Doug Ford’s Monstrous Environmental Vandalism
I always knew that the beast Doug Ford was going to be a destructive force, and sure enough he has been.He has bulldozed decency, teachers and children, and will no…
Wind Turbines
Donald Trump’s Insane War on Wind Turbines
Of all the horrible things Donald Trump is threatening to do, and there are so many, his promise to end the war against climate change is the worst.For there is…
From The Farmers Forum Survey: Wind Farms On Wolfe Island
I don’t think the survey is on-line yet–at least I couldn’t find it here–but WCO hasposted some of the highlights: Farmers Forum surveyed a big chunk of Wolfe Island residents…
PCPO Candidate For Simcoe-Grey Is Ready To Break Contracts
“We’ll do whatever it takes to stop WPD Canada from putting the wind turbines in this vicinity,” said Wilson. “It is in process, and it may end up in a…
Gas Plants Redux…But With Torys And Wind Farms
From PCPO MPP Todd Smith: Prince Edward County, ON — Responding to a request for clarification by CCSAGE Naturally Green regarding the PC Party’s position on wind projects currently “in…
Ontario Court backs Gilead Power at Ostrander Point
South Shore of Ostrander Point (Image from CountyLive.com) Seven months after learning a contentious wind project at Ostrander Point had been halted by the Environmental Review Tribunal, an Ontario divisional…
Ostrander Point ERT Decision Overturned!
Ontario’s Superior Court court has overturned the provincial Environmental Review Tribunal’s decision to kill a proposed wind-farm at Ostrander Point. The court doc can be found here. I’ve written about…
How Many Anti-Wind Activists In Ontario?
They can usually bring numbers in the low hundreds to their big protests, but the hard core appears to be much smaller. From a recent Environmental Review Tribunal hearing: When…
Ostrander Point Update
Gilead Power Corporation’s Ostrander Point Wind Project was the first one to be rejected on appeal by the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT). This was not due to human health…
Tom Adams In Sun: Mostly Sane
There are bits of it I don’t agree with. For instance, any fair reading of Ontario history would show that the province’s dalliance with gas power predates the Green Energy…
Anti-Wind Protest Attracts 300 People
That is all (in more ways than one. Bah hah!)
A Blast From The Past? Ontario Wind Resistance Moves Content To Icelandic Servers
…for free speech reasons. Essentially they’re worried that wind companies like Nextera might sue them for defamation/trade-mark infringement, and think that having their content out of country will somehow prevent…
What Anti-Wind Activists Talk About When They’re Alone
From the comments at Ontario Wind Resistance: I remember reading of the complainant who claimed they could only sleep when the turbines were off — but could not get the…
Appeals Of The Ostrander Point Windfarm Decision
There are three of them, which you can read about through the link. The one that most concerns me is: The appeal by MOE could not likely have occurred without…
Company Behind Leslie Spit Turbine Project Pretty Low Profile
Of the company behind this, The Star writes: A little-known renewable energy company claims to be working on a wind project at the base of the spit. Sunwincor has little…
Turbines For T.O.
Sunwincor International and our partners are actively engaged in planning and developing an exciting and ecologically balanced wind farm. The Leslie Wind Farm will be located on the Outer Harbour…
Saved By The Shell! Ostrander Point Wind Project Cancelled Due To Presence Of Endangered Turtle!!!!
The Ostander Point Wind Project has been revoked because: … the roads systems and construction would cause serious and irreversible harm to the Blanding’s Turtle and that the proposed mitigation…
Wind Farms And Waterfowl…Not Much Effect
Ducks don’t particularly like nesting around them: One nesting site had a 56-percent lower breeding pair density than a similar site with no wind turbines. Overall, the number of breeding…
Hudak Tories In Wind Waffle
Lisa Thompson, Tory MPP for Huron-Bruce, introduced the Ensuring Affordable Energy Act in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. Its a private member’s bill, but everything Thompson has said about it,…
CAW Owned and Operated Wind Turbine Begins Operation in Port Elgin, ON
By: Canadian Auto Workers Union | Press Release PORT ELGIN, ON – A CAW owned and operated wind turbine started operating today generating clean wind energy to the electrical grid…