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Wind turbine hearing adjourned to October
The Environmental Review Tribunal Hearing on the Ostrander Point wind project set to continue Sept 23-25 has been adjourned. “Due to ongoing disclosure issues related to Ministry of Natural Resources documents, the hearing has been adjourned for the second time,” said Myrna Wood, president of the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists. The new date for resumption of […]
Wind turbine protest at Plowing Match
Anti-wind protestors met the Liberal float at International Plowing Match 2013, today at Mitchell in this photograph tweeted by Todd Smith, Prince Edward Hastings MP. Various groups organized an “Unwilling Host” protest to be held during the opening day parade where the political parties have floats to woo rural voters. The route was lined with […]
The number of wind turbines is limited in PEC
There have been several comments on-line and in the media predicting that the current Gilead and wpd projects are just the beginning for wind farms in PEC, but these comments are just part of the story. “Gilead’s is the first of what is approaching 100 turbines proposed for the County…”, Garth Manning, CCSAGE. “There are […]
Town Hall wind turbine meeting attendees encouraged
Two men received standing ovations from several hundred people attending a Town Hall meeting on the impact of wind turbines in the County, last week. The first was for County councillor Robert Quaiff, who last week sought support to declare the County is “Not a Willing Host’ for turbines. About 90 Ontario municipalities have passed […]
Threat of wind turbines put my way of life under siege
It was one year ago today that I sent my first e-mail to a group to explain why I had suddenly become an outspoken advocate against “green” energy as the Ontario government is delivering it. If you know me at all, you know that I am a person who holds strong opinions but generally doesn’t […]
Gilead project wind turbine appeal hearings continue
Vehicles lined Demorestville’s main street as about 150 people travelled to the Sophiasburgh Town Hall for the first day of the Ostrander Point Environmental Review Tribunal, appealing the Ministry of the Environment approval of Gilead Power’s Ostrander Point industrial wind turbine project on the south shore of Prince Edward County. Tribunal members Robert Wright and […]
Wind turbines or trees…
A couple of weeks back, the Wall Street Journal published an article about the increasing devastation of forests (trees) in Greece, where as a result of the high cost of energy, impoverished folks who cannot afford electricity or fuel have turned to wood stoves to heat their homes and cook their food. Although we Canadian’s […]
Industrial Wind Turbines will cure cancer, save kittens and create world peace
There have been a quite a few exaggerated claims regarding Industrial Wind Turbines (IWTs) in the media as of late. I suspect that they have a lot to do with the upcoming U.S. Presidential election and the ominous financial consequences to wind turbine industries with the possibility of cancellation of the Federal Production Tax Credit […]
Health Canada extends deadline for wind turbine study comments
Health Canada has extended the public consultation period for the recently announced Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study to Friday, Sept. 7. The deadline to submit comments was originally slated for August 8th, 2012 was extended “in recognition of the potential difficulty over the summer holiday period of certain interested Canadians in providing input before […]
Ocean ecosystems threatened by Industrial Wind Turbine technology
It isn’t enough that mining companies are currently planning the destruction of thousands of hectors of sensitive tundra and boreal forest ecosystems here in Canada in pursuit of “rare earth metals”, particularly dysprosium and neodymium, for the construction of the permanent magnets necessary to the engineering of the now omnipresent 2 to 5 MGW Industrial […]
