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These postings are provided to help publicize the efforts of affiliated groups and individuals related to industrial wind energy development. Most of the notices posted here are not the product of nor are they necessarily endorsed by National Wind Watch.
Action alerts, Announcements, Impacts, Manitoba
Source: Manitoba Conservation
Public comments request for St. Joseph Wind Energy Project, Manitoba
Manitoba Conservation has received a proposal pursuant to The Environment Act from the following operation and invites public participation in the review process:
St. Joseph Wind Energy Project (File: 5353.00)
[Click here for the proposal, which was filed 24 July 2008. This public announcement was not published until 8 August, 3 weeks later, leaving only 5 weeks of an already very short period of 8 weeks for public comment.]
A Proposal for the St. Joseph Wind Energy Project has been filed by St. . . .
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Environment, News, Ontario, Press releases, Publications
Source: Lake Ontario Waterkeeper
Minister of Tourism approves Wolfe Island Wind Project
On June 4, 2008, the Minister of Tourism confirmed the province’s approval for the Wolfe Island Wind Project. Premier Dalton McGuinty asked the Minister to step in when the Environment Minister declared a conflict-of-interest on May 29, 2008.
Controversy over the Wolfe Island Wind Project centres on the location of a handful of the 86-wind turbines that Canadian Renewable Energy Corporation hopes to build on the island later this year.
The northwest part of Wolfe Island contains designated Important Bird Areas and . . .
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Noise recordings at Ripley wind facility
Or click here for mp4 version (7.4 MB).
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Tundra swans at proposed wind turbine site
Ken Bell of the Rondeau Watershed Coalition recorded this video on March 12 of hundreds of tundra swans gathering during their migration at the proposed site of several industrial wind turbines in Chatham-Kent, Ontario.
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Danger: Windmills
Daniel and Carolyn d’Entremont, who had to abandon their home in Pubnico Point, Nova Scotia, because of health problems caused by nearby wind turbines, are selling this design on T-shirts, buttons, stickers, etc.
Contact them through their web site, dangerwind.org, where you can also read about their experience.
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Buffalo, N.Y., stockpile discovered
The photos below were taken on one of our recent boating excursions in the Buffalo area. We came around a bend in an old canal in the downtown area and there they were. We couldn’t believe our eyes. Don’t know who’s stocking up or where they’re going. Only know that the Eagle project is the only game in town (or within a 100 mile radius) and their turbines are going directly on site.
Also saw a tower . . .
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Essex County Wind Action Group (ECWAG) Established
February 20, 2007
Giving the County of Essex a Collective Voice
In a meeting held February 12, 2007 the “Essex County Wind Action Group” (ECWAG) was born.
ECWAG is a non profit, voluntary group of concerned citizens who support the research and development of viable, sustainable, renewable energy resources.
It has only been in recent years that large-scale Industrial wind turbines have been constructed so close to residential areas and sensitive wildlife areas. Our intent is to ensure that residents are aware of these . . .
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