A number of Ontario ERT (Environmental Review Tribunal) decisions were released just before Xmas; they can be found here. The results should no longer be surprising; forces opposing the development of wind farms in the province challenged several projects on grounds that they were dangerous to human health, and
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Constitutional Challenge By Anti-Wind NIMBYS Is A Desperate Hail Mary
All they can point to in regards to negative health effects is “annoyance”: some folks find the presence of wind farms annoying. And being annoyed all the time is, generally speaking, detrimental to your health. The problem is people can get annoyed at anything. You may get annoyed by the
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Wind Energy In Ontario: The State Of Play
The controversy around Ontario’s Green Energy Act has faded since the OLP won their majority. Konrad Yakabuski can whine as much (and as inaccurately) as he wants, but Ontario anti-wind activists are basically left to pound sand for the next couple of years, losing in court and before the Ontario ERT
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Anti-Wind Battle Moves To Municipalities
Wind Concerns Ontario has a statement on the election here. They blame “urban voters” for the loss, although oddly enough their contact address is still a ritzy address down in The Guild. The next step is to run, or at least support, candidates in this October’s municipal elections. So, basically, stick
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Anti-Wind Forces Vandalizing Property?
The OPP seems to think so. And its worth noting this statement from Ontario Wind Resistance: [Editors note: Before everyone jumps to the conclusion that it MUST have been an anti- wind protestor who did this, take a moment to remember other ‘incidents’ that may or may not have happened:
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Anti-Wind Protest Attracts 300 People
That is all (in more ways than one. Bah hah!)
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: They Are Appalled
A kind of follow-up to this post. Anti-wind activists out in Adelaide have been asked by the provincial MOE (Ministry of the Environment) to, if they are testifying re the allegedly deleterious health effects of wind-turbines, turn over ten years worth of health records, and to, if they are testifying re
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Who Funds Ontario Anti-Wind Groups?
An interesting ad from the Scarborough Mirror: I’ve sent them the stuff I did a couple years ago about possible connections between the group Wind Concerns Ontario and the Power Workers Union (PWU). In chronological order, this one, this one, and this one. There’s the email if anyone has more.
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