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Tree removal done for wind-turbine project brings $10K fines
Two companies involved in a Lambton County wind-turbine project were fined $10,000 each for vegetation and tree removal in violation of the Environmental Protection Act.
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CEOs address wind concerns at farm unveiling
While it was a celebration toasted with champagne, officials unveiling the Niagara Region Wind Farm still felt the need to defend their cause.
Update: Horse Creek Wind Project
If Iberdrola proceeds with Horse Creek, the project will become embroiled in a contentious and costly administrative law proceeding. Iberdrola will use the procedural advantages of Article 10 to oppose Home Rule and attempt to override opposition from residents, local governments and other project stakeholders.
Proposed wind turbines will be significantly taller
The proposed North Kent 1 wind farm, which will be located southeast of Wallaceburg, plans to use 113-metre rotor diameter turbines. Otter Creek plans on using wind turbines that will have 141-metre diameters. North Kent will use 3.2 megawatt turbines, versus the Otter Creek turbines which will produce more power of up to 4.2 megawatts.
The untold Ontario green-energy scandal is that it’s devastating our rural areas
The biggest unreported story in the Ontario media, despite all its talented investigative journalists, is the destruction of rural Ontario by massive wind “farms” and solar projects.
Cancel Amherst Island wind energy project: Runciman
Amherst Island is an idyllic place: rolling meadows dotted with heritage buildings, narrow carriage roads lined by the largest concentration of historic dry stone walls in Canada. The population of 400 year-round residents expands to 1,000 in the summer, but the island located west of Kingston in Lake Ontario, because it is a 20-minute ferry ride from the mainland, has largely resisted the encroachment of developers.
Ontario’s ‘gold rush’ wind energy plan ignored impact on rural communities, study says
“It was a gold rush, basically.” And since those involved kept details secret to avoid giving their competitors an edge, residents didn’t know what their neighbours were planning. “That is really the worst way to go about something that you know is going to have a big impact on landscape and people,” he said.
Montney residents oppose wind farm proposal
About 130 people crammed into Montney Recreational Hall this week to voice their concerns. Montney resident Delbert Benterud organized the emotionally-charged public meeting as a platform for neighbours to come together and express opinions on the project, which were by and large voices of opposition. “We’re going to see these things all over the whole valley,” said Lorna Wollen, who lives in the property next to the proposed turbines.
Tribunal agrees approved Pontypool wind project would destroy plant and animal life
The Tribunal found “that the planned Settlers Landing wind project in Pontypool will cause serious and irreversible harm to plant life, animal life or the natural environment.”...Coun. Stauble said the windcompany "...must adhere to a 550 metre setback, and to do so means they would have to put those turbines in the woodlands. Which they are now not allowed to do.”
Wind project opposition grows
"Amherst has the largest breeding population of the at-risk short-eared owl in southern Ontario," Wise said. "During the winter, Amherst supports the largest concentration of owl species of anywhere in eastern North America as far as we know. "We are all for green energy, but not at the expense of nature."
Turbine protests: Green Energy Act under fire
Senator Bob Runicman wants to see a judicial enquiry into Ontario’s green energy act. The conservative senator was one of four speakers at a public roundtable to discuss the impact of controversial wind turbine projects in Prince Edward County. As Newswatch’s Morganne Campbell reports, the senator says it’s time people stop the green energy madness.
Turbine protests: Green Energy Act under fire
Senator Bob Runicman wants to see a judicial enquiry into Ontario’s green energy act. The conservative senator was one of four speakers at a public roundtable to discuss the impact of controversial wind turbine projects in Prince Edward County. As Newswatch’s Morganne Campbell reports, the senator says it’s time people stop the green energy madness.
Dark Sky Preserves save the stars from light pollution
A new industrial wind farm is proposed for the North Frontenac region north of Kingston, Ont., and this has angered some of its residents. ...The majority of residents are united against the proposal, as is the local government. The North Frontenac Township has voted 7-0 against a wind farm in the area.
More than 150 hectares of Lambton County grasslands will be impacted by Suncor wind farm, group says
Local anti-wind activists are questioning the use of Lambton County grasslands for Suncor's Cedar Point wind farm. Grassland habitats are home to bobolinks, pictured here, and eastern meadowlarks, a pair of bird species considered 'threatened' by the Ministry of Natural Resources.
Wind turbines stir controversy in RM of South Qu'Appelle
The thought of a windturbine farm in the RM of South Qu'Appelle is stirring up a mix of reaction in the community. "We don't want it," said Renalda Pickering, a resident of the RM.
Wind-farm sites need close look
Between 100 and 150 of these machines will be installed, likely on ridge tops where the wind is strongest. That would be a serious imposition on some of the loveliest scenery in our province. ...No one knows how to deal with the unsightly aspect of wind farms. Visual pollution can’t be measured in parts per million. There is no easy way to calculate ugliness.
Tax losses from wind turbine project already starting to add up
Driving through Michigan, I was distressed to see town after town boarded up beneath wind turbines. I don't know the answer, but I will pose this question: Were the wind turbines built there because the towns were dead or did the towns die because the wind turbines were built?
Residents see battle lost as wind turbines go up
Last year, a group of landowners fought to keep the project from going ahead. But contractors started pouring the concrete pads for the turbines last week, and O'Shea said they realized they'd lost the battle. She still doesn't believe it was a fair fight.
Wind farm wars playing out in rural Ontario
While wind opponents try to mobilize urbanites, other activists and municipal politicians are searching their wallets and bank accounts to defend themselves against legal challenges from wind energy developers. Esther Wrightman, a mother of two living near Kerwood, between Sarnia and London, is figuring out how to fight a lawsuit brought against her by NextEra, a company planning two wind developments in the area.
Two appeals launched against provincial approval for St. Columban wind project
The notice questions the process for granting the REA since it does not require the director of the Ministry of the Environment to consider potential health effects and does not comply with the precautionary principle, "which is a principle of fundamental justice."