July 24, 2013
Ontario

Wind energy town hall meeting planned

Anti-turbine groups offering information on energy costs and other impacts | Observer Staff Wednesday, July 24, 2013 www.theobserver.ca

A public town hall meeting that three area anti-wind turbine groups are holding July 31 in Sarnia will feature presentations on how wind energy impacts energy costs, as well as the people and wildlife living near them.

The 7 p.m. town hall meeting at Sarnia’s Imperial Theatre on Christina Street is being hosted by We’re Against Industrial Turbines – Plympton-Wyoming, Conservation of Rural Enniskillen and the Middlesex-Lambton Wind Action Group.

The agenda includes a video presentation by economist Ross McKitrick, as well as presentations by retired banker Parker Gallant, Orangeville area resident Barb Ashbee-Lormand and Esther Wrightman, a Middlesex County anti-wind activist being sued by Florida-based Nextera Energy.

Nextera’s application for provincial environmental approval to build its proposed 97-turbine Jericho Wind farm in Lambton Shores and Warwick Township is available online for public review and comments at www.ebr.gov.on.ca.

The Ministry of the Environment has reviewed the application and is posting it until Aug. 31 for public comments.

Suncor is also currently seeking environmental approval for its proposed 46-turbine Cedar Point Wind Power project in Plympton-Wyoming, Lambton Shores and Warwick Township.