The people of Prince Edward County have been battling a wind power project planned for–and supported by the Ontario government–for more than six years. An Important Bird Area and staging area for hundreds…
Citizens, municipal and provincial politicians and environmental groups met with Ontario Environmental Commissioner yesterday, detailing environmental, health and economic impacts from wind power projects and thousands of complaints about turbine noise. The Commissioner…
Citizens engaged in an appeal of the approval of a huge wind power project that will threaten wildlife and change a heritage landscape February 17, 2016 The Association to Protect Amherst Island has…
Dismissing concerns of communities not helpful, says research team. Sensitive landscapes need protection Globe and Mail, January 25, 2016 Renewable energy developers – and those who regulate them – need to be more…
Dutton Dunwich, Ontario, January 14, 2016— Dutton Dunwich Council passed a resolution at its regular meeting January 13, requesting that the Ontario government not sign any new contracts for wind power, and that…
The long, long saga of the appeal of the Ostrander Point wind power project, in which members of the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists (PECFN) and the community fight to save the…
Topsy turvy November 20, 2015 | Posted by: The Times Wind approval process puts responsibility on citizens, not the developer, to protect the County The thing that troubles Henri Garand about the Green Energy Act is…
We received word late last evening that Joe Crowley, at-risk species expert with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is to testify at the appeal of the White Pines wind power…
The Wellington Times, September 9, 2015 Accidental whistleblower September 9, 2015 | Filed under: News | Posted by: The Times (L-R) Lawyers Andrew Lokan and Chris Paliare, representing the South Shore Conservancy, and Graham Andrews and Eric Gillespie,…
Canadian Lawyer, September 8, 2015 A few kilometres west of the eastern Ontario village of Consecon in Prince Edward County, on a narrow but busy stretch of road known as the Loyalist…
Wind “farms” will kill wildlife and scar the natural environment, but the government teaches children to protect it Wellington Times, July 10, 2015 With school children arrayed at his feet, Ontario’s environment minister,…