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		<title>Green Energy Act divides Ontario</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/09/green-energy-act-divides-ontario-2/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Nobody knows what&#8217;s best for a community better than the people, small businesses and local councillors who live there. That is why it is so maddening to see signs of large industrial wind and solar projects pushing ahead despite endless local opposition. Under any other circumstance, ratepayers would have a say in what is built in their community. Your local council can determine where a hot dog stand can go, but because of Dalton McGuinty&#8217;s Green Energy Act, they are .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Troublesome winds blowing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The proposed wind energy project for North Perth and Perth East has shaken this community. Letters to the editor are arriving on a daily basis. Normally laid-back and meek residents are speaking out on their beliefs. Tensions ran high during a recent Invenergy Canada delegation at North Perth municipal council. Folks are concerned, confused and many are downright fighting mad about wind turbines. It isn’t every day that a controversy of this magnitude takes a small-town community like this by .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turmoil over turbine</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In response to the proposal of building a wind turbine in Selkirk Park, Ed Marchuk, a concerned resident, and Ruby Tekauz, president of the local Birdwatchers Club, came before City council in a delegation opposing the structure Feb. 6. The two told council the purposed turbine would be in an unsatisfactory location, would be harmful as it would disturb wildlife and the structure would be in violation of several agreements made between the City and the Selkirk Canoe and Kayak .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine proposal could face more legal action</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[STAYNER &#8211; There could be more legal action against WPD Canada and Beattie Brothers regarding the wind turbine development that is proposed near Stayner. WPD is the company that wants to erect eight turbines on land that would be leased from the Beattie Brothers. More than 50 landowners against the project met at the Nottawasaga Community Centre in Duntroon on Saturday, Feb. 4 to discuss their options. Sylvia Wiggins and her husband John own a property on Nottawasaga Concession 6 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Go someplace else,&#8217; Invenergy told</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/08/go-someplace-else-invenergy-told/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LISTOWEL — “How do you live with yourself?” “Where’s your conscious?” These and other questions and comments were hurled at Invenergy Canada director of business development James Murphy by members of the public following his delegation at a North Perth council meeting Monday evening. Tensions ran so high in the crowded council chambers that Murphy had to leave via a back exit as a crowd of angry picketers had gathered around the main doors. Murphy had been addressing municipal council .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind protesters stand their ground near Watford</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[BROOKE-ALVINSTON — About 40 protesters rallied along a muddy rural road Tuesday where four wind turbines are under construction in an open farm field. &#8220;This is our community, this is our home. We will push it as far as we can push it,&#8221; said organizer Marcelle Brooks, holding a sign saying “McGuinty is not listening.” &#8220;If that means we will be standing in front of a bulldozer, that&#8217;s where we&#8217;ll be,&#8221; she said. Members of the Middlesex-Lambton Wind Action Group .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mor­e consultation planned for wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/08/mor%c2%ade-consultation-planned-for-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The proponents of a wind farm near Priceville told West Grey council this week that they have expanded the area for the project, so a public consultation process has to start again. Opponents of the proposal picketed West Grey’s administration building Tuesday before representatives of NextEra Energy updated council about the project. About 70 of them packed the council chambers. Pat Becker of Genivar engineering explained that a larger area is needed during the initial stage of selecting the final .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Rural Ontario needs a unified voice now</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/07/rural-ontario-needs-a-unified-voice-now/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Ontario has to thank the OFA for stepping up to the plate on the Industrial Wind Turbine issue. They join the Christian Farmers Federation also calling for a halt. Now the National Farmers Union needs to speak out clearly as well. Now more than ever rural Ontario needs a unified voice. It’s becoming clearer daily that the Green Energy Act is very flawed. Whether it’s the recent Auditor General’s report that blasted the gov’t for billions wasted with no cost .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>WCO Exclusive: Scientist, university prof: &#8220;some of the worst possible places for wind projects&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Scientist and Executive Director of Long Point Waterfowl, Dr. Scott Petrie, says that after years of trying to encourage the corporate wind power development industry to do the right thing to protect important bird habitats in Ontario, the companies are now not only refusing to cooperate, they’re not even returning his calls. Dr. Petrie was particularly involved with AIM PowerGen prior to the Green Energy Act, providing advice on industrial wind turbine (IWT) placement at the company’s project at Long .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind Concerns group issuing warnings</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/07/wind-concerns-group-issuing-warnings/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Middlesex Lambton Wind Action Group wants people in Lambton Shores to be aware of what they’re facing as industrial wind turbines begin to dot the landscape. The group is holding a public meeting Thurs. Feb. 16 at the Grand Bend Public School to talk about the effects of turbines on human health, real estate values and local wildlife. Lambton Shores will soon be a hotbed for wind energy. The largest project by NextEra Energy will put 92 turbines near the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario green energy prices under review behind closed doors</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/07/ontario-green-energy-prices-under-review-behind-closed-doors/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In closed rooms at Queen’s Park, bureaucrats and policy-makers are poring over submissions about how much you should pay for renewable energy. Many of the submissions have not been publicly released. And while the policy-makers labour in private, discussion among non-government officials has also been muted. For example, a coalition of green energy groups assembled dozens of like-minded “thought leaders” for a discussion of Ontario’s renewable energy policy late last year. They decried the lack of public understanding of energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Anger in Loyalist Country</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/06/anger-in-loyalist-country/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[More than 200 people packed the main hall of St Andrews Presybyterian Church In Picton last night to hear a star-studded roster of speakers talk about the Gilead Power project proposed for Ostrander Point, on the southernmost tip of Prince Edward County. Representatives of local naturalist groups spoke about the importance of the area to birds, noting that as many as 750,000 birds travel through the area each spring and fall. &#8220;There is no &#8216;mitigation&#8217; for the damage that will .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t blow it, Ottawa:  Mimicking Ontario&#8217;s guidelines for wind turbine setbacks is a bad idea</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/06/dont-blow-it-ottawa-mimicking-ontarios-guidelines-for-wind-turbine-setbacks-is-a-bad-idea/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Ottawa is drafting guidelines for wind turbine setbacks from homes, apparently using Ontario’s minimum 550-metre separation as a model. Based on Ontario’s disastrous experiment with wind energy, this is a bad idea. That’s because the province’s plunge into renewable energy, aside from being a financial disaster as documented by Ontario’s Auditor General, has been a social disaster as well. Canadians, especially those living in rural areas, should be on guard from the moment provincial governments and wind developers show up .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Local wind farm opponents determined to fight project</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/06/local-wind-farm-opponents-determined-to-fight-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[SOUTH DUNDAS — The group opposed to a large wind turbine farm isn’t about to give up, despite failing to twist the arms of township council. South Branch Wind Opposition Group (WOG) spokesperson Leslie Disheau said WOG will continue efforts to stop ProWind from erecting 14 625-foot towers on land around Brinston, north of Morrisburg. South Dundas council passed their endorsement of ProWind on Jan. 17. “I am stunned council has decided to wash its hands of this issue, an .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Politicians ready to walk out on premier</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/04/politicians-ready-to-walk-out-on-premier/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Most of Chatsworth&#8217;s councillors will be ready to walk out over the wind turbine issue when Premier Dalton McGuinty gives his keynote speech at the upcoming Ontario Good Roads Association meeting in Toronto. Council passed a motion Wednesday supporting a resolution from Arran-Elderslie for the province to place a moratorium on all wind turbine construction until concerns about them are addressed. Arran-Elderslie&#8217;s motion was partly based on an Ontario Federation of Agriculture call for a one-year moratorium beginning Feb. 20. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Full house for wind turbine Town Hall meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/04/full-house-for-wind-turbine-town-hall-meeting/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[People who do not want to see wind turbines line the south shore of Prince Edward County made up the vast majority of the packed house attending MPP Todd Smith’s Town Hall meeting Thursday night at St. Andrew’s Church in Picton. More than 250 people filled the chairs and the audience spilled into the foyer, the balcony and sat on the edge of the stage to hear speakers and the public have their say. County organizations opposed to turbines here .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>City appealing to OMB over wind turbine clause in Official Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/04/city-appealing-to-omb-over-wind-turbine-clause-in-official-plan/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LINDSAY -The City of Kawartha Lakes council has voted to appeal a clause in its Official Plan regarding industrial wind turbines. The plan was recently approved by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and gives an appeal period that ends Feb. 6. The contentious section 12 was boiled down by the ministry to two general statements of support for renewable energy systems. Council had included about two and a half pages of additional clauses that would control the placement .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>OFA turbine stance applauded; Farm association calls for halt</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/03/ofa-turbine-stance-applauded-farm-association-calls-for-halt/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In what may be a significant shift in the prevailing winds, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) has released a position statement calling for a moratorium on the construction of new wind turbine projects. The position statement from OFA president Mark Wales says the process for wind turbine construction is divisive and the technology is not living up to promises. OFA is Ontario’s largest association for farmers. “We are hearing very clearly from our members that the wind turbine situation .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-turbine group to boycott CAW union</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/anti-turbine-group-to-boycott-caw-union/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Chrysler, General Motors, Air Canada and about 50 other companies are in the crosshairs of an anti-turbine group in Saugeen Shores that is planning a major boycott of the Canadian Auto Workers Union. The 600-member group, known as STOP, intends to “pull the trigger” on the boycott within the next three weeks to protest the CAW’s controversial wind turbine, which is under construction beside the union’s Family Education Centre in Port Elgin, said spokesman Greg Schmalz. “Health and safety is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Green Energy Act divides Ontario</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/green-energy-act-divides-ontario/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Nobody knows what&#8217;s best for a community better than the people, small businesses and local councillors who live there. That is why it is so maddening to see signs of large industrial wind and solar projects pushing ahead despite endless local opposition. Under any other circumstance, ratepayers would have a say in what is built in their community. Your local council can determine where a hot dog stand can go, but because of Dalton McGuinty&#8217;s Green Energy Act, they are .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Walker: give wind farm control to local government</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/walker-give-wind-farm-control-to-local-government/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker wants Queen&#8217;s Park to give municipalities the power to veto industrial wind-power projects under the Renewable Energy Approval process, which is under review by government officials. In his letter to Energy Minister Chris Bentley, Walker first criticized the government&#8217;s Green Energy Act for suspending local powers, and then called on the minister to restore them as part of the Liberal government&#8217;s two-year review of the green energy approval process in Ontario. &#8220;In my mind, opposition .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Port cautious about offshore wind</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/port-cautious-about-offshore-wind/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Coun. Dave Elliott doesn’t want council to blindly support an offshore wind energy project in Lake Ontario. “Before we support this, let’s see both sides,” he told council on Monday. Elliott was referring to an item in the agenda that would throw support behind a consortium called Lake Ontario Offshore Network (LOON), which plans to build around 100 turbines 5 km off the cost of Lake Ontario. The consortium approached the city to “encourage the Ontario government to remove the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines spooking the OFA</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/turbines-spooking-the-ofa/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The OFA recently called for a suspension of FIT contracts until the noise and electrical issues of wind turbines are settled (good on them). Further the OFA is very concerned about the community strife that these projects are causing, pitting neighbour against neighbour. As the statement says, “We are hearing very clearly from our members that the wind turbine situation is coming to a head – seriously dividing rural communities and even jeopardizing farm succession planning.” So, the OFA, Liberal .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>OFA turbine stance sends a clear message</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/01/ofa-turbine-stance-sends-a-clear-message/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The McGuinty government’s green energy program suffered a severe blow last week when the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) weighed in against further wind turbine development. OFA’s about-face caught everyone off guard. Not long ago, turbines were regarded as a new, welcome income stream for rural landowners who have the space to accommodate them. However, after a period of sober reflection, OFA has concluded that the juice isn’t worth the squeeze. Opposition to wind turbines prompted the McGuinty government to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine opponents not backing down</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/01/wind-turbine-opponents-not-backing-down/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Lambton-Middlesex Wind Action Group is spreading the word about its opposition to hundreds of proposed industrial wind turbines in the area. Group members are scheduled to speak Feb. 7 to the Golden K Kiwanis Club in Sarnia, and they’re organizing a public information seminar Feb. 16, 7 p.m., at Grand Bend Public School. “The Grand Bend area has a lot of projects surrounding it,” said group member Marcelle Brooks. That includes the 150 MW Jericho Wind Energy Centre NextEra .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-turbine group seeks health contract</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/01/anti-turbine-group-seeks-health-contract/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An anti-turbine group in Port Elgin wants more than just assurances that a new CAW wind turbine will not make people sick. Greg Schmalz, spokesman for STOP, said the group wants the Canadian Auto Workers Union to commit, in a legally binding agreement, to shut down the turbine if the health of residents is negatively impacted. “We want a public contract for health and safety. That really is the biggest objective we have right now,” he said Tuesday. Schmalz said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>NFA &#8211; no position on wind power</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/01/nfa-no-position-on-wind-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[NORTHUMBERLAND — The Northumberland Federation of Agriculture (NFA) is not urging the provincial government to suspend wind power generation like the Ontario Federation of Agriculture is, says NFA president Paul Burnham. “We have not taken a position in our area because there aren’t any current proposals, so we haven’t had to deal with it,” Burnham said in an interview. “We won’t deal with it unless it starts raising its ugly head, or there are complaints.” The OFA has asked the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Pilot wind project covers vast field</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/01/pilot-wind-project-covers-vast-field/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[How noble of Mr. Baines and Windstream Energy to offer to be a “test subject” for offshore wind projects in Ontario (“Firm offers to be test subject for wind projects”, Jan. 26). How very generous to offer to spend $1.5 billion (all of it subsidized by consumer energy costs) so that government can “study the science.” Let me see if I have this straight — they will do all of the studies and produce all of the reports that the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Island band wants wind projects delayed</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/31/island-band-wants-wind-projects-delayed/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I was driving through M&#8217;Chigeeng the other day and wondered how long it will be before the two industrial wind turbines are up and running. Nothing much has happened since they were erected on the bluff. They don&#8217;t even have any lights on them. (I hope they aren&#8217;t on anyone&#8217;s flight path.) The big wind project on MacLean&#8217;s Mountain, near Little Current, is awaiting approval from the Ministry of the Environment. Two things have happened that may have impact on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Local farmer’s presentation to OFA contributes to policy statement</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/31/local-farmers-presentation-to-ofa-contributes-to-policy-statement/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A recent presentation to the Ontario Federation of Agriculture board by two HEAT (Huron East Against Turbines) members contributed towards a recent OFA position statement calling on the provincial government to “suspend the invasion of rural Ontario with industrial wind turbines.” Mark Wales, OFA president, said in a phone interview last week that a power-point presentation by St. Columban farmer Tom Melady and his sister Jeanne is an example of what he’s been hearing from farmers across Southwestern Ontario. “I .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Horizon is surveying the city again!</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/31/horizon-is-surveying-the-city-again/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The following survey was recorded and transcribe by a local resident and provided to our group [Nor'Wester Mountain Escarpment Protection Committee], we do not know the personal stance of this individual on the proposed project. For statistical purposes what year were you born. Does anyone in your family or household work in the following areas? • Public Opinion Research Advertising and Public Relations, Media, Television, Newspaper, Radio? 1. I would like you to tell me what you feel is the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>More offshore turbine turbulence in Hamilton</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/28/more-offshore-turbine-turbulence-in-hamilton/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[It’s a cautionary turbine tale. Last week, Burlington-based Windstream Energy challenged the province to approve a “test pilot” project to install 130 wind turbines — built in Hamilton — in eastern Lake Ontario, despite a provincial moratorium on offshore projects. Mark Mullins wishes them luck. The Dundas resident has been down this political path before — and it led to a $2.2-billion lawsuit against the provincial government. Mullins and Martin Parker are Hamilton-based partners in Trillium Power Wind Corp., which .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County wind issue a hot topic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[It was an exercise designed to give local residents an opportunity to share their feelings on wind turbines in Prince Edward County and they had plenty to share. Loyalist College journalism student Nicole Kleinsteuber used the Internet Wednesday evening to host Moving Forward, an online conversation on wind turbines in the municipality and the response was overwhelming. Kleinsteuber, a Cherry Valley native, along with journalism professor Rob Washburn moderated the 90-minute session which was so busy at times, the server .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Agricultural group supports OFA wind turbine opposition</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/agricultural-group-supports-ofa-wind-turbine-opposition/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LINDSAY &#8211; The Victoria Haliburton Federation of Agriculture says the Ontario Federation of Agriculture&#8217;s (OFA) call for a halt to industrial wind turbine projects in the province makes sense. The OFA issued a statement late last week that the wind turbines are creating an &#8220;untenable&#8221; situation by polarizing rural communities. &#8220;If you get a rent cheque (for a wind turbine), it&#8217;s pretty good. If you live next door, it&#8217;s not as good,&#8221; said Terry Parker, VFHA media relations person, in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>CAW faces boycott over Port Elgin wind turbine</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/caw-faces-boycott-over-port-elgin-wind-turbine/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A Port Elgin community group has launched a boycott of products made by CAW members to protest a wind turbine being erected by the union in town. The group, known as STOP, will target any workplace where members of the Canadian Auto Workers are employed, said spokesperson Karen Hunter. That includes auto makers, airlines and retailers organized by the CAW, she said. In Port Elgin itself, the group is calling for a boycott of the CAW banquet hall, the town’s .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>MPP on board with OFA</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Ontario Federation of Agriculture&#8217;s demand for a halt to future wind turbine construction has the support of Rick Nicholls of Chatham. The Chatham-Kent Essex MPP said Thursday he supports the farm organization&#8217;s position on a moratorium on new and not-yet approved projects. The MPP stopped short of demanding a halt on work slated to begin next week on an already-approved $600 million wind turbine project that will see an additional 110 turbines constructed in Chatham-Kent. Half of the new .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind energy group updates Wainfleet council</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/wind-energy-group-updates-wainfleet-council/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wainfleet council and residents aren’t going down without a fight. At council on Tuesday councillors denied a proposed bylaw that would have leased an unopened road allowance along Sideroad 22 to Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc. The road allowance would have been used by WWE Inc. to provide road access to two wind turbines and a switching station they plan to build south of Abbey Road. WWE Inc. is planning to build a total of five turbines in the township. “This .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Local health expert: lots of room in Canada for wind turbines</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[C. WELLINGTON TWP. – Opponents of industrial wind turbines have been telling the provincial government for several years it needs to do some health studies before approving such machines close to homes. Some of those opponents did not wait for the province. Dr. Jeff Aramini is a public health epidemiologist and former senior scientist with Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada. He and his family live 2.5km from a proposed wind farm near Belwood. He has just .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Questions swirl over Ontario offshore wind power generation projects</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/questions-swirl-over-ontario-offshore-wind-power-generation-projects/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Recent news reports about the Windstream Wolfe Island Shoals offshore wind project in Lake Ontario have spurred concerns from the province’s Progressive Conservative energy critic. In February 2011, the province announced a moratorium on offshore wind projects to wait for scientific research to be conducted. Potential issues include how noise behaves over water and ice, foundation designs, water quality impacts and impacts to shoreline ecosystems and wildlife. “Are you lifting the moratorium or not? And if you are, when were .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine opposition wants 2-km setback</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/turbine-opposition-wants-2-km-setback/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wainfleet residents want a bylaw calling for a two-kilometre setback for wind turbines and 100% restitution of property values by the wind energy industry. Judith Atkinson, of the Wainfleet Ratepayers Association, asked for the bylaw at Tuesday night’s township council meeting, stating council has an ethical and legal obligation to protect residents from the noise and annoyance of wind turbines. She said the current setback for wind turbines from residential homes is 550 metres, but contended the model used to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>OFA position statement on Industrial Wind Turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/ofa-position-statement-on-industrial-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) supports the intentions of the Green Energy Act. We agree that Ontario needs to secure affordable and renewable energy for its future while reducing green house gas emissions. We encourage efforts to replace imported power, facilitate conservation and stimulate economic development through our energy requirements. However, the situation regarding Industrial Wind Turbines (IWT) has become untenable. The proliferation of wind turbines across rural Ontario has seriously polarized our rural communities. Residents not engaged in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Political debate over wind farm development rages on</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/political-debate-over-wind-farm-development-rages-on/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[QUEEN’S PARK – Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson is applauding a call from an advocacy group for the province’s farmers to suspend contract awards for large-scale wind energy development projects. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture issued an eight-point position paper late last week that, in part, called for great municipal input in the planning process, criticized the pricing schedule, and asked for provincially developed protocol to measure noise generated by wind turbines. “We’ve got evidence that turbines trigger health problems, our .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine opponents cry foul; Adelaide Metcalfe council urged to repeal building fee</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/turbine-opponents-cry-foul-adelaide-metcalfe-council-urged-to-repeal-building-fee/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind-turbine opponents are demanding Adelaide Metcalfe council repeal a new turbine-building fee it imposed unexpectedly and without notifying them. The rural township west of Strathroy, where two companies are proposing to build 68 wind turbines, approved a $10,000-per-turbine fee at a Jan. 16 meeting. Last month, scores of people attended a council meeting to ask the fee charged be even higher than that. The issue was set aside so staff could learn what other municipalities charge. &#8220;I was flabbergasted,&#8221; said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind company prez: &#8216;We’re not hiding anything&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/wind-company-prez-were-not-hiding-anything/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[WAINFLEET — Township council has blown off a request by Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc. and IPC Energy to use an unopened portion of Side Road 22 in the township. IPC Energy, working on behalf of Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc., sought the unopened road allowance to give it access to one of its proposed wind turbine sites. The stretch of Side Road 22 (also known as Brawn Rd.) would have been from Abbey Rd. south to Concession 1. A report put .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>OFA, health study take stand against turbine development; CanWEA &#8216;disappointed&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Opponents of wind turbine proposals here are taking heart over some developments that indicate more pressure against wind power supporters. Escalating concerns about industrial wind turbines prompted the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) last week to urge the province to suspend further development until farm families and rural residents are assured their interests are adequately protected. The OFA took its new position on turbines on Jan. 19, and it will be presented to the provincial government later this month. Meanwhile, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Council supports Prowind project</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[WILLIAMSBURG — On December 6, 2011, the South Branch Wind Opposition Group (SBWOG) presented South Dundas with their case against Prowind’s planned South Branch Wind Farm near Brinston. After taking some time to consider the requests, council came back to the January 17th meeting with a decision not to support SBWOG. In fact, South Dundas Mayor Steven Byvelds summarized council’s stance, saying, “overall we are in support of the project.” Councillor Archie Mellan declared a conflict of interest, taking himself .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Arran-Elderslie council backs OFA moratorium on wind turbine construction</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/25/arran-elderslie-council-backs-ofa-moratorium-on-wind-turbine-construction/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Arran-Elderslie council is backing an Ontario Federation of Agriculture request for a moratorium on construction of industrial wind turbines in the province. The OFA, which has about 37,000 members, on Friday called for the suspension of wind turbine construction across the province until concerns such as possible health effects, setbacks, property devaluation and destruction of wildlife habitats are properly studied and addressed. Mark Davis, Arran-Elderslie’s deputy-mayor and an outspoken critic of wind turbines, suggested that if the moratorium is not .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>AOK requests an extension of comment deadline for wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/25/aok-requests-an-extension-of-comment-deadline-for-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[AUNDECK OMNI KANING—The McLean’s wind farm project proposed by the Northland Power Inc. (NPI) was a major issue on the agenda of the newly elected chief and council of Aundeck Omni Kaning (AOK) First Nation’s annual planning session. As a result, Chief Patsy Corbiere told The Expositor on Monday that her community will be sending a request for a delay in the Ministry of Environment’s (MOE) 60-day public review and comment period of the Renewable Energy Approval (REA) report on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers&#8217; concerns won&#8217;t stop development of wind power: Bradley</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Despite a high-profile farm lobby group joining a growing movement pushing for a moratorium on wind power development, the province will not reverse course on the controversial plan. So says St. Catharines MPP and Minister of the Environment Jim Bradley. Late last week, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture called on the government to suspend wind turbine development so it can address a number of issues. Bradley said the government takes OFA’s request seriously, but will continue to develop wind projects .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>OFA stance blows chill wind on Liberals&#8217; rural prospects</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The McGuinty government&#8217;s green energy program suffered a blow Friday when the Ontario Federation of Agriculture weighed in against further wind turbine development. OFA&#8217;s about-face caught everyone off guard. Not long ago, turbines were regarded as a new, welcome income stream for rural landowners who have the space to accommodate them. However, after a period of sober reflection, OFA has concluded that the juice isn&#8217;t worth the squeeze. Opposition to wind turbines prompted the McGuinty government to take planning authority .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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