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…
With the IESO looking for new power generation, wind power developers are on the lookout for willing landowners. January 25, 2024 Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator or IESO will soon be launching another…
Weather-dependent wind power doesn’t stack up against other power sources and results in higher costs, uncertain supply, Judge says September 13, 2021 A decision rendered by the Minnesota Court of Appeals recently determined…
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…
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…
April 19, 2020 People who enjoy watching shows like Law and Order or The Good Fight on TV would find real court hearings quite dull. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty of…
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…
March10, 2019 The Ontario government under Premier Doug Ford is beginning to “wear” the repercussions from decisions on development by the Environmental Review Tribunal, says a writer with Ontario Farmer. In his “Eastern…
In a recent article by the Anderson County Review, the conclusion on the non-disclosure clauses or “gag” clauses in wind turbine leases (property owners lease their land to wind power developers for…
Courage undiminished in community resolute to protect the environment and health January 6, 2018 Although the people of North Stormont, just south of Ottawa, introduced many new concerns about wind turbine construction and…
You expect lawyers to defend their clients. But shouldn’t a government lawyer always act in the public interest? November 29, 2018 Last Friday in Toronto, the appeal against the Renewable Energy Approval for…