Ontario municipality conducts a resident survey before deciding whether to accept wind power developer proposal. The answer was clear: NO. In the fall of 2024, the Council of the Municipality of Mapleton, Ontario,…
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.
Energy economist Robert Lyman lays out the facts and analysis, and explains why Net Zero goals need a rethink We occasionally publish comment or reviews with regard to the role of wind power…
Corporate wind power or the environment? Guess which side they’re on March 18, 2025 Last week, Environmental Defence published a statement on renewable energy development in Ontario, complaining about the government’s policies that…
Economist Edgardo Sepulveda shows demonstrates wind power’s fatal flaw in Ontario: completely out of sync with demand (and no, batteries can’t fix that) Building on his report and ground-breaking cost-benefit analysis of wind…
The IESO is adopting “caretaker” mode during the upcoming Ontario election, to be held February 27 Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator or IESO announced on Monday that with the upcoming Ontario election, it…
A short documentary filmed in upstate New York follows the massive deforestation and destruction by one power project, and brings the facts of the wind power “charade” January 3, 2025 It’s one thing…
With potential new wind turbine proposals coming in the New Year, Ontario will make the same mistakes all over again without changes to important regulations for noise limits and setbacks December 18, 2024…
Many municipalities that have declared themselves to be an Unwilling Host to new or extended industrial wind power sites know what they are talking about: they already have noisy wind turbines, or are…
Keep city citizens thinking wind turbines are cute (and effective) and it’s OK to force them on rural residents The strategy is clear: pushing the image of wind turbines as benign hides the…
Step One: GET A LAWYER October 30, 3024 The Ontario Federation of Agriculture has released a fact sheet on renewable energy installations, including Battery Energy Storage Systems or BESS. While the OFA takes…
One Ontario municipality refreshes its Unwilling Host commitment while another takes issue with the entire proposal process October 21, 2024 Several interesting developments occurred last week as we get nearer to the Independent…