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	<title>National Wind Watch: News &#187; Canada</title>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
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		<title>Wind farm neighbours say they had to move</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/04/wind-farm-neighbours-say-they-had-to-move/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jul 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Ripley families say they’ve moved out of their homes because of what they say is the negative health effects of living too close to wind turbines.
“We can’t live in our house anymore. We bought a house and moved to Kincardine. My son and daughter-in-law and two-year-old who live on a different farm . . . the wind company is paying for them to stay in Kincardine,” said Glen Wild, one of a half-dozen speakers at a public information session .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Huron agricultural group seeks moratorium on wind power projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jul 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Huron County Federation of Agriculture will be visiting municipalities throughout Huron County asking them to follow Huron East&#8217;s lead by passing interim control bylaws on commercial wind energy projects within their borders.
The federation&#8217;s directors discussed the current debate around wind turbine developments at their June meeting and passed two resolutions.
One was to request lower-tier municipalities in Huron to enact a moratorium on commercial wind energy projects pending results of an epidemiological study conducted into the health impacts of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Towers on horizon for windfarm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/04/towers-on-horizon-for-windfarm/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jul 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[DALHOUSIE MOUNTAIN – If all things go according to plan, and they are so far, towers for the wind farm project here should start peeking over the horizon in a couple of weeks.
Reuben Burge, president of RMS Energy which is developing the project, said about 100 truckloads of equipment have been delivered so far to the site with approximately another 300 still to come.
&#8220;We hope to start assembling in two weeks, around July 15. We should be assembling one per .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
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		<title>Backyard wind turbine rejected by Ontario Municipal Board</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/04/backyard-wind-turbine-rejected-by-ontario-municipal-board/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jul 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Ottawa resident who has been lobbying to put a wind turbine in his backyard in the city&#8217;s Westboro neighbourhood has been told that his project is grinding to a halt.
Graham Findlay had applied for a variance to install what&#8217;s known as an &#8220;energy ball&#8221; on his property near Island Park Drive.
Findlay is a commercial wind arm developer with Ottawa-based 3G Energy Corporation and has said that he wants to mount that &#8220;energy ball&#8221; on a pole in his backyard .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Helicopter lift of blades to Grouse Mountain windmill delayed</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/04/helicopter-lift-of-blades-to-grouse-mountain-windmill-delayed/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jul 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Construction work on a windmill as tall as a 20-storey building on the peak of Grouse Mountain was halted Friday because of safety concerns about lifting the massive blades.
A Skycrane helicopter was expected to lift the three 37-metre-long blades up to the mountain ski resort from a barge in Indian Arm on Friday morning, but the lift was postponed after the pilot asked more time to work out some technical details.
The plan now is to fly the blades up at .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Installation of wind turbine delayed</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/03/installation-of-wind-turbine-delayed/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The installation of a massive wind turbine atop Grouse Mountain has been delayed after the lifting device intended to carry the blades &#8212; a kind of giant sling &#8212; did not perform well in tests on Thursday. The turbine consists of three 37-metre-long blades, which must be transported from a barge in Indian Arm by helicopter to the top of the mountain. The transport was scheduled for today, but will be postponed until sometime next week after crews can improve .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Nova Scotia]]></category>
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		<title>Turbine strategy delayed; Wind farm calls Digby council’s draft bylaw ambiguous</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/03/turbine-strategy-delayed-wind-farm-calls-digby-council%e2%80%99s-draft-bylaw-ambiguous/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[DIGBY — Municipal councillors decided Monday to delay the passing of a municipal planning strategy to regulate wind turbines in the Municipality of the District of Digby.
Some senior executives of the proponent of a Digby Neck wind farm spoke out Monday at a public planning hearing in council chambers, urging councillors to kill a draft of the bylaw because they didn’t think it was council’s best work.
Corey Basel, vice-president of SkyPower Corp., said his company did not support passing the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
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		<title>Province says no to backyard wind turbine</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/03/province-says-no-to-backyard-wind-turbine/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &#8212; The city’s first application to put up a small wind turbine in a residential area has been denied by the Ontario Municipal Board, and the Ottawa man behind the proposal says he is giving up the fight for his backyard power generator.
“It’s an opportunity lost to try something new,” said Graham Findlay. “I guess people ran away from that opportunity out of fear — fear of the unknown.”
Findlay, a 55-year-old commercial wind-farm developer who lives near Island Park .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Are wind turbines truly safe&#63;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/02/are-wind-turbines-truly-safe/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Jul 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amidst accolades surrounding the completion of the Wolfe Island wind turbines, a friend and I just took our first trip of the season to my small property on Simcoe Island.
About 5 km west of Marysville, at the turnoff to the Simcoe Island ferry, stand about 15 or more turbines, quite evident on the boat trip across. We drove west another 4 or 5 km to the property, which faces south.
It&#8217;s a lovely spot, though noticeably different this year. We did .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Digby council delays decision on wind turbine</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/01/digby-council-delays-decision-on-wind-turbine/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Jul 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[DIGBY — Municipal councillors decided Monday to delay the passing of a municipal planning strategy to regulate wind turbines in the Municipality of the District of Digby.
Some senior executives of the proponent of a Digby Neck wind farm spoke out Monday at a public planning hearing in council chambers, urging councillors to kill a draft of the bylaw because they didn’t think it was council’s best work.
Corey Basel, vice-president of SkyPower Corp., said his company did not support passing the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[New Brunswick]]></category>
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		<title>Wind power can generate headaches for nearby residents</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/01/wind-power-can-generate-headaches-for-nearby-residents-react-nd-wants-to-increase-turbine-setbacks/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Jul 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[REACT-ND wants to increase turbine setbacks
Wind turbines located too close to homes and humans can pose a health hazard, a Mars Hill area resident warned New Denmark homeowners during as REACT (Reacts Efforts Against Construction of Turbines in New Denmark) sponsored meeting held in the community recently.
Sam Porter, co-chairperson, of REACT ND said his group was formed because of residential concerns about the possibility of large wind turbines erected beside their New Denmark homes and farms. A group of farmers .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
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		<title>Company, feds discussing support for power line</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/01/company-feds-discussing-support-for-power-line/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Jul 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELENA &#8212; A Canadian company and a unit of the U.S. Energy Department are negotiating a loan that would complete funding for a major, proposed power line between cities in Alberta and Montana.
The 230-kilovolt line planned by Tonbridge Power Inc. of Toronto would transport some of the power generated in Montana&#8217;s emerging wind-energy industry.
A nonbinding agreement between Tonbridge and the Energy Department&#8217;s Western Area Power Administration sets the stage for detailed negotiations about financing the project with up to &#36;161 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine on Memorial Centre a no-go</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/01/wind-turbine-on-memorial-centre-a-no-go/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Jul 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[After two years of planning and work, the Highwood Memorial Centre will not be getting a wind turbine atop its building.
“We decided to just go ahead with the solar panels because it seems the Town can’t make a decision on the wind turbine,” said Irv Cherneski, chairman of the Highwood Memorial Centre board.
He said the board wrote a letter to that effect to Town council and received a reply from council.
“They said yes to the panels and that we were .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Time for a public inquiry into wind concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/30/time-for-a-public-inquiry-into-wind-concerns/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 24, 2004, the McGuinty Liberals proudly announced the results of its Request for Proposals for 300 megawatts of renewable energy. With noise guidelines developed from the advice of the wind energy industry the McGuinty Liberals started their assault on rural Ontario families.
Soon emerged the first of many reports which described families suffering from adverse health effects related to wind turbine complexes.
What did the McGuinty Liberals do in response to these reports? The McGuinty Liberals ignored them and built .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm opponents voice their concerns to town council</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/30/wind-farm-opponents-voice-their-concerns-to-town-council/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two delegations appear before council Monday night 
AMHERSTBURG – Town council has scheduled a public meeting on genGrowth’s application for the South Side Wind Farm but area residents have not waited to once again voice their concerns.
A number of residents turned out Monday night with two delegations appearing before town council expressing opposition to the genGrowth proposal. A five-turbine wind farm is proposed for just north of Malden Centre, in the area near Concession 6 South and South Side Road.
Bill .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Manitoba]]></category>
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		<title>Wind development slows</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/30/wind-development-slows/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the developers of the St. Joe wind farm says the project is still alive and well, despite a major delay in the start of construction.
Work on the 300 megawatt project was scheduled to begin in spring.
Pat Bowes of Bowark Energy says the main project developer, Babcock and Brown, is in financial difficulty and is in the process of selling off its North American infrastructure.
He says that process is taking longer than expected to complete, and is hampering the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm on St. Lawrence River generates controversy</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/30/wind-farm-on-st-lawrence-river-generates-controversy/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canada&#8217;s second largest wind farm is up and running, but controversy surrounding the project still hasn&#8217;t died down.
We&#8217;re talking about the farm on Wolfe Island, which is just across from Cape Vincent on the St. Lawrence River. 
The 86 turbines create enough power to run about 75,000 homes a year. 
Some say it&#8217;s great.
Supporters say the project is energizing the local economy, creating jobs and providing the municipality with money.
But others have concerns.
Opponents say the wind farm threatens the environment, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine setbacks in Ontario generate concern</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/30/wind-turbine-setbacks-in-ontario-generate-concern/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ontario government is asking for public input and holding information sessions regarding its proposed setbacks for wind power projects.
Responding to critics of wind turbines who say they create untenable conditions of noise and vibration, the province has said it will require at least 550 metres between a wind turbine and the nearest dwelling or other receptor. The idea is to ensure noise levels at the dwellings do not exceed 40 decibels, which is the level of a library or .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Open letter re: wind park</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/30/open-letter-re-wind-park/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over two years ago, Municipal Councilor,Linda Gregory and Warden Jim Thurber indicated a desire to meet with the people in the Rossway Hall.She and Warden Jim Thurber were primarily concerned with building and restoring community in what was not unlike a war torn country- having been put through the indignity of battle at the hands of mercenary forces bent on hauling away pieces of the mountain for fifty years from the Little River area, and draining the Gullivers Cove aquifer .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Another wind farm proposal</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/29/another-wind-farm-proposal/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group has applied for zoning approval to build a five-turbine wind farm near Forest.
The 10-megawatt Eirin Wind Farm would be owned by several landowners in the area.
A 60-metre meteorological tower was erected in 2006 to collect wind data for the project.
“They’re at the stage now where they need to get zoning amendments,” said Adam Wills, planning co-ordinator for Plympton-Wyoming.
Town council has forwarded the re-zoning application to Lambton County’s planning department.
It’s expected a public meeting into the re-zoning applications will .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>There&#039;s doubt about &#039;greenness&#039; of wind farms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/28/theres-doubt-about-greenness-of-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Re: Councillor urges study of wind farms for health risks, June 22.
Councillor Glenn Brooks is right to call for a study of the health effects of wind farms before more construction takes place. But his appeal does not go far enough.
In its headlong rush to appear to have &#8220;green&#8221; policies, the McGuinty government has jumped on the green power bandwagon and has rejected science and engineering as well as economic, social and environmental considerations when it comes to implementing the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Was it a real award, or good public relations&#63;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/28/was-it-a-real-award-or-good-public-relations/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 17, Shear Wind Inc. issued a press release which appeared on AllNovaScotia.com, Yahoo Finance and TSX-Venture Exchange and read in part, “In June, the Glen Dhu Wind Project was judged as deserving a Gold Award of Excellence by the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) in the category of ‘Government Relations and Public Relations.’” 
It further quotes CEO Mike Magnus as saying “These awards honour the hard work of Shear Wind’s COO, Ian Tillard, and his team from MT&#038;L .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Massive wind turbine set to be installed on Grouse Mountain</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/27/massive-wind-turbine-set-to-be-installed-on-grouse-mountain/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[METRO VANCOUVER &#8212; A heavy-lift helicopter will be used early next week to fly the pieces of a massive industrial wind turbine — a first for Metro Vancouver — to the top of the Olympic Express chairlift at Grouse Mountain.
Three 37-metre blades — as long as three city buses and big enough to be visible from parts of Vancouver — have been shipped by freighter from Denmark and are being transferred to a barge to be positioned in Indian Arm.
The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=27318</guid>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Company proposes peninsula wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/27/company-proposes-peninsula-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A major wind energy project is being planned for the Bruce Peninsula, but it may be years before it proceeds, if at all.
PRENEAL Canada has signed an agreement with landowners on the Bruce Peninsula to option several thousand acres of land for the development of a wind farm that could produce up to 200 megawatts of electricity in the former Lindsay and Eastnor townships.
Daniel LeBlanc, the project director, said that the company was attracted to the area partly because of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=27313</guid>
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		<title>Committee OKs wind farm motion; Council expected to defeat push for provincial moratorium</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/27/committee-oks-wind-farm-motion-council-expected-to-defeat-push-for-provincial-moratorium/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[OTTAWA — A councillor’s push to have the provincial government halt any new wind farms for 18 months until potential health problems caused by the renewable energy projects can be studied is expected to die next month at city council.
Rideau-Goulbourn Councillor Glenn Brooks is pushing for the moratorium because Prowind Canada is working on getting a wind farm approved in his ward, near North Gower. Some area residents aren’t happy with it, including those who claim turbines make people sick.
Brooks .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Digby wind project slowed; Environmental approval requires more information</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/26/digby-wind-project-slowed-environmental-approval-requires-more-information/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans to build a wind turbine park for Digby Neck hit a snag this month when Nova Scotia’s deputy minister of environment told an executive at Skypower Corp. in a letter that more information about the project is needed before an environmental assessment application is approved.
Skypower Corp. of Toronto and Scotian Windfields of Dartmouth have jointly proposed a 30-megawatt wind farm on Digby Neck comprised of 20 wind turbines, each generating 1.5 megawatts of electricity.
The proponents have said they hoped .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>I actually felt good leaving the Green Energy Act regulations consultation</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/26/i-actually-felt-good-leaving-the-green-energy-act-regulations-consultation/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was well moderated, folks were treated fairly regardless of their opinion, bureaucrats were taking notes in notebooks that look like they use them daily (and therefore might read them), the moderator didn’t editorialize the notes he took on the public board, and industry interests, community interests and public interests mixed without any rancorous debate on the floor.
I watched Jack Simpson (for whom it is clear I have nothing but contempt) and Joyce McLean (whose ability to stay employed amazes .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind tower proposal causes confusion</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/25/wind-tower-proposal-causes-confusion/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of Grey Highlands council did their best to clear up some confusion about a wind tower planning application the is currently before the municipality.
The public galleries at Monday morning&#8217;s meeting were once again full of opponents of the AIM Power Generation planning proposal to install a number of wind towers in the southern part of Grey Highlands.
Two residents spoke to council about the matter as unscheduled delegations. Osprey Township resident Doug Dingeldein made a lengthy presentation to council. He .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind-power pause approved at council committee, not likely to make it further</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/25/wind-power-pause-approved-at-council-committee-not-likely-to-make-it-further/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[OTTAWA — A city councillor&#8217;s push to have the provincial government halt any new wind farms for 18 months until potential health problems caused by the renewable energy projects can be studied is expected to die next month at city council.
Rideau-Goulbourn Councillor Glenn Brooks is pushing for the moratorium because Prowind Canada is working on getting a wind farm approved in his ward, near North Gower. Some residents of the area aren’t happy with it, and there are those who .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County to put wind farm regs on record</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/25/county-to-put-wind-farm-regs-on-record/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bruce County is putting its wind farm regulations on record with the province.
The county has developed an extensive policy on where wind turbines can go, and has seen them tested in public meetings and at a Municipal Board hearing.
It is offering that experience to the province as it looks at new rules for location of wind and solar generators.
&#8220;Given the controversial nature of (wind turbines) we thought that it&#8217;s important to get these comments in because we&#8217;ve been developing them .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Turbine loss hits up to 300 C.B. homes</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/25/turbine-loss-hits-up-to-300-c-b-homes/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seven wind turbines in Cape Breton are at a standstill after equipment was damaged by lightning.
Bill Wasson, president of Confederation Power Inc., said the turbines in Lingan were damaged Tuesday when the lightning hit a substation near where the turbines are located.
The substation is also where the power generated by the wind turbines is fed onto Nova Scotia Power’s electrical grid.
&#8220;It didn’t hit the turbines,&#8221; Mr. Wasson said in a telephone interview Wednesday. &#8220;Lightning happens and it’s dangerous.&#8221;
The company is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>N.B. municipalities partner in wind-energy deal</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/25/n-b-municipalities-partner-in-wind-energy-deal/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Moncton-based producer of renewable energy has announced a partnership with the municipalities of Caraquet, Bas-Caraquet and Memramcook to develop two wind-energy farms, planned to generate up to 200 megawatts of power collectively.
However, Preneal Canada says they don&#8217;t know if they&#8217;ll submit the proposed projects to NB Power&#8217;s latest request for proposals, calling for wind-energy pitches that would generate up to 100 megawatts of power, somewhere in New Brunswick.
Such proposals must be submitted to NB Power by Aug. 14.
&#8220;We&#8217;re viewing .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>St. Columban residents get informed on wind turbine health concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/24/st-columban-residents-get-informed-on-wind-turbine-health-concerns/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Ripley woman, who lives near her area&#8217;s wind turbine project and has been fighting to have her community&#8217;s health problems acknowledged by the provincial government, congratulated the residents of St. Columban for questioning two proposed wind projects before they&#8217;re built.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve suffered extreme health problems and we&#8217;re so proud of you as a community that you&#8217;re coming together to find out the truth,&#8221; Sandy MacLeod told the close to 400 people in attendance at an information meeting about wind turbines .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental Assessment decision throws caution to the Digby Wind Power Project</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/24/environmental-assessment-decision-throws-caution-to-the-digby-wind-power-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nova Scotia&#8217;s Deputy Minister of Environment has issued a decision on the Digby Wind Power Project&#8217;s Environmental Assessment Report that appears to leave the project twisting in the wind.
For how long, however, remains unclear.
In a June 19 letter addressed to SkyPower Corporation VP Charmaine Thompson, Deputy Minister of Environment Nancy Vanstone states quite simply, &#8220;I have determined that the registration information provided is insufficient to allow me to make a decision.&#8221;
The letter boils down to numerous requests for additional information .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Tourism group wary of PEI&#039;s wind ambitions</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/24/tourism-group-wary-of-peis-wind-ambitions/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[P.E.I. must care for the North Shore&#8217;s famous views when expanding wind power generation, says the Dune Shores Tourism Association.
The Island often uses views of the area east and west of Cavendish to sell the Island to tourists. But the province wants to triple its wind power generation, and a group has come forward to build in the area.
Dune Shores Tourism Association president Matthew Jelley told CBC News on Tuesday the province needs to be careful about where it allows .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Prince Edward flip flop on windmill meetings</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/24/prince-edward-flip-flop-on-windmill-meetings/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A full gallery last night at Prince Edward County Council.  The crowd was made up of local real estate professionals, and tourism business operators.  They are dead set against industrial wind farms anywhere near homes and business in the County.
Realtor Lynn Stein told Council people looking at property almost always wonder why anyone would want to ruin the beauty of the landscape, among other things.
Meanwhile. Council reversed it’s previous decision to accept only written submissions on wind farms, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Lightning zaps C.B. turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/24/lightning-zaps-c-b-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seven wind turbines in Cape Breton are at a standstill after being damaged by an electrical storm.
Brian Robin, chief operating officer for Confederation Power, said the turbines in Lingan were damaged by a lightning strike shortly after 7 a.m. Tuesday.
The lightning hit the substation where the turbines interconnect with the Nova Scotia Power system.
Robin said there was some damage and replacement parts were needed.
He said the turbines were not expected to be back in operation Wednesday.
The turbines, which are operated .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Councillor urges study of wind farms for health risks</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/22/councillor-urges-study-of-wind-farms-for-health-risks/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[OTTAWA — Ontario officials aren’t receptive to a councillor’s call for the province to halt new wind farms for 18 months until a study can assess whether the green-energy installations pose health risks.
Rideau-Goulbourn Councillor Glenn Brooks was going to ask council to direct the city’s chief medical officer of health to do the study, but the officer says it would be too expensive and time-consuming for his office. So, instead, Brooks says he plans to ask council at next week’s .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents celebrate win over utility</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/22/residents-celebrate-win-over-utility/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Residents in western P.E.I. watched as Maritime Electric removed cable from utility poles along a 3.7-kilometre stretch of Howlan Road.
&#8220;It’s been declared Happy Day on Howlan Road,&#8221; one resident told Debbie Horne of the West Prince Graphic in Alberton.
The removal of the high-voltage power lines ended the community’s two-year fight with Maritime Electric and the provincial government. The utility put up the lines to transport electricity for Suez International from its wind farm in West Cape. The electricity went to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine site proposed for Seagrave</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/22/wind-turbine-site-proposed-for-seagrave/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A large parcel of land just north of Seagrave has been identified as an ideal home for a wind energy generation site that could power 7,000 homes.
According to a notice sent to Brock and Scugog councils earlier this month, Standard Power Corporation is eyeing a swath of land at the northwest corner of Simcoe Street and Saintfield Road for its wind-turbine program.
&#8220;The proposed site has a number of attributes which make it an ideal location for wind energy generation, including .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power blues: Toronto doctor warns that, if not properly controlled, the noise from wind turbines could make people sick &#8212; literally</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/21/wind-power-blues-toronto-doctor-warns-that-if-not-properly-controlled-the-noise-from-wind-turbines-could-make-people-sick-literally/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Since the debate over wind turbines and whether they negatively impact on human health is heating up in Ontario, let&#8217;s talk to an expert on the relationship between noise and stress.
Toronto psychiatrist Dr. Irvin Wolkoff is a recognized authority on this subject and has testified on it as an expert witness in court.
(Full disclosure: Dr. Wolkoff and I are friends, but his professional views are his own.)
Wolkoff notes there has been little independent, credible research on the specific issue .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Cancelling public meeting denies people democracy</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/21/cancelling-public-meeting-denies-people-democracy/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prince Edward Council&#8217;s decision at its June 9 meeting to cancel the planned public input meeting on wind energy development is a bad decision.
Council&#8217;s apparent justification was their dissatisfaction with the actions of several citizens in connection with the recent public meeting hosted by Gilead Power Corporation.
Instead of oral presentations in front of the community and council, they intend only to permit citizens to submit individual letters (maximum two pages) to council on this most important topic.
Those who have been .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Why will taxpayers pay to rehabilitate roads&#63;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/19/why-will-taxpayers-pay-to-rehabilitate-roads/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was surprised to learn that the federal government has allocated &#36;476,000 for the rehabilitation of haul roads used for the Wolfe Island wind turbine development. I have expressed my surprise in writing to John Gerretsen, MPP for Kingston and the Islands.
Companies that have proposed erecting wind turbines on Amherst Island (including Canadian Hydro Developers, the company behind the Wolfe Island wind farm) always assured residents in their information sessions that when the proposed project was completed, all roads used .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
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		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Motion to join energy agency passes in House</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/19/motion-to-join-energy-agency-passes-in-house/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House of Commons has voted in favour of Canada joining a new international agency dedicated to promoting the growth of renewable energy.
A private member&#8217;s motion to join the International Renewable Energy Agency, or Irena, was passed 146 in favour and 141 against Wednesday night.
Environment Canada declined to comment yesterday on how the government will respond to the vote, the result of a private member&#8217;s motion tabled in May by former Liberal leader Stéphane Dion. Renewable-energy activists said the vote .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>&#039;Green&#039; act leaves councillors unsure about their role</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/18/green-act-leaves-councillors-unsure-about-their-role/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although Ontario municipalities are still learning the details regarding their role in future ‘green energy’ projects throughout the province, Scugog councillors have commented to the province on the potential impact to rural lands from a new provincial act that may also exempt the township from the decision-making process when it comes to planning renewable energy developments.
Councillors had their first chance to comment on the province’s new Green Energy and Green Economy Act, which was passed in mid-May and aims to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind power is costly and unreliable</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/18/wind-power-is-costly-and-unreliable/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read that in Ontario, there are now 963 megawatts of wind power available. However, the winds are never at optimum force everywhere, so the greatest amount of wind power actually fed to the grid was 466 megawatts, or about 50%. The average is 161 megawatts &#8212; 17% &#8212; and the minimum was eight megawatts, or less than 1%.
Just because the wind turbine blades are rotating does not mean there is any power output. They are designed to rotate .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>A fine point on the absurd</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/18/a-fine-point-on-the-absurd/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, children sharpened their pencils in class one of two ways. They inserted them into a metal pencil sharpener fixed to the wall and turned a crank on the sharpener. Or they sat at their desks and used those cheap plastic sharpeners which entailed putting the pencil in and rotating it until it came to a fine point. Now, however, St. Mary Catholic School in Edmonton powers its electric pencil sharpeners with a wind turbine standing four .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windfarm meeting June 24</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/18/windfarm-meeting-june-24/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of Seagrave residents concerned over the potential impacts of a proposed wind farm in the hamlet will be holding a meeting on the issue this week.
The meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, at the Seagrave United Church at 15 Coryell St., will give residents a chance to discuss and voice any concerns about the wind farm proposed for Saintfield Rd.
A notice announcing an environmental screening for the project states that the site ‘has a number .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Brunswick]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Green energy growth facing headwind</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/17/green-energy-growth-facing-headwind/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAINT JOHN &#8212; The head of one of the region&#8217;s leading energy companies says it&#8217;s more attractive for his company to invest in wind energy projects south of the border than it is in Canada. 
Emera president and CEO Chris Huskilson told a breakfast meeting of the Saint John Board of Trade Tuesday that the Obama administration in Washington has created a better investment climate for renewable energy developments.
&#8220;We are on both sides of the border and when we look .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Turbine delay gives off good vibes</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/06/17/turbine-delay-gives-off-good-vibes/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jun 2009</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some might suggest council erred on the side of caution Monday night, by deferring wind turbine projects until provincial legislation is updated. But when council takes action to potentially protect the health of Chatham-Kent citizens, while also waiting to ensure future wind projects are up to provincial snuff, it is a wise move indeed.
But it wasn&#8217;t a simple decision. Ontario needs more renewable energy generation. Wind power is an excellent option. Chatham-Kent has some of the best breezes for wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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