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Alerts and Events: Ontario
These postings are provided to help publicize and provide examples of the efforts of affiliated groups and individuals related to industrial wind energy development. Most of the notices posted here are not the product of nor are they necessarily endorsed by National Wind Watch.
Do These Statements Sound Like They’re Coming from Nimby’s?
“I have had to permanently move out of my home because of this problem… Since I have moved to another location I have no longer had any health problems related to the noise from the wind turbines … All of the parties involved in creating this problem have been notified about it … and absolutely nothing has been done about it.” “We are left with a basic existence – loss of family – you know you are worth absolutely nothing” “We keep . . .
Action alerts, Environment, New York, Ontario, Press releases, Wildlife •
Source: North American Platform Against Windpower and Great Lakes Wind Truth
Offshore Alert! Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. and Freshwater Wind
Offshore Alert! Leedco’s First Fresh Water Lake Energy Scam energizes international watchdog agencies: More resolve that the Great Lakes are NOT doomed to become another “green energy basket case” “WHOSE MONEY IS BEING SPENT ON A PROJECT THAT HAS NOT EVEN BEEN APPROVED, AND WHY IS DRILLING OF THE LAKE BOTTOM BEING PERMITTED AT THIS STAGE?” —Suzanne Albright, Great Lakes Wind Truth Plans are underway by Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) and Freshwater Wind, LLC to construct five massive . . .
Comments re Goulais Wind Farm
Summary: The proponent, Sprott Power Corp, has failed to demonstrate that the Goulais Wind Farm will provide advantages to Algoma District. There is high risk that impact on tourism will be adverse, a subject that is inadequately addressed. The setbacks to neighbouring property lines do not provide adequate safety from known failures, and the provided documentation that claims accidents are of low frequency or that root causes have been addressed have not been adequately provided. The noise assessment fails to . . .
“Ontario’s Future is in Ashes” PROTEST AT Simcoe Park, Convention Center, 11:30am, April 3rd, 2013
For the SECOND year in a row, people from around the province will arrive in Toronto on Wed., April 3rd to protest at Simcoe Park opposite the Toronto Convention Centre on Front St. After rallying, we will march to raise awareness of the issue for our urban neighbours! Buses will be rolling in at 11:30 from across the province to demand an end to the threat from industrial wind turbines. WE ARE NOT GOING AWAY! People in Ontario have had . . .
Stop destruction of Tundra Swan migration habitat by wind turbines
Every March 10,000-15,000 Tundra Swans migrate from the eastern USA seaboard to the Arctic tundra of Canada and Alaska. On their epic 6,500-kilometer migration the swans stop to rest and feed on the Thedford Bog and environs near Grand Bend on Lake Huron. The Thedford Bog area is a unique habitat ideally suited specifically for the migrating Tundra Swans, with its wide expanse of flat fields that feature large areas of ice, water and snow in March, providing safety and . . .
WIND RUSH: A Look at the Wind Turbine Controversy
On CBC TV’s Doc Zone, Thursday, February 7, 9PM and (CBC News Network) Saturday, February 9, 11PM [See video clips below.] Driving by a wind farm, looking at the rural houses, it’s easy to be skeptical about the talk of wind turbines making people sick. We’re told that wind turbines are good and green. So how could those people living by them have an issue? But there is a problem – and it’s there because some governments and wind companies didn’t . . .
Wind Victims Ontario
windvictimsontario.com Ontario has a new website for families who are facing the impacts of modern wind energy projects. Industrial wind turbines are being built too close to thousands of existing homes and businesses in Ontario. The Provincial Government’s failure to conduct adequate health studies has resulted in countless reports of serious difficulty for families, their pets and livestock. In some cases it has destroyed people’s health and their livelihoods. Wind Victims Ontario will help to tell their story. A lack . . .