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		<title>Renewable energy meeting packs county council chambers</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a public meeting last Wednesday night in Essex to discuss Wind Turbine farms, one thing is for certain: renewable energy is a hot topic.
Just about 300 people packed the Essex Civic Center to hear the latest proposal from Ray Duhamel and the Jones Consulting Group. Among their objectives are to increase the renewable energy supply and make sure it&#8217;s done in appropriate areas. During their earlier meetings, the county was divided into three zones ...]]>
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		<title>Wind policy up for review</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 12:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brighton is throwing open an internal review of windmill policy to the public in a bid to test the attitudes of residents and stakeholders.
The municipality will host an open house session on June 11 to foster discussion about wind power.
The move follows public criticism of the municipality’s decision to place a moratorium on turbines.
Councillor Chuck Ward said the meeting would provide a cue to look at the potential for other “renewable energy” sources such as ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm objectors don&#39;t deserve NIMBY label</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 12:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so tired of hearing the word &#8220;NIMBY,&#8221; especially coming from people who only have the mighty dollar to gain, with no care for who they may hurt or destroy in the process.
Has Mr. Courey ever heard of the wetlands in Essex County? How many different habitats they encompass, like ponds, marshes and swamps to name a few. By allowing these wind factories to take over Essex County, they will damage and destroy the ...]]>
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		<title>Pollution from the wind</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reason people build windmills is because they are a way to generate electricity to power our homes and factories.
As well, wind is a renewable resource that doesn&#8217;t emit pollutants or create huge river diversions or reservoirs. Windmills don&#8217;t require complicated storage of dangerous nuclear waste. They don&#8217;t use coal. You build them and they spin relentlessly.
We erect windmills because they are gentle on the environment and, oh yes, they create profit for the owners. ...]]>
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		<title>Noise study has no credence</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 12:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Whig-Standard&#8217;s front- page story &#8220;Expert hushes noise critics&#8221; (May 5) cites a consultant&#8217;s report authored by Ryerson University professor Ramani Ramakrishnan on noise caused by wind turbines. The story states that the Ministry of the Environment hired Ramakrishnan to look at wind turbine noise guidelines and policies in other areas.
The story did not suggest that Ramakrishnan was an independent expert or authority on noise, having been hired by the ministry, so we did not ...]]>
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		<title>Renfrew County poised to cash in on Ontario&#39;s pledge to wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[In pioneer days, the highlands of Renfrew County broke many a promise, maybe the odd back.
Settlers found land that was thin-soiled, rocky and full of pitch. Logging was arduous, winters long and the views isolating, if beautiful.
But today, finally, there may well be gold in them there hills &#8212; in the very air they breathe.
A buzz is building across portions of the county about the economic harvest to be generated from windmill farms planned for ...]]>
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		<title>Brown&#39;s proposal makes real sense</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 20:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some have suggested that Coun. Jim Brown has pulled numbers out of a hat in requesting strict minimum setbacks for wind turbines (&#8221;Setbacks deferred,&#8221; Chatham Daily News, May 6). Possibly, but that doesn&#8217;t mean there are fewer brains under Brown&#8217;s cap than under those worn by the various power companies bidding for our skies.
Certainly there is more heart in Brown&#8217;s proposal, and his reluctance to roll over and play dead should be applauded rather than ...]]>
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		<title>Picketers assemble at wind farm open house</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 15:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[AMHERSTBURG &#8212; A second open house was held by Gengrowth pertaining to a wind farm they are proposing just north of Malden Centre but those who live in the area were ready to air their views as well.
A group of area residents picketed outside the Amherstburg Community Church where the open house was held and held up signs and gave out pamphlets to any passing motorist that was interested. Gengrowth is proposing the five wind ...]]>
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		<title>Disturbing wind brewing</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 10:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article written in response to articles published in The Chatham Daily News April 15, &#8220;Gengrowth wind turbines approved,&#8221; and April 17, &#8220;Open house held, another wind farm project proposed.&#8221;
Don Quixote, in Cervantes&#8217; classic by the same name, gallantly road off on his faithful steed, to slay the haunting, implacable, and ever-present giant &#8212; the windmill. Poor Quixote didn&#8217;t have a chance.
Concerned residents of Chatham-Kent feel the same frustration as independent companies, such as Gengrowth, ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm forum draws 300, farms jeered</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 10:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The prospect of wind energy development in Essex County received mixed reviews Wednesday during a public meeting to hear comments on the county&#8217;s proposed policy for commercial wind farms.
Visual and noise impact, whether or not wind energy is a viable solution to global warming and other issues dominated the session attended by about 300 people, as well as county councillors.
Amherstburg lawyer Anthony Leardi warned that wind turbine developments are not public utilities, and if they ...]]>
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		<title>Report slams planned Hydro One line</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 09:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposed transmission line from the Bruce nuclear power plants to the Milton switching station has been highly criticized in a report prepared for the Saugeen Ojibway Nations.
In his report, public utility consultant Whitfield Russell says the proposed project &#8220;cannot be justified as a better project than the reasonable alternatives.&#8221;
Hydro One Networks Inc. is proposing to construct approximately 180 kilometres of double-circuit 500 kilovolt (kv) transmission lines adjacent to the existing Bruce- Milton transmission corridor.
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		<title>Setbacks deferred; C-K Council seeking more information</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A motion to implement municipal wind turbine setbacks was deferred for more information on Monday.
East Kent Coun. Jim Brown had requested various mandatory distance requirements, depending on whether the property was residential or commercial in nature.
While there are already guidelines from Ontario&#8217;s Ministry of the Environment, Brown said much more needs to be done before any more wind farm applications come forward.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe we have formal enough zoning in place &#8212; we have to ...]]>
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		<title>Turbine turmoil in rural districts</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ESSEX &#8212; It&#8217;s no longer about the 3 Bs &#8212; birds, bats and butterflies. It&#8217;s about people, politics and money.
With a dozen companies poised to build as many as a 1,000, 120-metre-high wind turbines, rural life in this area could change forever, says Bill Anderson of the Essex County Wind Action Group.
When the wind turbines first started being proposed a few years ago, they were opposed by people worried about migratory bird routes and the ...]]>
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		<title>Noise caused by turbines a nuisance</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 21:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Re: New report questions turbine noise study, April 30 edition of the Examiner)
So the wind power industry and consultants hired by the government tell us Ontario&#8217;s noise rules for wind farms are &#8216;very good&#8217; and &#8217;strike a balance&#8217;.
Why then are some families caught up in wind farm developments walking away from their homes?
We have all observed that on many evenings the wind slows down as the atmosphere becomes stable, but the scientists at the Ministry ...]]>
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		<title>Turbine proposals outnumber capacity</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 10:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Municipal administration will ask council for a deferral on a wind energy policy on Monday.
During the April 14 planning meeting, councillors voted for staff to create a report on the potential proliferation of wind turbines and ways to mitigate the impact.
The report would come before the Ontario Power Authority proceeds with its next round of request for proposals (RFPs).
Also during the April meeting, four small-scale proposals from Toronto-based Gengrowth were approved.
There is a grid capacity ...]]>
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		<title>Dust-up over wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Report: Noise from turbines meet guidelines  
 There&#8217;s no scientific proof wind turbines make disturbing levels of noise and, although more study is needed, Ontario&#8217;s guidelines are sound, a long-awaited consultant&#8217;s report for the ministry of the environment says.
The report by Ryerson prof Dr. Ramani Ramakrishnan was finished in December 2007 but was only posted on the government&#8217;s Environmental Registry website on Monday.
It reviews the work of a Dutch scientist, Dr. G.P. Van Den ...]]>
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		<title>Wind turbines threaten economy</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the current threat of some 725 industrial-scale wind turbines proposed for the Municipality of Chatham-Kent many local residents have begun to alter their plans for the future.
These altered plans will have a serious economic spin-off for our municipality.
The following is a list of some economic opportunities that are being lost due to the threat of industrializing the countryside with wind turbines:
Home renovations have been suspended and will not continue if wind project goes ahead.
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		<title>OPP dismisses pitch for nighttime hauling</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Essex OPP Insp. Rick Derus says it&#8217;s too dangerous and contrary to Ontario Ministry of Transportation regulations to wait until the evening to move the oversized trucks carrying wind turbine parts to Port Alma.
The trucks carrying the parts from Windsor&#8217;s waterfront are more than twice as long as the MTO would allow at night, said Derus.
He was responding to a request initiated Monday by Town of Essex Coun. Randy Voakes, who wants the MTO to ...]]>
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		<title>Questions remain about wind energy</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of Chatham-Kent council who have expressed some hesitation about the proliferation of wind turbines within the municipality are right to be worried.
According to the municipality’s planning consultant, Chatham-Kent could receive proposals to build as many as “650 to 700 additional turbines,” although just 200 to 250 turbines in Chatham-Kent AND nearby Essex County can be supported right now by the electricity grid.
Yet a land rush mentality appears to be sweeping through those companies that ...]]>
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		<title>Limit turbine traffic to nights, MoT urged</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Concerned about the risk of daytime traffic jams, Essex Coun. Randy Voakes wants the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to limit the movement of oversized trucks carrying wind turbine parts on Highway 3 to the night. Other municipalities will be asked to support the resolution.
Daily movement of wind turbine parts from Windsor to Kruger Energy&#8217;s Port Alma wind farm is expected to last about three months.
The province, Essex County and City of Windsor long ago approved ...]]>
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		<title>Turbine health</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of anti wind turbine activists want the local health department to join their fight against the Wolfe Island wind turbine project.
Members of &#8220;Wolf Island Residents for the Environment&#8221; [sic] made a presentation to the public heath [sic] board this afternoon.
The group says the wind turbine project failed to include public health as a key stake holder in the environmental review.
Group members say the noise produced by 86 wind turbines will impact the health ...]]>
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		<title>Wind energy likely to blow into Niagara-on-the-Lake</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Niagara-on-the-Lake will likely be the first municipality in the Niagara region to pass regulations governing the erection of wind-energy turbines.
Zoning bylaw and official plan amendments to regulate the installation of the machines were approved by the planning advisory committee Monday following a public meeting.
Only one resident, Charlene Quevillon, spoke at the meeting, raising concerns about noise and the visual and environmental impact of the turbines.
&#8220;Turbines are not generally well-suited within much of Niagara-on-the-Lake,&#8221; said Quevillon, ...]]>
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		<title>Wind turbine plan whips up opposition</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cool logic is now countering the hot air opposing a giant wind turbine proposed for south-Barrie.
During a public meeting earlier this week neighbours of Jackson’s Toyota continued their assault on the merits of the Mapleview Drive West proposal.
But others held the perspective that the turbine would be safe and produce clean, renewable energy.
“This is far from an emerging technology,” said Barrie resident Peter Bursztyn. “There are hundreds of them operating throughout the world.”
“There are a ...]]>
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		<title>Full speed ahead for Gengrowth; But Gilbert bemoans ‘wholesale intrusion’ of wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chatham-Kent council approved all four applications from Gengrowth LP1 to erect five wind turbines on each of four properties in Chatham-Kent at their April 14 planning meeting.
The turbines will be built on Marsh Line in Dover, Swanton Line in Tilbury East, Front Line in Howard and Bisnett Line in Harwich.
A decision on the wind farm had been deferred from two previous meetings to allow all concerned residents an opportunity to address council.
However, Coun. Don Clarke ...]]>
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		<title>Turbine plan stirs the winds of debate</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A storm is stirring when it comes to Toyota dealer Bob Jackson’s proposal to erect a wind turbine on his south-end Barrie dealership.
At a public meeting required under the Planning Act, planning consultant Rick Jones outlined Jackson’s plan to erect a state-of-the-art, 123.5-metre wind turbine on the rear portion of the four-acre Mapleview Drive West dealership.
Barrie’s bylaws allow a wind turbine in the industrial area, but limit accessory structures – buildings a business uses that ...]]>
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		<title>Massive turbines on the move from Windsor; Transport of windmills may cause traffic trouble</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[WINDSOR &#8212; Only three more months to go.
On Monday, police began escorting trucks wide-loaded with massive wind turbine parts from the Morterm Windsor dock to Port Alma for a future wind farm, after months of painstaking planning to ensure the monstrous pieces could fit through overpasses, down off ramps and under wires.
The trucks will block roads and slow traffic on a daily basis, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.Monday to Friday, for the next three ...]]>
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		<title>Turbine talk in the wind today; Jackson&#39;s plan up for discussion at meeting</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans for a high, large wind turbine in south-Barrie are already facing hot air from neighbours.
It&#8217;s being proposed by Jackson&#8217;s Toyota, a Mapleview Drive West automotive dealership, but area landowners and businesses say the location is wrong and they also have concerns about its safety and size.
&#8220;Our understanding of this project is that the length of each blade would be similar to the length of a Boeing 737, and the area swept by the turbine ...]]>
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		<title>Open house held; another wind farm project proposed</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of municipal council&#8217;s recent approval of a wind energy application, another project took a necessary step Wednesday.
An open house was held at the Blenheim Legion for the Kent Centre Wind Farm.
Calgary-based BowArk Energy Ltd. and Windsor-based Wind Prospect Inc. are proposing the project, which would consist of approximately 50 turbines with a 150-megawatt output.
It would be located on approximately 10,000 acres spanning the townships of Raleigh, Harwich and Howard.
Keith Knudsen, BowArk&#8217;s manager ...]]>
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		<title>Economic Development Committee wants turbine guidelines</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wellington North should develop local guidelines for development of wind energy projects, its Economic Development Committee (EDC) decided last Wednesday. The work would be in concert with policies being developed by Wellington County under an Official Plan Amendment (OPA), but less expensive than the township doing its own OPA. EDC member Jim Taylor, an expert in the field of wind generation, has reviewed the county draft regulations and found what he considers to be shortfalls. ...]]>
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		<title>Draft plan would ban shoreline wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A ban on wind energy projects within 200 metres of the Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River shoreline is among the many recommendations in the final draft of official plan changes proposed for the County of Essex.
Bans would also protect national parks, conservation areas and a host of smaller natural areas, particularly those with endangered or threatened species. The recommendations by the Jones Consulting Group divide the county into four different management ...]]>
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		<title>Gengrowth wind turbines approved</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[After multiple meetings, Chatham-Kent council has given the green light for Gengrowth to move ahead with four wind energy projects.
The Toronto-based company is planning a total of 20 turbines for Dover, Harwich, Howard and Tilbury East. Each of these five-turbine projects is rated at 10 megawatts of electricity.
&#8220;At the end of the day, this is something we need to support,&#8221; said Chatham Coun. Don Clarke during Monday&#8217;s five-hour planning meeting. The recommendation was deferred from ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm resolution sought in Kingsville</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Council decided Monday to direct its staff to negotiate an agreement with Brookfield Power Corporation and try to avoid a full Ontario Municipal Board hearing over what could become Canada&#8217;s largest wind farm.
Mayor Nelson Santos said it&#8217;s a compromise that recognizes the needs of Brookfield Power and concerns council had.
If the two sides can agree, the wind turbines would only be allowed in the northeast portion of Kingsville in the former Gosfield North Township north ...]]>
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		<title>Letter to Mr. John Gerretsen, M.P &#8212; Minister of the Environment &#8212; Ontario</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ron Stephens
Independent candidate for Grey &#8212; Bruce
The letter below is from Hugh Christopher Brown of Wolfe Island, Ontario.
He, like many others in this province, is frustrated with the Minister of Environment. From the office of Premier McGuinty to the office of your local MPP, the government has shown absolute disrespect for the citizens of this province.
From the dismantling of Ont. Hydro by Maurice Strong, the father of Kyoto, to the present day, our electrical ...]]>
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		<title>Turbine appeal</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 86 giant wind turbines on the western end of Wolfe Island will generate enough electricity to power 75,000 homes.
Opponents of a 410-million dollar wind turbine farm on wolfe island won’t rule out a court appeal — to stop the project from spinning ahead.
They’ve been trying to get the province to impose a more rigorous environmental assessment.
But so far, no luck.
That means Canadian Hydro is moving full speed ahead — with plans to start installing ...]]>
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		<title>Canadian Hydro Developers deny resident&#39;s lawsuit claims</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A commercial wind farm operator in Melancthon is asking the court to dismiss a &#36;1.25 million lawsuit brought against it.
Canadian Hydro Developers says its transformer in Amaranth &#8220;has not produced excessive or disturbing noise at any time,&#8221; as claimed by a neighbour.
Paul Thompson filed the lawsuit in February seeking compensation for damage and special damage from Canadian Hydro Developers and property owner Hendrika Broeze. Canadian Hydro leases land from Broeze for its transformer.
Thompson claims noise ...]]>
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		<title>Study requests rejected; Islanders sought assessment of wind farm&#39;s impact</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of the Environment has turned down requests from Wolfe Island residents seeking a more detailed study of the effects of a proposed wind-power project in their community. In a letter dated March 27, citizens learned that the ministry had declined their request to require Canadian Renewable Energy Corporation to prepare an individual environmental assessment before the firm&#8217;s 86-turbine wind project is allowed to proceed.
&#8220;I am satisfied that the issues and concerns have been ...]]>
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		<title>New wind power projects on horizon; Lots of work on tap for energy lawyers</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An upcoming request for  proposal calling for an additional 2,000 megawatts of renewable energy in Ontario in several phases, will mean the appearance of many new wind-power projects — and a lot of work for lawyers in the sector.
Last November, the Ontario Power Authority released a request for expressions of interest for a new renewable energy supply.
That’s after the Ministry of Energy issued a directive last summer, based on the potential identified by the ...]]>
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		<title>Traffic chaos coming; blame it on the wind</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dutch transportation giant Mammoet &#8212; famed for raising a sunken Russian submarine from the bottom of the Barents Sea &#8212; is planning one of the largest convoys of oversized truck loads through Windsor streets in city history.
Two years of meticulous planning, including computer simulations, will be put to the test after the ocean freighter BBC Delaware arrives from Denmark at Morterm Windsor docks next Wednesday.
It&#8217;s the first of six freighters that will unload the massive ...]]>
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		<title>Turbines to test drivers&#8217; patience; Trucks to cut through city for three months</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch out Windsor motorists, here comes the mother of all convoys.
Beginning April 21, Dutch transportation giant Mammoet is planning to move the massive sections of 44 wind turbines to be erected at Kruger Energy&#8217;s $200-million wind farm in Port Alma through the city&#8217;s west end.
Initially arriving by freighter at Morterm, each of the six ships will take three days to unload, says Mammoet vice-president Terry Berthiaume.
&#8220;You can imagine getting that thing off the ship,&#8221; says ...]]>
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		<title>New wind farm on tap; Fifty turbines proposed in project</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet another large-scale wind project has been proposed for Chatham-Kent.
Calgary-based BowArk Energy Ltd. and Windsor-based Wind Prospect Inc. are behind the Kent Centre Wind Farm, which would consist of approximately 50 turbines with a 150-megawatt output.
It would be located on approximately 10,000 acres spanning the townships of Raleigh, Harwich and Howard.
An open house is scheduled for April 16 at the Blenheim Legion, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
This is the first Ontario project for BowArk, ...]]>
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		<title>New rules ruffle plans for wind energy project</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proposed regional wind energy policies could kill plans for Niagara Region’s own wind farm, private partner Tom Rankin says.
Council voted last year to spend &#36;4 million on a five-turbine, 10-megawatt commercial wind farm in partnership with St. Catharines-based Rankin Construction.
The &#36;23-million project in Wainfleet is supposed to start turning air into energy by 2010.
But new wind energy rules suggested for Niagara could jeopardize the wind farm — or any new local wind project, Rankin told ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm prospects promising</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the more significant economic developments Marathon has seen in several years has taken another step to being approved.
Brookfield Power‘s plan for a &#36;250-million wind-power farm about 20 kilometres west of town could receive government approval this spring following a mandatory public review of an environmental “screening” report.
The Ottawa-area company wants to build 66 turbines on Crown land in an unpopulated area just north of Neys Provincial Park.
The turbines, each 80 metres tall and ...]]>
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		<title>More questions than answers as council defers wind farm proposals</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were more questions than answers blowing in the wind at an April 14 planning meeting.
A decision on four wind farm applications was deferred after a five-hour meeting last Tuesday failed to provide enough time for all scheduled speakers to have their say.
By the time the meeting came to its obligatory close, another six speakers had yet to be heard. They will have their opportunity to address Chatham-Kent council at the April 14 planning meeting. ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm raises health concerns; No long-term effect after moving, says Kingston doctor</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kingston&#8217;s public health department will lobby government for more research into the health effects of wind turbines.
Dr. Ian Gemmill, Kingston&#8217;s medical officer of health, says there hasn&#8217;t been enough monitoring done to determine whether they&#8217;re harmful.
Gemmill made the declaration at a board of health meeting this week in response to residents who live near the proposed site of a wind farm to be built on Wolfe Island.
The citizens had asked public health to assess the ...]]>
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		<title>Wind turbines in lake again looms as possibility</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite what the minister of natural resources said two years ago, wind turbines are again a possibility in Lake Erie.
The renewed interest in the lake is because the ministry has lifted the “freeze” &#8230;and “will be accepting new applications in the near future,” says Leamington planner Tracey Pillon-Abbs.
The report from Pillon-Abbs surprised several town councillors last week, particularly in view of the large groundswell of public opposition to the first proposal of wind turbines to ...]]>
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		<title>Wind power approval delayed; additional speakers to be heard by council</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chatham-Kent council will have to wait until April before deciding on four proposed wind projects.
A special planning meeting was held Tuesday night, with a standing-room-only crowd in attendance &#8212; including many in an overflow room watching a television feed.
During the five-hour session, more than 20 speakers &#8212; both for and against Toronto-based Gengrowth&#8217;s application &#8212; made their submissions.
Council had deferred the issue from Feb. 12 in order to allow residents to prepare presentations.
However, there are ...]]>
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		<title>Wary of wind energy&#39;s costs</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently there has been a lot of he said/ she said concerning the wind energy and its attempted foothold in our community. But the most blatant report of ignorance came in the form of a story about council members visiting a working wind farm in Port Burwell.
My first question was, at whose request did this little field trip occur?
Jay Wilgar from Aim was mentioned and I was contacted the day after the article ran in ...]]>
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		<title>Town wants more say on turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leamington council wants more of a say on whether wind turbines are allowed off its shores in Lake Erie.
Council is sending a letter to the provincial government objecting to being called a &#8220;commenting agency&#8221; when environmental assessments are done on local wind projects.
Mayor John Adams said since it will affect the municipality&#8217;s residents, Leamington should not be a commenting agency but a stakeholder with more of a say in the decision. Leamington is against plans ...]]>
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		<title>Second wind farm site being assessed</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Guelph-based environmental consulting firm working on one wind farm project near Mount Baldy currently has another project in the works that would be located near Big Thunder.
M.K. Ince environmental engineer Juan Anderson, says construction on the first project in Shuniah northeast of Mount Baldy will being later this year and is expected to produce 30 megawatts of energy, enough to service about 9,000 homes.
Anderson said environmental assessments are being carried out at the proposed ...]]>
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		<title>Public talks April 21 on wind turbines in NOTL</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Niagara-on-the-Lake residents will get their say next month on regulations and policies proposed by town staff regarding the installation of wind-energy turbines.
Following an inquiry from a greenhouse operator two years ago about using the renewable energy source, town council passed an interim bylaw prohibiting the use of the machines until a study of the pros and cons of the wind turbines was completed.
A second interim bylaw, passed a year ago, expires in May.
At a planning ...]]>
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