Wind Power News: Ontario
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Unreasonable decision
As Canadians, we have rights and freedoms for which thousands of soldiers, who put the good of the country before their own wants and needs, fought and died. One of those freedoms was to have our day in court. To provide evidence and testimony to a judge and/or jury who would fairly evaluate that evidence and make a ruling. As Canadians, we should all be ashamed that Christine Burke, a well owner whose water was contaminated by pump-clogging sediment, has . . . Complete story »
In case you missed it: Province drops EPA charges
Concerned well owner Christine Burke’s second day in court took place in a shorter time span than her first one two months ago. And there won’t be another. At least not in regard to her charges against several wind turbine companies, a provincial ministry and its cabinet minister. That’s all thanks to the Attorney General’s office, who stepped in Oct. 30 at Provincial Offences Court to take over the case. Brian Wilkie, the AG’s representative in the courtroom, immediately withdrew . . . Complete story »
Lawyer says turbine fight isn’t over
The lawyer for concerned well owner Christine Burke vowed the fight would continue. Eric Gillespie, reached at his Toronto law office, told The Chatham Voice the decision this morning by the Attorney General’s office to take over the case and withdraw all charges has left Burke wondering the motivation by the moves. “Two of the five charges were against the government (Ontario Environment Minister Jeff Yurek and the Ministry of the Environment), and now the government has withdrawn the charges. . . . Complete story »
Charges against Ontario environment minister related to wind farms withdrawn, lack of evidence cited
TORONTO – A southwestern Ontario woman has lost a bid to take the province to court over some of its clean energy projects. Earlier on Wednesday, Crown prosecutors withdrew charges against Ontario’s environment minister, government staff and three companies involved in building wind farms. A spokesman for Environment Minister Jeff Yurek says Crown lawyers cited lack of evidence in their decision to drop the charges. They had stemmed from a private prosecution launched in July by Chatham-Kent resident Christine Burke, . . . Complete story »
Burke’s wind farm case tossed by province
Concerned well owner Christine Burke’s second day in court took place in a shorter time span than her first one two months ago. And there won’t be another. At least not in regard to her charges against several wind turbine companies, a provincial ministry and its cabinet minister. That’s all thanks to the Attorney General’s office, who stepped in Oct. 30 at Provincial Offences Court to take over the case. Brian Wilkie, the AG’s representative in the courtroom, immediately withdrew . . . Complete story »
CK well water contamination charges dropped
All charges have been withdrawn in the alleged well water contamination case against the Ministry of Environment, minister Jeff Yurek, and three wind turbine companies. The Attorney General intervened and ordered all charges to be dropped. Attorney General representative Brian Wilkie said there was not enough evidence to link the companies to the problem. The judge withdrew the charges in Blenheim court on Wednesday morning, saying there was no reasonable prospect of conviction because of the reasonable doubt cited by . . . Complete story »
Final farewell to green energy as turbines come down
The owner of farm land where one of four big industrial wind turbines stand in Prince Edward County hopes a lot of wind energy supporters show up this Tuesday morning to watch the beginning of the end of the controversial White Pines wind farm. Jen Ackmeran says the gathering is about “shaming” the Doug Ford government for cancelling what was to be a nine turbine development when four were already up and ready to go. She says the cancellation was . . . Complete story »
Pickering waterfront gets the wind knocked out of it
PICKERING – A familiar sight along the Waterfront Trail at Alex Robertson Park will soon be gone, but not without leaving behind a legacy. The Ontario Power Generation (OPG) wind turbine, which for the past 18 years has stood as a landmark in south Pickering, is in the process of being dismantled, a decision made after gearbox failure has left it out of use for the past year or so. But not only did it serve its purpose, according to OPG’s . . . Complete story »
Date set for dismantling of wind turbines in Prince Edward Country
Work to dismantle wind turbines in Prince Edward County, Ont., is set to begin on Oct. 15th. A decision that has caused many residents to urge the Ford government to rethink its decision. “In a climate emergency, we are tearing down a wind farm? It makes no sense,” said Jen Ackerman, a Prince Edward County property owner who hosts one of the turbines. The decision to cancel the White Pines Wind Project was one of the first moves of the . . . Complete story »
Story bigger than ‘just a man who showed his ass,’ says turbine project neighbour who denies ‘mooning’ crew
NORTH STORMONT – The stress and noise of living near three industrial turbine construction sites fanned a local man’s frustrations to the point of showing “not even half a moon” to a Nation Rise project worker while they mutually pointed cameras at each other. So says Randy Lamb, 52, nonetheless now accused with the whole Criminal Code charge of “Indecent Exhibition” after the Sept. 21 incident in North Stormont, where contractors for EDP Renewables are currently building the biggest wind farm . . . Complete story »
