Internal government documents show environment ministry was unprepared to take action on resident complaints about wind turbine noise November 28, 2023 The Nation Rise wind power project was controversial even before it began.…
What is Wind Concerns Ontario ?
Wind Concerns Ontario is a province-wide advocacy organization whose mission is to provide information on the potential impact of industrial-scale wind power generation on the economy, human health, and the natural environment.
There is a lot of money at stake, as Ontario opens up to contracts for Battery Energy Storage Systems Small Battery Storage facility operated by Shell November 14, 2023 As of today, there…
Power developers are racing toward the December 12 deadline. See which Ontario communities have battery storage proposals before them, to the moment November 12, 2023 There are now dozens of proposals for Battery…
Proposals are popping up all over Ontario: what do you, and your community, need to ask? Battery storage facility-Shutterstock image November 10, 2023 As of today, Wind Concerns Ontario counts at least 30…
Would you drink this? Arsenic, lead and mercury among substances found in North Kent well water September 7, 2023 It’s been years since wind turbine construction in North Kent, Ontario began, and several…
Finally, a province is taking a step back from the wind and solar Gold Rush, and working to get it right August 11, 2023 You can hear the screaming from here—not from Alberta,…
July 26, 2023 The Ontario government has recently made several announcements about new nuclear energy builds: expansion of Bruce Power, and three small reactors at Darlington. The expansion “will ensure we have the…
A story in the Wall Street Journal details how the once easy wind power cash grab just got difficult, as community after community resists May 8, 2023 Concerns about losing valuable farmland, wind…
April 14, 2023 An academic paper delivered a few days ago at a conference in Sweden dealt with infrasound as produced by grid-scale wind turbines, and the negative consequences for health and the…
[Photo: Drew Nash/AP] Hundreds gather in the U.S. to protest huge ‘desecration’ April 13. 2023 A wind “farm” proposed in Idaho was the subject of a protest by hundreds of citizens, according to…
Power developers haven’t changed their wind farm playbook with new battery storage submissions: they know project info, but you don’t need to March 31, 2023 Last night in Mooretown (near Sarnia), a standing…