From The Farmers Forum Survey: Wind Farms On Wolfe Island
I don’t think the survey is on-line yet–at least I couldn’t find it here–but WCO hasposted some of the highlights: Farmers Forum surveyed a big chunk of Wolfe Island residents…
Wind Concerns Ontario
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…
MPAC Turbines And Property Values Study Update
I almost wasn’t going to write about Wind Concerns Ontario’s “refutation” of MPAC’s study re the effects of wind turbines on property values. However, the most interesting bit of it…
Anti-Wind Forces Vandalizing Property?
The OPP seems to think so. And its worth noting this statement from Ontario Wind Resistance:
How Many Anti-Wind Activists In Ontario?
They can usually bring numbers in the low hundreds to their big protests, but the hard core appears to be much smaller. From a recent Environmental Review Tribunal hearing: When…
Elections Ontario VS. WCO
From Parker Gallant; the last couple of sentences (which I have bolded) are the coolest bit: A letter dated August 8, 2013, which Wind Concerns Ontario (WCO) received from Elections…
Saved By The Shell! Ostrander Point Wind Project Cancelled Due To Presence Of Endangered Turtle!!!!
The Ostander Point Wind Project has been revoked because: … the roads systems and construction would cause serious and irreversible harm to the Blanding’s Turtle and that the proposed mitigation…
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…
An Award For NIMBYISM
From Pierre Poilievre:Ms. Jane Wilson’s medal recognized her work, both locally and across Ontario, in raising awareness of health and safety concerns for those living near industrial wind turbines. She…
John LaForet Strikes Back
…launches a “strategy group”, pays for a poll. Once President of Wind Concerns Ontario, even further back LaForet was active in the Ontario Liberal Party, with whom he had a…
Whither Wind Concerns?
The day after I noted that Wind Concerns Ontario had shut down their blog, citing a threat of legal action, John Spears did a short piece on the same topic…
Wind Concerns Ontario Shuts Down Blog
Due to a threat of legal action, this site will no longer be updated… …is about all it says. No response yet from the “For more info” email given, the…
Enviralment is a Flog For PWU (Power Workers Union)
That is, a fake Blog used as a sales tool, in this case by the Ontario Power Workers Union to trash Dalton McGuinty's Green Energy Act: A bold labour union…
More Dirty Business: Who Funds Wind Concerns Ontario, Part II
According to Elections Ontario, if you want to spend over $500 getting word out on your issues during a provincial election, you have to register as a third party advertiser.…
Dirty Business: Who Funds Wind Concerns Ontario?
Dunno, really. There have been rumours that the PWU (Power Workers Union) is behind them, but nothing really solid, and its clear that however it raises funds, WCO's core membership…
Perth-Wellington Has a Message for John Wilkinson – Sayonara!
I’m writing this from the front seat of our vehicle as the ‘Winds of Change Tour’ barrels down the highway from Stratford, en route to Searchmont for tomorrow’s rally with…
“Wind Concerns Ontario’s Winds of Change Tour Launched in Owen Sound”
Wind Concerns Ontario has successfully launched the latest province-wide organizing effort of 2011, this time with a strong election focus. Over the next forty or so days, Wind Concerns Ontario…
The Politics of Wind Power: Liberals look to ‘John Tory’ Tim Hudak
The Ontario Liberals sent a message to the future this week: it warned Conservative Premier Tim Hudak that if he wants to keep his absurd, long-standing promise to put a…
Video: John Laforet’s Address to the Empire Club of Canada – Wind Generated Controversy
What an amazing moment for Wind Concerns Ontario and me personally. It was an honour to stand behind the podium at the Empire Club of Canada and deliver an address…