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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.
Impacts, Information, Ontario, Publications, Research, Web sites •
Source: Ill Wind Reporting
Ill Wind Reporting
Ill Wind Reporting looks to uncover and document the many instances of negative effects from wind developments in rural communities. The web site is available for all to use. If you are negatively impacted by industrial wind turbines please submit a report for each incident you experience. If you think you will be submitting more than 1 report, please create a user account. Ill Wind Reporting is sponsored by an ad hoc group of individuals in Ontario, Canada, who are . . .
Massive Protest Planned by Rural Ontario
The Wind Industry Thieves are blowing into Toronto for the Ontario Feed In Tariff Forum, April 3rd & 4th, at the Metro Convention Center, 255 Front Street West. Protest Date – Tuesday, April 3rd Time – gather at 11:30 Speakers – 12:00 Protest March – 12:30 Place – Simcoe Park on Front Street, beside CBC building and opposite Metro Toronto Convention Centre The Ontario Federation of Agriculture and Christian Farmers Association have joined the call for a moratorium on further . . .
Economics, Environment, Health, Ontario, Petitions •
Source: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Support a Wind Turbine Moratorium
FIT subsidies for wind are helping drive the cost of power up in Ontario. In January, Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore said wind turbines destroy more jobs than they create and lead to higher energy prices. The Auditor General of Ontario reported in December 2011 that billions of dollars of new wind and solar projects were approved “without many of the usual planning, regulatory, and oversight processes.” We are forced to buy intermittent wind power before other sources of energy, and . . .
Announcements, Economics, Energy, Impacts, Law, Ontario, Publications •
Source: Wind Concerns Ontario
Dirty Business: the reality behind Ontario’s rush to wind power
Book to be released September 12, 2011 Ontario’s government has looked to “renewable” sources of energy such as wind and solar to create jobs in the wake of the failure of the auto sector. But at what price? Wind power generation is now being seen around the world as an expensive boondoggle, in which money is spent by the billions to create an unreliable, inefficient and expensive source of power. What is the situation in Ontario? Why didn’t the lessons . . .
Industrial wind turbines: What a SwindLE!
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Ontario hourly wind energy production
Industrial Wind Developers Trump Our Natural Environment
Please read the following release and respond to the Environmental Bill of Rights (Ontario). Send comments to the Ministry of Natural Resources stating your concerns before June 15. To read the entire EBR Posting, go here. Send comments and concerns to: esa.permits.agreements@ontario.ca You may also review the Draft ESA 2007 for more information. Thank you for your attention to this important environmental issue. Picton, ON/May 12, 2011 – The Ministry of Natural Resources (ON) has posted an application under the . . .
