rankin Construction, after the township passed its setback bylaw last year.
The bylaw was an attempt by to supersede the Green Energy Act, which prescribes a 550-metre setback — the distance between a residential property and a turbine.
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No wind turbines less than 2 km from a home and 1 km of a road in the Haut-Saint-Laurent, in the Montérégie
March 24, 2013 by Patrice Laflamme in TVA Nouvelles
March 24, 2013 by Patrice Laflamme in TVA Nouvelles
The Quebec government has officially endorsed the amended interim control (RCI) of the Haut-Saint-Laurent surrounding these structures in its territory, which the council of mayors adopted on 9 January. ...In the territory of Haut-Saint-Laurent, this revised version of RCI forbids the erection of wind turbines 2000 m (2 km) from any dwelling and 1000 m (1 km) from any public road.
A lawsuit over a controversial bylaw related to a wind turbine development in Wainfleet is now in the hands of a judge.
Wainfleet Mayor April Jeffs said she expects to hear a verdict in the next four to six weeks over whether a two-kilometre setback bylaw enacted by her town council will be allowed to stand.
Industrial Wind Turbines: Scars on the rural landscape
March 21, 2013 by Denny Manchee in Watershed Magazine
March 21, 2013 by Denny Manchee in Watershed Magazine
"In Ontario, Canada, there is a suspension of critical appraisal and due process regarding industrial wind turbines. The lack of confidence in the political and regulatory systems will persist if governments and industry continue to deny the existence of adverse impacts from human exposure to industrial wind turbines...The negative psychological effect of disempowerment interacting with the adverse health effects attributed to industrial wind turbines has intensified the negative synergy of justice lost."
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Ontario researcher blows off claim anti-wind-farm activism causes Wind Turbine Syndrome
March 19, 2013 by Jessica Smith in Metro News
March 19, 2013 by Jessica Smith in Metro News
Five years ago Krogh began researching Wind Turbine Syndrome and reaching out to other people who have become ill. She said their symptoms are caused by wind turbine noise, including audible noise and inaudible infrasound. In many cases, it's the noise and vibrations that keep people up at night, taking a serious toll on their health.
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It's a green energy proposal that has torn apart Perth County communities. Invenergy Canada has a contract to build up to 27 wind turbines in North Perth and Perth East.
Now a Perth-Wellington's MPP is asking the premier to use her power to intervene.
Grey County wants the province to slap an immediate moratorium on wind turbine developments in Ontario.
Nine of 13 councillors at Tuesday's county council meeting supported the call for the indefinite freeze until further studies provide "conclusive" evidence related to the impact of the industrial machines on human health.
Studies show association between turbines, health effects: report
February 23, 2013 by Tracey Richardson in Owen Sound Sun Times
February 23, 2013 by Tracey Richardson in Owen Sound Sun Times
Lynn and Arra said there's at least enough evidence to suggest larger setbacks than the current 550 metres in Ontario are needed. Health board member and Bruce County Warden David Inglis said he thinks the setbacks should be at least two kilometres. Lynn said Australia is considering setbacks of between five and 10 km.
Suncor is taking Plympton-Wyoming to court over the town's wind turbine bylaws, including a requirement they be at least 2 km from neighbouring homes. ..."We expected this," said Plympton-Wyoming Mayor Lonny Napper.
"We're ready to defend our bylaws."
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Of hundreds of credible studies around the world on wind energy, none conclude there is no association between the towering turbines and adverse health effects. ..."(The conclusions are) not new, but it's further confirmation that these are not NIMBYs, these are people affected by these things," Lynn said Tuesday in an interview. "All of the studies rejected the null hypothesis that there was no association. Every one of them found that there was an association."
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Noise]
What we see as a reality is that the Liberals will force through thousands (as many as 6,000 more) of these industrial wind turbines between now and when the health study is completed. They seem not to care what the health and financial costs for Ontario taxpayers will be because they know that they will be out of power before the federal study is published."
The amount of the stress hormone cortisol found in people's hair could help scientists understand the potential health impacts that may arise from exposure to low-frequency noise and vibrations from wind turbines.
Starting in May, the federal government plans to study the hair of up to 1,200 people who live near wind turbines.
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Province knew about health effects from turbines
February 13, 2013 by Amanda Moore in Niagara This Week
February 13, 2013 by Amanda Moore in Niagara This Week
"MOE Provincial Officers have attended at several of the complainant's [sic] residences and have confirmed that despite the noise emissions apparently complying with the applicable standard ... that the noise emissions are in fact causing material discomfort to the residents in and around their homes," reads the document, written by provincial officer Gary Tomlinson.
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