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Wind turbines ‘killing jobs' PC energy critic contends
November 23, 2012 by Patrick Raftis in Wellington Advertiser
November 23, 2012 by Patrick Raftis in Wellington Advertiser
Pettapiece said his party isn't opposed to "green energy" but does feel that Ontario's current approach to wind power is not efficient.
"We're not against green energy, but it's got to be affordable. This is not."
Wind farm files $475 million NAFTA claim over Ontario offshore moratorium
November 23, 2012 by John Spears in The Star
November 23, 2012 by John Spears in The Star
The Liberal government slapped a moratorium on all offshore projects in February, 2011 ...While dozens of projects were affected, Windstream says its Wolfe Island development is exceptional: Unlike most other projects, it holds a renewable power contract, called a feed-in tariff contract or FIT, from the Ontario Power Authority.
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Council supports turbine moratorium
November 23, 2012 by Patrick Raftis in The Wellington Advertiser
November 23, 2012 by Patrick Raftis in The Wellington Advertiser
At its Nov. 13 meeting, Mapleton council agreed to support resolutions from West Lincoln Township calling on the province to impose a moratorium until the results of a federal health study are known and acted upon.
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Wind turbines ‘killing jobs' PC energy critic contends
November 22, 2012 by Patrick Raftis in Wellington Advertiser
November 22, 2012 by Patrick Raftis in Wellington Advertiser
Wind energy is "killing jobs" in Ontario. That's part of the message Progressive Conservative energy critic Victor Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing, brought with him on a tour of the region last week. ...
"We're not against green energy, but it's got to be affordable. This is not."
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Amaranth Township Council wants a 1.4- kilometre setback for industrial wind turbines based on a report entitled “Effects of Industrial Wind Turbine Noise on Sleep and Health.”
Furthermore, the council is asking for existing wind farms to immediately halt their operations within the 1.4 km of homes and farms.
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Not So Fast: Residents of Hermanville/Clear Springs tell government and wind turbine suppliers
November 21, 2012 in Hermanville and Clear Springs Landowners Association
November 21, 2012 in Hermanville and Clear Springs Landowners Association
Landowners concerned about the potential impacts of an industrial scale wind development in Hermanville and Clear Springs are growing increasingly worried that both the Government of Prince Edward Island and now potential project suppliers are discussing the project as though it were already approved.
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Opponents file appeal against McLean's Mountain wind approval
November 20, 2012 by Robin Burridge in The Manitoulin Expositor
November 20, 2012 by Robin Burridge in The Manitoulin Expositor
The Manitoulin Coalition for Safe Energy Alternatives (MCSEA) has announced it has filed an appeal against the Ministry of Environment's (MOE) Renewable Energy Approval that was granted last month to Northland Power's (NPI) McLean's Mountain wind farm project.
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Essex Council voted Monday to withhold support for the Blue Sky wind farm project support in its application for a contract from the Ontario Power Authority.
IPR-GDF Suez Canada had spent five years developing the 46.8 megawatt FIT project in Essex that would have seen 27 wind turbines erected on low density farmland southwest of town around County Road 8.
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A spokesperson for McNaughton said the two elected officials want all turbine construction to halt until results of a federal health study on the impacts of turbines has been tabled. ...The spokesman said there is also growing concern about the devaluation of property as a result of the rapid proliferation of wind turbines in Chatham-Kent and throughout southwestern Ontario.
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$5M 'gift' from Dufferin Wind comes with strings attached, says mayor
November 14, 2012 by Bill Tremblay in Orangeville Banner
November 14, 2012 by Bill Tremblay in Orangeville Banner
Dufferin Wind Power Inc.'s announcement of a $5 million gift to Melancthon is misleading and premature, according to the municipality's mayor, Bill Hill. ...Hill said the money isn't a gift, but a dollar amount included in a draft agreement with the municipality. The agreement was presented to Melancthon council the day before Dufferin Wind made the announcement.
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Ontario court dismisses offshore wind damages claim
November 7, 2012 by Michael Nilevsky in Lexology
November 7, 2012 by Michael Nilevsky in Lexology
On October 5, 2012, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice delivered its decision with respect to Trillium Power Wind Corporation v. Ontario (Natural Resources) by striking out the action brought by TPWC against the Ontario government seeking $2.5 billion in damages in relation to the province's February 2011 moratorium on offshore wind farms.
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Offshore wind farm firm appeals court decision
November 6, 2012 by Peter Hendra in Kingston Whig-Standard
November 6, 2012 by Peter Hendra in Kingston Whig-Standard
A company suing the province over the moratorium placed on offshore wind projects is appealing a judge’s decision to have that lawsuit dismissed.
Trillium Wind Power Corp. is hoping to build a 120-turbine, 600-megawatt wind project 28 kilometres south of Prince Edward County, just south of the Duck Islands.
"We know in Ontario people are getting sick," Jeremy Aramini, an epidemiologist who lives north of Fergus, said Friday. "There is more and more scientific evidence and studies like ours that strongly suggests, if not demonstrate, that yes, something is happening. Keep them far enough away until all studies and the science is in."
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Voters in the heavily populated area around Toronto clearly matter more to the Liberals than people in rural Ontario, who had no say about the location of large energy projects in their communities, said Progressive Conservative Jim Wilson.
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Toronto Premier Dalton McGuinty defends his government's decisions to cancel gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga while limiting the ability of smaller and rural communities to block industrial wind turbines.
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Canada's wind turbine health study draws criticism from industry
October 24, 2012 by Mark Del Franco in North American Windpower
October 24, 2012 by Mark Del Franco in North American Windpower
In addition to taking physical measurements - such as blood pressure - from participants, investigators will conduct face-to-face interviews and take noise measurements both inside and outside of homes in order to validate sound modeling. The results of the study are expected to be released in 2014.
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Rowdy wind farm staff blamed for troubles in the Stettler area
October 19, 2012 by Paul Cowley in Red Deer Advocate
October 19, 2012 by Paul Cowley in Red Deer Advocate
Police were called numerous times to a Stettler watering hole to deal with brawling and intoxicated patrons.
"We had 11 prisoners and 10 of them were from that (wind project) crew," he said, adding only one was a local person. ...Besides the rowdiness, Stettler RCMP have been kept busy giving speeding tickets to workers heading back and forth to Halkirk, where the wind farm is being built.
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He was supposed to mend fences between the provincial Liberals and rural Ontario amid opposition to the growing number of wind farms, but with the legislature prorogued and Energy Minister Chris Bentley mulling a run for the party leadership, rural communities are left in limbo.
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Ontario loses WTO ruling on green energy policies: reports
October 16, 2012 by Richard Blackwell in Globe and Mail
October 16, 2012 by Richard Blackwell in Globe and Mail
If the preliminary report stands, Ontario might have to dismantle parts of its controversial "feed-in-tariff" program that pays high prices to producers of wind and solar power, as long as they buy a certain proportion of their equipment in the province.
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Energy Policy]
Ontario court dismisses billion dollar damages claim relating to moratorium on offshore wind farms
October 16, 2012 by Jack Coop, Daniel Kirby, Jennifer Fairfax and Patrick Welsh in Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
October 16, 2012 by Jack Coop, Daniel Kirby, Jennifer Fairfax and Patrick Welsh in Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
On October 5, 2012, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice struck out an action brought by Trillium Power Wind Corporation (Trillium) against the Ontario government seeking $2.5 billion in damages occasioned by Ontario's February 2011 moratorium on offshore wind farms.
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