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 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…
“Top-down” policy ignored community concerns, health impacts, research team says 3-MW turbine south of Ottawa at Brinston: Ontario. Communities had no choice. [Photo by Ray Pilon, Ottawa] Ottawa Citizen February 3, 2016 By…
January 29, 2016 In the paper published this past week in the journal, Nature Energy, authors Fast et al. reviewed the policy behind the Ontario government’s push toward industrial-scale or utility-scale wind power,…
Eastern AgriNews, October 2015 by Nelson Zandbergen Finch- Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne will not intervene to quash proposed wind turbine projects currently being evaluated for the Township of North Stormont and the Municipality of…
WPD’s slogan: “Wind has no limits.” Apparently, greed doesn’t either. MILFORD Ont., September 28, 2015— As more than 300 residents of Prince Edward County gathered on Sunday to protest the assault on their…
Ontario Farmer, August 25, 2015 [Excerpted] By Ian Cumming Emotions were high the late afternoon of August 10 among the 200 or so folks who gathered outside the Nation Township Municipal Hall. They…
NEWS RELEASE Wind Concerns Ontario OTTAWA Aug. 11, 2015 /CNW/ – More than 90 communities have now declared themselves to be unwilling hosts to huge power generation projects using wind turbines. The municipality…
Council for the municipality of Nation, just east of Ottawa, met last evening and decided to reverse a motion of support for two wind power projects, in St Bernardin and St Isidore. Nation…
From Farmers Forum, August 4, 2015 Community opposition to industrial-scale wind power mounting Excerpt from “Eastern Limits” by Tom Van Dusen I’m not sure what it is about North Stormont Township but…
Wind turbines in Essex County: Ontario’s blatantly pro-turbine process [Photo Windsor Star] Windsor Star, August 4, 2015 Up to two dozen more wind turbines are being proposed again for an installation in the middle…