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…
March 26, 2021 Health Canada released an update today on progress toward “modernization” of the Radiation Emitting Devices Act or REDA. A consultation process was held last year in which the public and…
From failed appeals before a powerless quasi-judicial tribunal, to unanswered letters to government and a rigged consultation process, authors of a new paper demonstrate that legally, the fix was in via Ontario’s biased…
October 13, 2020 Canada’s federal government–deep in debt from policy decisions and now the COVID-19 pandemic–has pointed toward a focus on renewable energy as a way to “build back better” and strengthen the…
In today’s edition of The Niagara Independent is an article by Catherine Swift, head of Working Canadians and former Chief Economist with the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. She advises the Ford government…
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…
May 4, 2020 Energy analyst and Ontario government historian Scott Luft has just published an important analysis of energy contracts post the Green Energy and Green Economy Act passed in 2009, and has…
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…