Cameron McWilliam sets the record straight on why Dutton Dunwich residents didn’t deserve a wind power contract … and why another community should not be responsible for that happening. London Free Press, May…
No way for citizens to express concern in current process, Ottawa councilor says CBC News, may 5, 2016 As the Ontario government prepares to open a second, more ambitious round of bidding on…
May 4, 2016 Wind Concerns Ontario submitted a series of recommendations to the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) as part of the “engagement” process on the Large Renewable Procurement (LRP) process on May 3rd.…
Community ‘engagement’ just means meetings, says Dutton Dunwich mayor: municipal support of wind power bids should be mandatory requirement for bids London Free Press, April 28, 2016 By Deborah van Brenk An Elgin…
…because the government clearly doesn’t get that No means NO. Lucknow-Sentinel, April 28, 2016 IESO’s designation of Huron-Kinloss as potential host for green energy projects forces township to reaffirm its no wind turbine…
North Frontenac Council requests municipal support be a mandatory feature of the bid process, and ask other municipalities to support them Kingston Whig-Standard, March 25, 2016 By Elliot Ferguson PLEVNA — A municipal…
North Frontenac missed the wind farm bullet this time but the community is taking no chances–it wants the unwilling host status to mean something to the Wynne government Press Release – Renewable Energy…
“A slap in the face for rural Ontario” says Dutton-Dunwich Mayor London Free Press, March 16, 2016 By Debbie Van Brenk and John Miner A new process to select sites for renewable energy…
“Top-down” policy ignored community concerns, health impacts, research team says 3-MW turbine south of Ottawa at Brinston: Ontario. Communities had no choice. [Photo by Ray Pilon, Ottawa] Ottawa Citizen February 3, 2016 By…
January 29, 2016 In the paper published this past week in the journal, Nature Energy, authors Fast et al. reviewed the policy behind the Ontario government’s push toward industrial-scale or utility-scale wind power,…
Eastern AgriNews, October 2015 by Nelson Zandbergen Finch- Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne will not intervene to quash proposed wind turbine projects currently being evaluated for the Township of North Stormont and the Municipality of…