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According to a filing in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the plaintiffs are seeking a "permanent injunction restraining the construction and operation" of the UDI project, and "compensatory damages" from UDI in the amount of $3.25 million "for negligence, nuisance and trespass."
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Impact on People]
MP requests C-K Essex be included in wind turbine noise and health study
February 12, 2013 by Ellwood Shreve in Chatham Daily News
February 12, 2013 by Ellwood Shreve in Chatham Daily News
Monica Elmes deals daily with people who are experiencing negative health impacts due to turbines. She believes by the time any results of Health Canada's study are released, the number of turbines in Chatham-Kent will have doubled.
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Impact on People|
Noise]
Turbine fight continues; Wellandport couple demands data from manufacturer
February 11, 2013 by Pieter van Hiel in Niagara This Week
February 11, 2013 by Pieter van Hiel in Niagara This Week
The couple has been collecting data on turbine safety for several months. Among the items they have received are a letter from an insurance broker on behalf of Western General Insurance, to a homeowner near Sarnia. The letter advises the homeowner that his insurance would be cancelled once a wind turbine was erected on the property.
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Safety]
Health Canada releases revised research design for the wind turbine noise and health study
February 11, 2013 in Health Canada
February 11, 2013 in Health Canada
"Our Government is committed to protecting the health and safety of Canadian families, and this study is in response to questions from residents living near wind farms about possible health effects of low frequency noise generated by wind turbines."
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Impact on People]
Scale model makes case for anti-turbine crowd
February 8, 2013 by Dan Dakin in St. Catharines Standard
February 8, 2013 by Dan Dakin in St. Catharines Standard
If VanRyn's model is as accurate as he said it is, the No To Wind group has a dramatic new tool it can use to try to change the minds of people who support building wind turbines in this community.
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General]
Beausejour Liberal MP Dominic LeBlanc said it is becoming clear the federal government has fumbled the entire wind turbine program.
"It seems to me the government botched the procurement process if they spend over $2 million on a wind turbine that doesn't work," he said.
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General]
Dufferin County Council might expect to be faced by a host of opponents of a proposed 230-kilovolt power line along an abandoned rail corridor, but it's difficult to assess whether the opposition is to the power line so much as to the creation of a wind farm in the north of Melancthon.
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Transmission]
Clarington riding school wants to buck wind farm
February 6, 2013 by Jennifer O'Meara in Durham Region
February 6, 2013 by Jennifer O'Meara in Durham Region
If industrial wind turbines start turning in Clarington, it's just a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt, predicts Barb King, who runs an equestrian school in Kendal and is concerned that proposed turbines are going to spook the horses and hurt a rider.
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Impact on People]
Council to send strong message against wind turbine project
February 6, 2013 by Mary Riley in MyKawartha
February 6, 2013 by Mary Riley in MyKawartha
Staff recommended that council ask the Province to refuse wpd Canada's application. Director of planning and engineering Ron Taylor clarified that energy companies apply to the Province under a provincial process; council does not approve the application, but may express concerns. A municipal council may offer support for an application, or ask the Province to refuse it.
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Renewable energy giant NextEra Energy Canada says it's just trying to be a good corporate citizen.
Anti-industrial wind turbine activist Esther Wrightman says it is more like deep pockets trying to buy community support. ... How can people with mental health problems caused by wind farms turn to a centre receiving money from the wind farm company, Wrightman asked.
"It really is like a war."
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A $2.5-million wind turbine at the Dorchester Penitentiary has stopped working and the Correctional Service of Canada cannot estimate when it will be generating electricity again. ...The Correctional Service of Canada has faced similar problems with its second wind turbine at a medium-security facility in Drumheller, Alta.
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Safety]
Industrial wind turbines exceed environmental guidelines for noise
February 3, 2013 in Wind Victims Ontario
February 3, 2013 in Wind Victims Ontario
New scientific measurements reveal that industrial wind turbines (IWTs) in Ontario routinely exceed acceptable noise limits set by Ministry of Environment (MOE) guidelines.
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Impact on People|
Noise]
"The littlest things we can do to delay this project, the closer we are to shutting it down."
Brooks said the group checked after Nextera announced its Forest public meeting and found Kimball Hall hadn't been booked.
"So, we booked it," she said.
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General]
Wind and solar power firms fight $100 million rule change
February 1, 2013 by John Spears in The Star
February 1, 2013 by John Spears in The Star
The renewable energy firms say that's how much they'll lose if the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) restricts the flow of wind and solar power onto the electricity grid when the demand for power is low, but winds are high.
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Energy Policy]
The flyer asks West Lincoln residents to pick a side of the wind turbine debate. It asks that residents vote for or against the municipality passing a minimum setback distance of two-kilometres between industrial wind turbines and dwellings.
"I think people are in panic mode now as they see what's happening," said Pritchard, who invites the residents responsible for the campaign to contact WLWAG.
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Zoning/Planning]
Massive protest planned at Allen Gardens/Maple Leaf Gardens in Ontario, Jan 26
January 25, 2013 by Sherri Lange and Lorrie Gillis in Canada Free Press
January 25, 2013 by Sherri Lange and Lorrie Gillis in Canada Free Press
Groups across Ontario are demanding that: Wind turbines that are offending must be removed, democracy must be returned, and an immediate moratorium must be placed on new projects, permitted and planned. Despite obvious and substantiated evidence that the Ministry knew of serious health complaints back to 2006, they continued to permit.
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Impact on Wildlife|
Impact on People]
He also said having such a policy would protect ratepayers from cost overruns. The board would also be ensuring that any future competitive bidding process to award green-energy contracts is fair, he said.
Otherwise, Nova Scotia Power and its partners could potentially submit a low bid, win the contract and then seek to recover their actual higher costs in rates, Todd said.
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Impact on Economy]
Sarnia documentary writer takes aim at push towards wind energy
January 22, 2013 by Paul Morden in Sarnia Observer
January 22, 2013 by Paul Morden in Sarnia Observer
The documentary starts out in Alberta where wind energy has been a success ...It moves then to more densely populated rural Ontario where the reception to turbines hasn't been as welcome, and then to Denmark, once a poster-child for wind energy, where the relationship between residents and turbines has soured.
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Denmark]
Despite throwing out a sweetener - a promise of more than $8 million in local benefits for Snowy Ridge and Settlers Landing wind projects - Sprott Power got the same chilly reception from hundreds of people who attended the meeting.
The company has promised to form a community liaison committee prior to construction, to improve community relations and so locals can be informed.
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General]
OPP in Haldimand County believe the vandals struck the Summerhaven Wind farm project overnight Friday, painting a disassembled tower, setting a fire and causing about $60,000 damage.
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General]
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