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		<title>South Huron an &#8220;unwilling host&#8221; to wind turbines</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/23/south-huron-an-unwilling-host-to-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[SOUTH HURON — The Municipality of South Huron has officially declared itself an “unwilling host” to industrial wind turbines. Council passed a motion at its May 13 meeting declaring itself an unwilling host to wind turbines, while also requesting the province give more say to municipalities regarding municipal planning and site plan control for future wind and solar projects. As reported in last week’s Times-Advocate, council declined at its May 6 meeting to declare itself an unwilling host to wind&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Norfolk declares itself unwilling to host new wind farms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Norfolk County has declared itself unwilling to host new industrial wind farms. County council voted 8-1 last Tuesday to notify the provincial government that it wants no more wind turbines approved for Norfolk. The message by itself will not stop the province from approving the proposed Port Ryerse Wind Farm or other projects. But councillors hope the province will take heed of the growing chorus of municipalities asking to put the brakes on Ontario’s push for wind energy. Premier Kathleen&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Huron County Health Unit will not proceed with request for IWT health study</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Huron County Health Unit will not be proceeding with a study that looks at the health effects of industrial wind turbines, unless a lower tier is prepared to foot the bill. But the bill, according to Erica Clark, epidemiologist for the Health Unit, could be upwards of $400,000. The decision was prompted by a request from the municipality of Bluewater to undertake the study. During a presentation to the Health Unit’s Board on May 9, Clark outlined four different&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Council doing what it can to hold wind developers to account</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/19/council-doing-what-it-can-to-hold-wind-developers-to-account/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Grey Highlands is putting more pressure on wind developers with a bylaw that formalizes the municipality’s expectations and lays out what a proponent is expected to do when dealing with council and the community. The bylaw “establishes accountability mechanisms within the framework” of Ontario’s Green Energy Act, according to chief administrative officer Dan Best. While Grey Highlands has passed a motion declaring itself unwilling to host wind energy projects, under the bylaw it is also exercising its options in dealing&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Peer-reviewed commentary published in Canadian family physician journal</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/18/peer-reviewed-commentary-published-in-canadian-family-physician-journal/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A peer-reviewed article in the official journal of the College of Family Physicians of Canada says its members should expect to see increasing numbers of rural patients reporting adverse effects from exposure to industrial wind turbines. The commentary, published in the May issue of Canadian Family Physician, says turbines can harm human health if built too close to where people live. Ontario’s Green Energy Act requires that turbines be at least 550 metres away from neighbouring homes but the article&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Unhealthy setback</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Stephana Johnston retired to a small rural community on the north shore of Lake Erie after a career in teaching. Her newfound home was quiet, peaceful and friendly. She imagined she would live out her days in Clear Creek. But five years ago, trucks arrived to erect 18 industrial wind turbines around her home. Her dream retirement came to an abrupt and rude end. When the turbines turn Stephana becomes disoriented, dizzy and has great difficulty sleeping. Relief comes only&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine opponents lobby township for resolution</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/turbine-opponents-lobby-township-for-resolution/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wellington County won’t get directly involved in efforts to declare portions of the county “Not a Willing Host” when it comes to wind turbines. The Oppose Belwood Wind Farm Association (OBWF) is hoping to secure a resolution from Centre Wellington stating the municipality is not a welcome host of wind turbines. OBWF president Janet Vallery said her organization has been having talks about a resolution with Centre Wellington Mayor Joanne Ross-Zuj. The group has stepped up its efforts for a&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Grey County citizens wind turbine session</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Some form of civil disobedience is being considered by people opposed to wind turbines. Grey County based Blue Highlands Citizens Coalition is organizing an education session tomorrow on what they describe as non-violent direct action. Spokesperson Lorrie Gillis says they’ll learn their rights and the legalities around action they might take — and that could be anything from speaking out of turn at a municipal meeting to a blockade. The education session will be conducted by the group Christian Peacemakers.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>West Lincoln not a willing host to turbines; Alderman’s motion of declaration receives unanimous support</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/16/west-lincoln-not-a-willing-host-to-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[West Lincoln is not a willing host. That is the message council is sending to Premier Kathleen Wynne, several of her Liberal ministers, Niagara Region, the Association of Municipalities Ontario, the local utility company and the proponents of two separate wind farms planned for the municipality. Ald. Joanne Chechalk brought forward a motion at Monday’s planning, building and environment committee meeting to declare the municipality an unwilling host to industrial wind turbines. The motion cites a lack of information on&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Video to show solidarity on turbine issue</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/16/video-to-show-solidarity-on-turbine-issue/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A bit of frigid weather didn’t stop dozens of area residents from taking a stand against proposed wind turbines in the local area. On May 11, the Oppose Belwood Wind Farms group gathered for a video to be created about their work. The video was being produced as a result of the group being nominated for a Centre Wellington Environmental Excellence Award. The video will be played at the Chamber of Commerce awards ceremony on May 16. The group used&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm — we all pay</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Under the Green Energy Act the local electrical utility is required to subsidize a wind farm development within its area of responsibility. In our case that is Thunder Bay Hydro (us) which is owned by all the citizens of Thunder Bay. Horizon Wind has five applications before our province and when approved, 40 to 50 wind towers will be erected on the Nor’wester Mountain Range. This development will force Thunder Bay Hydro (us) to pay this Toronto real estate developer&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario cabinet ministers told to smooth out wind turbine conflict</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/15/ontario-cabinet-ministers-told-to-smooth-out-wind-turbine-conflict/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Four Ontario cabinet ministers have been given the job of devising ways to give local residents more say in where renewable energy projects like wind farms can be located. It’s a politically urgent task for the Liberals, who were almost wiped out in rural Ontario in the last election. Anger over the lack of local control over renewable energy projects, especially wind farms, hurt the Liberals in some areas. The Green Energy Act removes renewable energy projects from municipal planning&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Norfolk seeks end to turbine development</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/15/norfolk-seeks-end-to-turbine-development/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Norfolk County is no longer &#8220;a willing host&#8221; for further wind turbine development. Norfolk council passed a resolution to this effect Tuesday. In doing so, the county becomes the 18th municipality to tell the province that it opposes the approval of additional industrial wind turbines within its boundaries. Simcoe Coun. Charlie Luke sponsored the motion, which was based on a similar resolution recently passed by the Township of Wainfleet. Rural municipalities began teeing up their motions after Premier Kathleen Wynne&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Clarington an unwilling host to wind power; Council sends message to the Province over two planned wind farms</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/15/clarington-an-unwilling-host-to-wind-power-council-sends-message-to-the-province-over-two-planned-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[CLARINGTON &#8212; Last-minute presentations by a wind farm developer and a doctor convinced there are no ill health effects from properly-sited turbines were not enough to tip the scales against a council chamber packed with residents opposed to the farms. Clarington is officially an unwilling host to wind energy, after council passed the declaration at its Monday, May 13 meeting. In her first throne speech, Premier Kathleen Wynne said Ontario could benefit from industrial wind farms only if there were&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Group urges wind-turbine motion from Cobourg</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/15/group-urges-wind-turbine-motion-from-cobourg/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[With not enough yet known about their health effects and no meaningful property-setback standards yet in place, the Alliance for the Protection of the Northumberland Hills urged Cobourg council this week to pass a motion in opposition to wind turbines. Cougar Global Investments vice-chair Gwyer Moore and chartered accountant Tyne Bonebakker represented the group in making the plea. Moore explained that their focus is on the potential impact of industrial wind turbines in Northumberland, and that they hoped to make&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Kincardine asks for Armow project to be stalled, comment period re-opened</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/15/kincardine-asks-for-armow-project-to-be-stalled-comment-period-re-opened/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Kincardine is calling on the province to halt the process for the Armow Wind Project in light of new information. Council passed a motion at its meeting last Wednesday objecting to the closure of the public comment period for the proposed wind energy development after learning that NAV CANADA identified 43 out of the 99 turbine placements in the project layout that would impact the municipal airport. A consultant for the projects developers, Pattern Renewable Holdings and Samsung Renewable Energy,&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind critics optimistic about future lawsuits</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/14/wind-critics-optimistic-about-future-lawsuits/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A recent Superior Court decision in late April has possibly given homeowners an edge in fighting Industrial Wind Turbines in their area. That’s at least what lawyer Eric Gillespie and some Haldimand County residents believe. Gillespie represented the Wiggins in Clearview Township when the couple took wind company WPD Canada to court. They claimed that they listed their 48-acre property for sale, and when the wind project was announced, all interested potential buyers disappeared. In this case, the plaintiffs had&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>More say on green energy projects; One anti-wind advocate doubtful real change will come</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/14/more-say-on-green-energy-projects-one-anti-wind-advocate-doubtful-real-change-will-come/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 12:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Changes are expected &#8220;very soon&#8221; to give municipalities more power regarding the location of green energy projects, but it doesn&#8217;t instill much hope in a local anti-wind advocate. &#8220;I don&#8217;t imagine it will take any (wind turbines) down that are there,&#8221; said Lisa Michaud, a member of Chatham-Kent Wind Action Group. The Thamesville-area woman joined the group after her family launched a lawsuit against Suncor Energy in 2011. The lawsuit claims they have suffered such symptoms as vertigo, nausea and&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Changes to green rules come too late, opponents say</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/14/changes-to-green-rules-come-too-late-opponents-say/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 12:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Ontario changes are coming “very soon” that would give municipalities more control over green energy projects within their boundaries. But the head of at least one rural community worries that might be too little, too late for areas where wind turbines are an impending reality and longstanding annoyance. A working group of four Liberal cabinet ministers is reviewing ways to improve the consultation process for green energy projects such as wind and solar installations and including gas-fired power plants, confirmed&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>There are still problems to resolve</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 02:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of problems yet to be resolved before one blade on any of the Industrial Wind Turbines (IWTs) should be allowed to turn. The vibrancy fund makes it impossible for council to make the IWT companies do anything or criticize anything that they wish to do. If this is not true (and I find that hard to believe) I would recommend the following: 1. The mayor and council hold a public meeting (I recommend a large venue&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Health study should be complete before province moves ahead, Plympton-Wyoming mayor says</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/13/health-study-should-be-complete-before-province-moves-ahead-plympton-wyoming-mayor-says/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 12:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Is the Ontario government trying to make peace with rural communities on the controversial issue of industrial wind turbines? It&#8217;s certainly a question being asked after the province recently announced plans to improve how large energy projects are sited in Ontario. In a recent letter, the Ministry of Energy asked the Ontario Power Authority and the Independent Electricity System Operator to help develop a new regional energy planning process. Under this new protocol, municipalities, the energy sector and other stakeholders&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind woes recounted</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/11/wind-woes-recounted/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 12:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[DEMORESTVILLE — Monica Elmes insists some of her quality of life has gone with the wind since a large wind turbine farm started tapping wind energy near her Ridgetown, Ont. farm three years ago. Elmes made the statements before the long-awaited human health phase of the Ostrander Point Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) appeal at Sophiasburgh town hall in Demorestville in Prince Edward County Thursday. The appeal panel — which was slated to be held both Wednesday and Thursday, but saw&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ostrander Appeal turns to industrial wind turbine impacts upon humans</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/10/ostrander-appeal-turns-to-industrial-wind-turbine-impacts-upon-humans/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 22:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[After many, many hours of expert testimony from dozens of witnesses, the Environmental Review Tribunal examining the decision to approve an industrial wind turbine project at Ostrander Point is shifting gears this week, turning from plants and animals to humans. For the better part of the last two months ERT panel members Robert Wright and Heather Gibbs have heard how nine 500-foot high turbines, the 40 truckloads of concrete needed to form the base to support each structure, the football&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Displaced Haldimand eagles move into replacement nests</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 21:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind opponents reply that Nextera may be tooting its own horn prematurely.
 
“Sure they’re proud of what they’ve done,” says Ernie King of Cayuga, chair of Haldimand Wind Concerns. “But when these blades start turning and an eagle gets cut in half, how much of a success story will it be then? Sure they can pat themselves on the back. But that doesn’t change that they took down a nest that a pair of eagles made themselves to make room for three turbines.”
 
Fred Ortt of Jarvis, also a member of Haldimand Wind Concerns, continues to question Nextera’s decision to remove the nest. Ortt says the company had ample room across the road where it could’ve situated the turbines. Ortt and others claim to know of another eagles’ nest that has yet to cross Nextera’s radar screen.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines being built near schools</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/turbines-being-built-near-schools/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 03:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Lambton Kent District School Board has informed the Ontario government that industrial wind turbines are being placed near two of its The Lambton County Student Art Show is now on display at Sarnia&#8217;s Lawrence elementary schools (Aberarder Central School and Bosanquet Central School) in Lambton County. Provincial approval was House for the month of May. Some 80 pieces by students from area high schools are on display and granted for the two wind projects despite an ongoing federal study&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Belwood area turbine opponents buoyed by Ontario Supreme Court ruling</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/belwood-area-turbine-opponents-buoyed-by-ontario-supreme-court-ruling/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind turbine opponents are buoyed by a recent Supreme Court of Ontario ruling that could open the door for property claims against wind turbine companies. Janet Vallery, president of the Oppose Belwood Wind Farm Association (OBWF) said the ruling opens up potential claims of land devaluation against turbine companies. “I think it’s positive,” she said after reading claims by both sides in the dispute. Justice S.E. Healey ruled in a case between owners of a property near Stayner and wpd&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines not welcome in unique community, farmer says</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/turbines-not-welcome-in-unique-community-farmer-says/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LISTOWEL – North Perth council was encouraged to maintain a strong opposition to a proposed wind turbine project at their meeting on Monday, hearing from a local dairy farmer. Farmer Steve Dolson delivered a presentation to council on May 6, outlining a scenario for the community if a wind turbine project from Invenergy Canada moves ahead. In a case study of a wind turbine project from the Ripley area, Dolson showed that many residents left their homes and have put&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>North Perth endorses livestock wind turbine concerns letter</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/north-perth-endorses-livestock-wind-turbine-concerns-letter/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Those fighting to stop a proposed wind turbine project in the North Perth area are keeping the pressure on. The latest in a string of presentations to Council was made by a local Dairy Farmer. Steve Dolson claims the vibrant livestock industry and related support businesses could be at risk. Dolson explains no one seems to know what the impact of a large wind development on livestock will be and does not want the area to be a test case.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>A bully on the wind</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/a-bully-on-the-wind/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Horizon Wind Inc., has overpowered another opponent to build wind turbines on the Nor’Wester Mountains (Wind Farm Application ‘Complete’ — CJ, April 25). The Ministry of Environment appears to have been bullied to post for public consultation Horizon’s plan, however flawed, when most everyone agrees it is not located in an appropriate place. I say “bullied” because this latest tactic comes just three months after Horizon launched a legal challenge against the MOE (our provincial watchdog) — a challenge which&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Kincardine affirms itself as &#8220;not willing&#8221; to host wind farms</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/kincardine-affirms-itself-as-not-willing-to-host-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Kincardine council has made it clear that the Municipality will not be a willing host community to industrial wind turbine projects. Council passed a motion stating exactly that at its meeting last Wednesday. The motion cites Grey Bruce Health Unit Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Hazel Lynn and Dr. Ian Arra’s recent study which found that industrial wind turbines “have a definite human annoyance on residents living around and near these structures.” The motion also made mention of the fact&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Not gonna fly: Council not sold on Armow Wind mitigation measures for airport</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/not-gonna-fly-council-not-sold-on-armow-wind-mitigation-measures-for-airport/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The atmosphere inside Kincardine council chambers was ripe with tension last Wednesday as a Pattern Renewable Holdings developer took the floor to review a plan aimed to avoid impacts to Kincardine’s airport from the Armow Wind Project. Before launching into his presentation, Jody Law expressed disappointment that council had approved a motion, moments earlier, stating that it is not a willing host community to industrial wind turbines. He told council that approving such a motion flew in the face of&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tribunal focus on health effects continues Thursday</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/08/tribunal-focus-on-health-effects-continues-thursday/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 12:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Discussions at the Environmental Review Tribunal Tuesday have postponed witness testimony to Thursday, May 9, starting at 9:30 a.m. There will not be a hearing Wednesday. The appeal to the Environmental Review Tribunal, filed by the Alliance to Protect Prince Edward County (APPEC), is on the basis of “serious harm to human health that will be caused by Gilead Power’s Ostrander Point wind project. The hearing is to focus on health effects that nine wind turbines will inflict on residents&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario court dismisses &#8220;speculative&#8221; challenge to a prospective wind turbine project</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/07/ontario-court-dismisses-speculative-challenge-to-a-prospective-wind-turbine-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 03:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In Wiggins v. WPD Canada Corporation,1 the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims for injunctive relief and $16.6 million in damages against a prospective (not yet approved) wind turbine project, granting the defendants’ motions for summary judgment. The Court found that the plaintiffs were unable to show that they had a viable cause of action in nuisance, negligence, trespass and strict liability until the project received its final Renewable Energy Approval (REA), if ever. The Court also&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Pelham may back Wainfleet&#8217;s turbine opposition</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/07/pelham-may-back-wainfleets-turbine-opposition/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 23:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[John Durley wants the provincial government to know that Pelham supports its neighbour in its unwillingness to host wind turbines. The Ward 3 councillor said Monday night that he wanted to make a motion to support Wainfleet in its efforts. Council directed town staff to report back with more information and recommendations. The Township of Wainfleet recently passed a resolution that states the municipality doesn’t want wind turbine projects in its community and sent a letter stating its stance on&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-turbine rally planned for West Lincoln</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/07/anti-turbine-rally-planned-for-west-lincoln/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 17:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A local citizens group is staging both a protest and information night next Monday. The West Lincoln and Glanbrook Wind Action Group will stage a “not a willing host” rally on Monday, May 13 at 6 p.m. outside West Lincoln township hall. The protest takes place just before the council meets for a planning meeting. Following that, the group will move up the street to Smithville District Christian High School for a presentation by retired banker and Financial Post commentator&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Canada loses trade appeal over Ontario&#8217;s green energy legislation</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/07/canada-loses-trade-appeal-over-ontarios-green-energy-legislation/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 12:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[TORONTO &#8212; Canada has lost an appeal at the World Trade Organization over Ontario&#8217;s green energy laws. Japan and the European Union brought the case three years ago, arguing that a part of the province&#8217;s green energy program requiring made-in-Ontario parts for wind and solar farms breaches international trade law. They argued the incentives were illegal because they discriminated against foreign firms, a complaint that was upheld by a WTO adjudication panel in December 2012. The federal and Ontario governments&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Both sides claim court ruling as a win</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/06/both-sides-claim-court-ruling-as-a-win/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 19:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[CLEARVIEW TWP. — A court decision on a proposed wind turbine project has both sides claiming victory. Last month, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled a group of Clearview residents fighting a wind turbine project can’t legally challenge the project until the project receives approval from the Ministry of the Environment. However, the ruling by Madam Justice S.E. Healey doesn’t preclude the landowners from launching another legal challenge of WPD Canada’s Fairview Wind Project if and when provincial authorities&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Haldimand’s cash for turbines deal</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/04/haldimands-cash-for-turbines-deal/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 12:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind farms in Haldimand County pay a yearly cash fee. The mayor says it&#8217;s making the best of a tough situation. Others think it&#8217;s a sell-out The behemoth wind turbines lying in pieces across the field of Haldimand County – some of them now sprouting skyward – evoke starkly different reactions from different people. For Don Boyle, Haldimand’s chief administrative officer, they are a promise of revenue to pay for new roads, arenas or other municipal projects. For nurse practitioner&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Group hoping to change image of wind farms</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/03/group-hoping-to-change-image-of-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 20:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind turbines are among the most controversial issues in rural Ontario, but a group of people is hoping community ownership and benefit could make renewable energy more welcome. Steve McKague is trying to mend the community divisions created by wind energy. “If someone drives by a wind turbine and says ‘That project is putting a new pool in my community or building a new park in my community,’ we&#8217;re hoping that they won&#8217;t see it in such a negative light.&#8221;&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;If they build it, we will sue&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/03/if-they-build-it-we-will-sue/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 20:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Do industrial wind turbines lower the value of property nearby? An Ontario Superior Court Justice said last week they do. This has opponents of these hulking machines looming over their homes and communities cheering in the streets. They believe the justice’s words have opened a door to enable them to claim and recover damages from the owners of these projects resulting from diminished property value. Eric Gillespie reported to a packed house at the Regent Theatre last week that Justice&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Insurance industry wary of covering farms with turbines after Collingwood court ruling</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/03/insurance-industry-wary-of-covering-farms-with-turbines-after-collingwood-court-ruling/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 20:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A local insurance broker says a recent decision to allow neighbours of wind farms to sue for lost property value may make it harder for farms with wind turbines to get liability insurance. Greg Cameron of Cameron Insurance was one of the speakers at yesterday’s meeting held by CORE – Conserve Our Rural Enniskillen. CORE organized after three wind companies began moving throughout the area asking farmers to host wind turbines on their property. Up to 51 turbines are planned&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Kincardine votes on hosting more wind turbines</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/03/kincardine-votes-on-hosting-more-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 20:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Add the municipality of Kincardine to the growing list of unwilling hosts for industrial wind turbine farms. Kincardine already plays host to almost 100 turbines and could double that number with the Armow Wind Project. In a recorded vote, council approved the unwilling host status by a 7-1 count with Mayor Larry Kraemer absent from the meeting. The lone dissenting vote came from Councillor Ken Craig who says the municipality has a wind energy policy that was developed by council&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer urging caution with wind leases; Calls lease payments &#8216;chump change&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/03/lawyer-urging-caution-with-wind-leases-calls-lease-payments-chump-change/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 20:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Petrolia lawyer Wallace Lang questioned the amount of money wind energy companies are offering farmers who lease them land to build turbines on. Lang told more than 200 people gathered Thursday evening at Lambton Centennial School near Petrolia that the wind leases he has read typically offer landowners $15,000 a year, per turbine. He was invited to speak by Conservation of Rural Enniskillen (CORE), a citizens group that formed earlier this year to oppose plans by several companies to build&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Municipality of Kincardine no longer a &#8216;willing host&#8217; for wind turbines</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/03/municipality-of-kincardine-no-longer-a-willing-host-for-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 20:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Municipality of Kincardine council has decided it is no longer a &#8220;willing host&#8221; for industrial wind turbines. The motion came at the May 1, 2013 meeting of council. The night&#8217;s agenda stated the decision was made after citizens had submitted concerns over turbines and research done by Grey Bruce Health Unit medical officers of health, Dr. Hazel Lynn and Dr. Ian Arra, which indicates that wind turbines have a &#8220;definite human annoyance&#8221; on nearby residents. It noted the resolution should&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>More turbines for Niagara?</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/03/more-turbines-for-niagara/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 12:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A new association is prepared to submit at least 15 applications for wind projects, including at least one in Niagara, when the government opens the next window for its Feed-in-Tariff program. The Rural Community Power Producers Association (RCPP), through its member co-operatives, says it will inject close to $300 million in revenue into Ontario’s rural communities. “In a nutshell, we have local residents, farm collaboratives, First Nations and other institutions working to develop local, sustainable energy projects,” said Tom Lewis,&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>24/7, until the day you die</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/02/247-until-the-day-you-die/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 03:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A number of years back, before wind farms were of interest or concern to me, I saw on television a true story about wind turbines. In a small mid-western American farming community, an elderly couple operated a small farm. The woman admitted to having been pro-green energy. When first approached by wind farm representatives, she welcomed them with open arms. When they discussed placing the turbines on her property, promoting the benefits to her and her husband, to the surrounding&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>West Perth an unwilling host to turbines</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 12:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Add West Perth to the growing list of Ontario municipalities who are declaring themselves unwilling hosts to industrial wind turbines. At council’s April 22 meeting there was little discussion as clerk Florence Stalenhoef reviewed the motion and council voted in favour of it. Similar to the motions made by other municipalities, West Perth’s declaration hinges on comments from Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne. Facing the increasing backlash from rural municipalities over the Green Energy Act, Wynne said the province would bring&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind Concerns ‘mischaracterized’ court ruling: WPD, Pembina Institute</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 12:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[WPD Canada Corp. and the Pembina Institute say lawyer Eric Gillespie and Wind Concerns Ontario have “mischaracterized” a Superior Court ruling on a pre-trial motion by WPD that plaintiffs in a claim against it and two landowners had not demonstrated a cause for action. The Citizen correctly reported the outcome last week, but Pembina says that even the Toronto Star was incorrect in its reporting. The Citizen might, however, misled readers by stating that plaintiffs could commence an action once&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Rift between farm groups may surface at CORE meeting Thursday</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/30/rift-between-farm-groups-may-surface-at-core-meeting-thursday/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The rift in the farm community over wind turbines may be front and center Thursday as the anti-wind group in Enniskillen hosts another public forum. Conserve Our Rural Enniskillen – CORE &#8211; was formed after wind energy companies started making the rounds in the countryside around Petrolia hoping to find farmers willing to sign leases to hosts wind turbines. In all, four companies have projects slated for Enniskillen with up to 51 turbines on the books. CORE spokesman Chad Burke&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wainfleet won’t appeal turbine setback ruling</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Township of Wainfleet won’t appeal a recent Superior Court of Ontario judge’s decision that struck down its turbine setback bylaw. “Our lawyer made it clear to us if we did seek an appeal, it probably wouldn’t go in our favour,” Mayor April Jeffs said. “We also looked at how much money we have spent on this and decided not to appeal,” she added. Aldermen met behind closed doors last week with lawyer Donald C. DeLorenzo, of the firm of&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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