Community opposition rampant, municipalities demand more power in planning decisions, and Ontario has a surplus of power, but Wynne government opens bids for more intermittent, expensive wind power Ontario Newsroom, April 5, 2016…
These spring windy days are costing you: Ontario’s Wynne government pays millions for power it can’t use including wind, produced exactly when we don’t need it. More than $13 million wasted on windy last…
WEEKEND READING April 2, 2016 We present a collection of stories that review the manner in which strategies that are supposedly positive for the environment have been enacted (usually without any sort of…
“They have more say than they did five years ago,” Premier says. She also says people “get used to” living near the power projects. Kingston Whig-Standard, March 31, 2016 By Elliot Ferguson Senior…
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…
The more wind power we add, the more expensive Ontario’s electricity becomes, say Tom Adams and Scott Luft Financial Post, March 17, 2016 The costs may be high and the need questionable, but…
Spokesman says process is fair and transparent, but Ontario mayors say they’ve been betrayed. March 16, 2016 CBC Ottawa’s host of the afternoon show All In A Day yesterday interviewed spokesperson Shawn Cronkwright…
Money poured into unreliable green energy projects like wind turbines to blame March 15, 2016 Energy is the basis of our modern lives. It fuels our economy, generating the economic production that…
Wind Concerns Ontario and member community groups meet this weekend Coalition building Wellington Times, March 9, 2016 Rick Conroy Jane Wilson says a shift has occurred over the past five years in the…
“We live in the Province of Toronto,” says Dutton-Dunwich Mayor. His community had a referendum, said NO, now has a contract for 57.5 megawatt wind ‘farm.’ London Free Press, March 10, 2016…
Contracts awarded over community objections TORONTO, March 10, 2016 /CNW/ – Ontario’s announcement of contracts for five new wind power projects flies in the face of community concerns and advice about Ontario’s economy,…