Ontario rural residents caught on a ‘hamster wheel’ of emails and phone calls to government, and endless testing for wind turbine noise — but nothing ever gets done February 18, 2019 One of…
December 1, 2018 Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner or “ECO,” lawyer Dianne Saxe, sent out a Tweet on Friday to say that in spite of the fact her office is being folded into that of…
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…
A new wind power project will be a huge expense to Ontario consumers, and has worrisome environmental features, too. End it, Wind Concerns Ontario says. October 31, 2018 At the meeting of…
July 11, 2018 The protest was kept under wraps until the late morning yesterday in quiet, beautiful Prince Edward County. A group of residents planned to interrupt a convoy delivering huge wind turbine parts…
“We had no choice” : Wind Concerns Ontario on taking legal action regarding wind turbine noise reports NEWS RELEASE Citizens’ group charges Environment Minister with violation of Environmental Protection Act May 1, 2018, Toronto, 10:00 EDT –…
A recent letter from the Minister contains troubling language April 24, 2018 The Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) recently responded to a citizen of Prince Edward County, who wrote…
Four community groups say the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change knows its wind turbine noise regulations were inadequate, so they changed them. Why now, are the five newest projects not…
November 15, 2017 The Association to Protect Amherst Island has filed a formal letter of Appeal to the Ontario Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Chris Ballard, reminding him that it is…
WIND CONCERNS ONTARIO NEWS RELEASE ONTARIO ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY TO REPEAT WIND POWER MISTAKES August 22, 2017 Wellington, Ont. — Applications for approval of new, huge wind power projects now being filed with the…
The approval for proposed Fairview Wind power project has finally been revoked by the Environmental review Tribunal, on the basis of serious harm to human health and risk to aviation safety…