| Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005. |
Opponents of wind energy project appeal to minister
Credit: Wind energy project opponents appeal to minister | The Whig-Standard | Monday, November 30, 2015 | www.thewhig.com ~~
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Translate: FROM English | TO English
STELLA – The group fighting a wind energy project on Amherst Island is appealing to Canada’s new transport minister to support their cause.
In a letter earlier this month, Peter Large, president of the the Association to Protect Amherst Island, asked new Minister of Transport Marc Garneau to block the construction of docks needed to move equipment, vehicles and materials from the mainland to the island.
The project’s proponent, Windlectic Inc., requires a permit to build the docks under the Navigation Protection Act.
Large also pointed out concerns about shipping created by the project and the additional “risks of navigating across Lake Ontario, carrying hazardous material, interfering with the regular ferry operation.”
It is under the Navigation Protection Act that Large is asking Garneau to block the docks.
“If the construction of these docks were to be allowed, it would create a ‘port’ on Loyalist Township Parkway and also on the island, a permanent industrial port,” Large wrote. “There is no evidence that other options were considered, for example using the existing dock facilities nearby at the Lafarge Plant that will be providing the cement for the proposed construction of the wind turbines.”
In his letter, Large wrote about how Garneau “often visited the island” and he quoted a letter Garneau sent to the chair of the township’s heritage committee in March 2012 in which he wrote that, “All efforts should be made to preserve these fences and to protect Amherst lsland cultural heritage landscape for all Canadians, present and future.”
In late August, the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change gave the company conditional approval to build up to 26 turbines.
This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.
The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.
| Wind Watch relies entirely on User Contributions |
 (via Stripe) |
 (via Paypal) |
Share:
[ Short URL: https://wind-watch.org/news/?p=74923 ]
