A new paper has just been published. It is open access.
Krogh, C. M. , Dumbrille, A. , McMurtry, R. Y. , James, R. , Rand, R. W. , Nissenbaum, M. A. , Aramini, J. J. and Ambrose, S. E. (2018). Health Canada’s Wind Turbine Noise and Health Study—A Review Exploring Research Challenges, Methods, Limitations and Uncertainties of Some of the Findings. Open Access Library Journal, 5, e5046. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1105046
69 News|By: Will Lewis| December 18, 2018
Wind Turbine Application Denied by Penn Forrest Township
ENN FOREST TWP., Pa. – The winds of change won’t be blowing through Penn Forest Township, Carbon County as the zoning board denies an application of a company for the second time.
The issue has been debated for the last two years and one resident says the decision means it will be a good Christmas.
The company, Atlantic Wind, wanted to build 27 to 28 wind turbines on the land owned by the Bethlehem Water Authority.
“There was not maybe one thing, but there was noise, there was runoff, there was the wind farm syndrome,” said Paul Fogal, a member of the Penn Forest township zoning board. “There’s all sorts of different things that made us come to a collective decision.”
“In other words, renewables are not economic on their own – they require subsidies. These subsidies are a major part of the “investment” trend for renewables.”
Globe and Mail: Corporate welfare is costly, even when it’s green, December 13, 2018
The Globe and Mail| by: Mark Milke | December 13, 2018
Multiple headlines in the past several weeks have highlighted how government subsidies to major corporations did nothing to stem factory closings and job losses. They include Bombardier Inc.’s announcement of 5,000 layoffs despite at least $5-billion in federal and Quebec subsidies. Then General Motors Co. announced it was laying off 14,700 people across North America. That came despite tax dollars going to the automotive sector: $3.7-billion in Canada and US$16.6-billion in the United States, stemming from the 2008-09 government bailouts.
Now switch gears and look at favourable headlines for another industry – green energy. The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that wind, solar and biomass will capture two-thirds of the new investment dollars in new power plants by 2040. But what exactly is meant by “investment dollars” when renewables receive massive taxpayer aid?
The IEA’s fine print reveals that green technologies must be subsidized and/or “mandated” into the electricity grid to succeed. For example, from the IEA’s 2017 summary: “Cost reductions for renewables are not sufficient on their own to secure efficient decarbonization or reliable supply.” And this year, the IEA wrote that private sector investment in bioenergy was not proceeding at the pace preferred by the Paris-based agency. It advised that “robust sustainability governance and enforcement must therefore be a central pillar of any bioenergy support policy.”……….
Notice of Harm
We are compiling a bundle of 1-page victim impact statements to assist the Premier of Ontario and top PC Ministers in understanding the direct impacts wind turbines are having on our lives with the hope of finding some acknowledgement and relief.
The amount of information that has been sent into the government in the last decade is enormous but we don’t know how much of it survived Liberal government handling.
We are asking, just one more time, for as many as possible to take part in this effort.
We’ve worked to put a one-page-per-person statement together with a place for a photograph of you/ family/pets/; whatever you think will give your statement the most personal touch. Each household can fill out one for all OR each household can fill out one for each person. There are no age boundaries for this one either.
You can fill in the page, attach to an email and send to Barb Ashbee at barbashbee1@gmail.com Send the photo as well please and we will attach it to your page.
OR
you can fill in the one-page statement, attach your photo
OR
print off,hand write your responses, attach photo and mail to:
Lorrie Gillis
354177 Osprey Artemesia
R.R.4 Flesherton, Ont. N0C 1E0
Please respond by Nov. 24th, 2018 ~ (*late entries will still be accepted)
If you need any help with doing your statement, please don’t hesitate to call or email.
One more important thing to do if you are able is to actually list who you have met with by name ie: MPP-name, MP- name, Ministers or Ministry critics, Environmental Commissioner, bureaucrats,Field Officers, office managers, Public Health units/contacts, Medical Officers of Health, Ombudsman and etc. A separate page has been put together for you to fill out with the information.
Sincerely,
Barb Ashbee barbashbee1@gmail.com
Lorrie Gillis lpcgillis@bmts.com 519-922-3072
Sherri Lange
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Boralex understands the value of including multiple voices in the discussion regarding the use, operation and maintenance of the Niagara Region Wind Farm.We know that good planning involves the community as a key partner and we are inviting the public to share their ideas, express their concerns and submit their questions by email at info@nrwf.ca. Detailed information about the Niagara Region Wind Farm is available at Niagara Region Wind
Never underestimate the strength, determination and persistence of strong women. On November 2, 2018 in cold wet and windy weather, members of the mothers made our presence known to the local office for the Niagara Wind Project that concerns are unresolved and our work to seek justice and remedy is unabated.
“Citizens pulled in to ask what was going on. A lady and husband parked across the road and came over to engaged. A generous citizen brought us 3 coffees and gave us props with comments including he has respect for what we do. A lot of vehicles honked and waved. Many thumbs up.
It was a great presence!”
OMG. The tinnitus. BLARING.
I can’t stay focused.
I can’t enjoy reading.
It disturbs my sleep and makes getting to sleep difficult.
I pace the floor unable to relax with the screeching in my head.
Silence is lost.
Tinnitus: one of the many adverse health impact of industrial scale wind turbines and their infrastructure placed too close to my home.
I have never ever experienced this in my life. This is not a soft buzz as some have asked, this is blaring high pitched frequencies in my ears that consume moments and alter my tolerance and behaviour.
Accountability must be realized, for those who are injured and who suffer from this corrosive government plot.
Stop the harm. Stop the industrial wind turbines.
The fight is not over. On October 2nd, 14 of some of the best of the best wind warriors met at Stevens Restaurant in Markdale. The resounding resolve and heart to continue to fight for the people who have become collateral damage and who continue to struggle with the unrelenting torment from turbine emissions, is strong and remains the top priority for the group that gathered. Steps to move forward are already in the works. Thank you to every single one of you who came and thank you all for your work, expertise, concrete ideas and determination to finish this battle. Finally, after over a decade of documentation and fruitless effort to put the truth of the harm to Queens Park, we have a govt in power that is willing to listen. More to come.
Lorrie Gillis
LOUIS PIN Updated: September 28, 2018|London Free Press
Frustrated by what they say are thousands of unreported bird and bat deaths, activists are calling for the new provincial government to take a closer look at the hundreds of wind turbines that dot rural Ontario.
These conservationists want the Environment Ministry to scrutinize what they say are flawed environmental assessments on the province’s existing turbines, saying the huge industrial windmills are responsible for tens of thousands of bird and bat deaths across Ontario each year
These deaths, they say, are not counted properly.
Part of that could be chalked up to Ontario’s regulations: large turbines can tower more than 150 metres high but the province only requires inspectors, when counting bird and bat deaths, to measure 50 metres from each base.
“A lot of the birds that get hit are flung well beyond that point,” Brian Salt, owner of the Mount Brydges animal rehabilitation clinic Salthaven, said. “They’re not counted in that survey.”……
Too good to be true? The newly elected Ontario Government lead by Premier Ford has announced it is repealing the Green Energy Act (GEA). At first flush this should be a good thing and cause for tremendous celebration for wind warriors opposed to the harmful impacts of wind powered complexes especially for those families and individuals who have been raising alarms about adverse health impacts. The GEA is the statute that has enabled renewable energy projects in Ontario to be built, operated and home for regulatory capture under prescribed regulations. But…. Is the announced Bill 34 an elaborate switch and bait hiding the powers of the disastrous Green Energy Act in another statute?
Careful reading of the bill is generating the realization that moving the meat and potatoes of the GEA into another law doesn’t remedy all what is wrong with renewable energy projects powered by wind.
You may want to comment on repealing the Green Energy Act: Deadline October 21, 2018
It is enough to have a mother take to drink. Anyone got a buck for a beer?
“Ontario’s Green Energy Act was a horror for business, a gross invasion of municipal authority, and sent successive auditors general to whatever is the chartered accountants version of a hospice centre”
National Post article: Rex Murphy: The Green Energy Act is dead. Let that be a warning to green politicians
“…deprived Ontarians of natural justice, turning neighbour against neighbour as developers quietly signed deals to lease privately-owned lands in rural communities for massive wind turbines and solar farms, with the projects then sprung on those communities as a fait accompli, in which they had no meaningful say.”
Toronto Sun article: Goldstein: Good Riddance to Toxic Green Energy Act
“Although the full effect of the legislation will be evident only when regulations become available, Bill 34 is another initiative in the government’s campaign to restrict further renewable energy development in Ontario”
Davies: Green Energy Act Repealed and Municipal Powers to Oppose Renewable Energy Reinstated
“All the partisans for and against the Green Energy Act (GEA) screaming about the act’s demise are missing the forest for the trees. Premier Ford’s new legislation claiming to repeal McGuinty’s signature legislative legacy preserves the core of the original GEA.”
Tom Adams: @FordNation’s Energy Policy Record So Far
“BILL 34 REPEAL GREEN ENERGY ACT OR IS IT??? Please share – people need to know…And let’s be honest and non-partisan about this…if the PCs are repealing the Green Energy Act why is there residue of the Green Energy Act being put into other legislation?”
Liz Marshall: Facebook September 24, 2018
News Release of Repeal of Green Energy Act, September 20, 2018
Read Bill 34: Repeal of the Green Energy Act
Mothers Against Wind Turbines Inc. 