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Resource Documents: Nova Scotia (9 items)
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Terms and Conditions for Environmental Assessment Approval
Author: Department of Environment and Climate Change, Nova Scotia
Wedgeport Wind Farm Project – Wedgeport Wind Farm GP Inc., Elemental Energy Renewables Inc., Stevens Wind Ltd. and Sipekne’katik First Nation, carrying on business as Wedgeport Wind Farm Limited Partnership – Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia – download PDF Higgins Mountain Wind Farm Project – Higgins Mountain Wind Farm Limited Partnership – Cumberland and Colchester Counties, Nova Scotia – download PDF Mersey River Wind Farm – Mersey River Wind Inc. – Queens County, Nova Scotia – download PDF 4 Project Design and Operation Prior to road construction and/or upgrades, the . . .
More »‘Wind Farms’ — Some Deep Ecology Considerations
Author: Orton, David
This Green Web Bulletin is a criticism of large scale industrial wind turbine sites in rural areas, from a deep ecology perspective. This critique looks at a site near to where we live in Pictou County, Nova Scotia – the Dalhousie Mountain Wind Farm. The project comprises 34 wind turbines and is supposed to provide 51 megawatts of power in the first phase. The proponent has mused that the site has the “potential” for 150 megawatts. (For comparative purposes, we . . .
More »Wind Turbines: Some Deeper Questions
Author: Orton, David; and Hoffmann-Orton, Helga
This book commentary was written in the context of our own local situation, and to make Nina Pierpont’s Wind Turbine Syndrome: A Report on a Natural Experiment better known to others who have wind turbines sprouting up like industrial mushrooms in their backyards and regions. Pierpont, a rural physician living in upstate New York, writes about health impacts suffered by people living close to wind turbines. The book is essentially about human health, and does not discuss ecosystem health, a . . .
More »Request for a Province Wide Moratorium on Industrial Wind Power Projects and a Comprehensive Noise and Health Study
Author: Eco Awareness Society
To: The Honourable Maureen MacDonald, Minister of Health and Health Promotion and Protection We, as Nova Scotia Residents and Citizens respectfully request the following: 1. That a comprehensive, and accurate epidemiological study into the health effects of wind turbine noise and vibration is conducted by a properly accredited group of health and science professionals who are independent of both government and industry interests. 2. That the setbacks from residences and maximum noise levels reflect the data from this study, as . . .
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