“They have more say than they did five years ago,” Premier says. She also says people “get used to” living near the power projects. Kingston Whig-Standard, March 31, 2016 By Elliot Ferguson Senior…
Our friends at the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) note that the latest (March 2016) IESO planning outlook up to 2035 for the Ontario electrical grid has been issued. The outlook can…
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 waste of time and money” The Guardian, March 22, 2016 An Australian research council has given two grants worth $3.3m to research the impact of wind turbines on human health despite concluding…
WEEKEND READING Ontario’s Green Energy Act was put forward as a means of securing a “green” economy and producing job growth in “clean tech.” Did that happen? Ottawa energy economist Robert Lyman lays…
The more wind power we add, the more expensive Ontario’s electricity becomes, say Tom Adams and Scott Luft Financial Post, March 17, 2016 The costs may be high and the need questionable, but…
“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…
“We’re treating it as a potential health hazard as if it were a food [poisoning] outbreak or a cancer cluster” — Huron County epidemiologist Dr Erica Clark Ontario Farmer, March 15, 2016 By…
Spokesman says process is fair and transparent, but Ontario mayors say they’ve been betrayed. March 16, 2016 CBC Ottawa’s host of the afternoon show All In A Day yesterday interviewed spokesperson Shawn Cronkwright…
‘Grossly unfair’ for government to steal our futures, says Kemptville letter writer Ottawa Citizen, March 16, 2016http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/letters/your-letters-for-wednesday-march-16-water-windmills-women Re: New Eastern Ontario wind farms a betrayal, mayors near Ottawa say, March 11. Home ownership…