Alerts Category: Setbacks
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.
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Announcements, Fundraisers, Law, Letters, News, Ontario, Setbacks •
Source: Hanna, Ian
Ian Hanna v. Ontario – Legal Action update
As many are aware, in October 2009, with the support of a great many people, a major legal challenge was launched under my name to the Green Energy Act – specifically to the parts that deal with siting and setbacks of Industrial Wind Turbines (IWTs) in relation to people’s homes. This “Application for Judicial Review” seeks to have IWT development close to people placed on hold across Ontario until independent, epidemiological studies are completed to determine safe setbacks from places . . .
Action alerts, Environment, Law, Noise, Property values, Setbacks, U.K., Wildlife •
Source: Country Guardian
National Policy Statement concerning renewable energy
One of our supporters has brought the following to my attention and it would be good if you could respond with your comments. The Government has published a draft set of National Policy Statements concerned with various large infrastructure projects. Of these, No.3 is concerned with Renewable Energy including onshore wind farms. http://data.energynpsconsultation.decc.gov.uk/documents/npss/EN-3.pdf This section on onshore wind farms includes a number of points which we would consider to be undesirable or plain wrong: There is a section on “proximity . . .
Aesthetics, Economics, Health, Law, Noise, Petitions, Setbacks, U.K. •
Source: Ian Corkin
Petition for minimum 2km between wind turbines and dwellings
UK citizens should have the same right as many in the rest of Europe, and be protected from huge turbines being built adjacent to their properties. We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Introduce a minimum distance of 2km between wind turbines and dwellings. More details Submitted by Ian Corkin – Deadline to sign up by: 23 December 2010 petitions.number10.gov.uk/tubine-distance/
Petition to establish a minimum distance of 2kms between wind farms and places of habitation
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to bring English law in line to that in Scotland for a minimum distance of 2kms between wind farms and places of habitation. petitions.number10.gov.uk/stopwindfarms The effects of wind turbines situated closer than 2kms on the health, wellbeing and quality of life are now becoming apparent all over the world. No minimum distances for these developments exist in England. In Scotland a minimum distance of 2kms is in place. Currently developments in England are . . .
Dixmont Turbines
Turbines may soon be on Dixmont’s Hills.
Wind Turbine Syndrome: A Report on a Natural Experiment
Nina Pierpont: Wind Turbine Syndrome: A Report on a Natural Experiment (Santa Fe, NM: K-Selected Books, November 2009). windturbinesyndrome.com “This is an extraordinary book. It is personal and passionate, which makes it compelling reading. But it is much more—authoritative, meticulous, and scholarly. … It clearly takes its place as the leading work on the topic.” —Robert Y. McMurtry, MD, FRCS (C), FACS. Former Dean of Medicine and Dentistry at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, . . .
