Turbine dispute heats up
It won’t alter plans for proposed construction of wind turbines in Adelaide-Metcalfe still the Middlesex Wind Action group out of Kerwood feels regulations announced Thursday for the new Green Energy Act are more dangerous to rural resident now than they were before. The province of Ontario has announced changes for wind and solar farms to help advance alternative energy projects in Ontario. Spokesperson for the Middlesex Wind Action Group Esther Wrightman says she doesn’t like that the province has taken control from municipalities about how and where the wind farms will be built The provincial government says they hope the Green Energy Act will lead to the creation of 50,000 new jobs and help Ontario meet its goal to close all coal-fired electrical generation by 2014.
25 September 2009
Tags: Wind power, Wind energy
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