May 20, 2025 “I cannot support Evolugen,” Ottawa area MPP Karen McCrimmon told a local online newspaper in a wide-ranging interview that included questions about a proposed battery energy storage system or BESS.…
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,…
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…
And why not? Nothing has changed. June 4, 2024 Two more Ontario municipalities have passed resolutions to declare themselves Unwilling Hosts to new industrial wind power sites, bringing the total to date to…
A letter sent in 2011 to then environment minister by the mayor of Amaranth requested action on negative impacts of wind turbines and a transformer, specifically greater setbacks. Nothing has been done. February…
Letter from energy minister Todd Smith is unequivocal: “I asked the IESO to be clear” January 30, 2023 When the Indendent Electricity System Operator or IESO began releasing drafts of documents for its…
January 8, 2022 Former premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne is not seeking re-election this coming June, after 18 years as an MPP, and five years as premier (2013-2018). She recently gave an interview…
As long as old regulations for wind turbine noise and setbacks remain unchanged in Ontario, anger is not going anywhere September 1, 2021 Former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is reported to have said…
January 9, 2021 A new paper has been published by several Ontario authors that paints a grim picture of the province’s Green Energy and Green Economy Act, passed in 2009 by the McGuinty…
June 19, 2020 The Concerned Citizens of North Stormont announced today that it will not pursue further legal action regarding the Nation Rise wind power project; Ontario’s Attorney General has determined that it…
February 27, 2020 Recent news from New York State and Arizona indicate a disturbing trend in the United States. With the awareness of negative impacts on the environment and human health from industrial-scale…