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Ontario pilots worried about wind turbines after U.S. crash | CTV London News

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A wind turbine, part of the Armow Wind project, is seen in Kincardine, Ont. on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. (Scott Miller / CTV London)

Four men were killed in April after their plane apparently collided with a wind turbine in South Dakota during foggy weather.

And Sheperd fears that he and his fellow pilots are just as at risk, especially those flying in and out of the Kincardine Municipal Airport, where 10 of 92 soon-to-be-built turbines in the Armow Wind farm could be flight risks.

“We pilots have been adamant that these aircraft and these turbines don’t mix.”

But the company disagrees, Jody Law of Pattern Energy says, “At Armow, we have worked closely with the federal regulatory agencies to ensure that the project will be in complete compliance with all safety regulations and standards.”

In fact, the Armow Wind farm has been approved by all provincial and federal bodies.

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Austria: Medical Association Issues Warning, Calls for Comprehensive Studies on Wind Turbine Noise

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ashbee2's avatarGlobal Wind Energy -- The Human Impact

AUSTRIA — National Noise Day 30th April, 2014:

The Medical Chamber (equivalent to the Austrian Medical Association) is issuing a warning on behalf of large-scale wind turbine installations. The Chamber is calling for comprehensive studies on potential negative health effects as well as minimum safety distances to populated areas.

Vienna — Noise problems, caused by the operation of wind turbines, are drawing increasingly more attention from scientists. This was pointed out todday, Wednesday, by the Medical Chamber on the occasion of the International Noise Awareness Day. The Medical Chambe is now calling for comprehensive studies on potential negative health effects as well as a minimum safety distance to populated areas.

Wind power plants are — as opposed to individual wind turbines — very large scale operations and clustered into “wind parks”. The rotor diameter of current turbines can measure up to 114 metres — almost the length of a soccer…

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MAWT-WLGWAG Information Night – May 7th

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Unite The Fight- May 7th 2014
Location: Silverdale Hall; West Lincoln, Ontario

Pictures and write up submitted by Linda Rogers

It was a full house once again at Silverdale Hall in rural Ontario.  People had come to hear the latest updates and  information  about various wind installations and legal and community actions being taken, not only locally but across the province.   The night  was co- hosted by WLGWAG (West Lincoln Glanbrook Wind Action Group) and  MAWT (Mothers Against Wind Turbines Inc).

The following comment captures the themes of the night well:

“Really proud of my communities tonight and the people that live in them. When I have seen old time photographs of towns holding community meetings to come together to discuss or combat some issue facing them I envied their connection to one another.  I guess out of bad, some good always comes.  If we lived in a perfect utopia we would never appreciate what we have because we would never understand what it would mean if it was taken away. Democracy and community has never seemed so fine and precious as it has these past few years.”

Differences are being set aside and people are focused on the fight against the unwanted and harmful industrialization of our countryside by wind development.  Community action at a grass roots level is a growing force to be reckoned with.

 

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Lecturer says answers are blowing in the wind

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Waterloo Daily Bulletin

by Robert Henderson and Michael Makahnouk. May 6, 2014

Lecture poster.The effects of wind turbines will be the topic of discussion at an event featuring Carmen Krogh called “Harm from Wind Turbines: What Has Been Known for Decades” on Wednesday, May 7 at 3:30 p.m. in DC 1302.

The talk is being hosted by Professor Richard Mann in the Cheriton School of Computer Science, who has been researching, recording, and measuring wind turbine noise since 2013.

Krogh has been invited to present the latest findings on wind turbines and human health.

“The topic of adverse health effects associated with wind facilities is globally debated,” reads the talk’s abstract. “It is acknowledged that if placed too close to residents, industrial wind turbines can negatively affect the physical, mental and social well-being of some. There is published research on the effects of Low Frequency/Infrasound (LFI) on people and animals dating back several decades. This presentation will provide some of the available evidence drawn from peer reviewed literature, authoritative references, and other sources.”

Carmen Krogh is an independent, full-time volunteer who has researched health and other effects associated with industrial wind energy facilities who has been published in peer-reviewed scientific and medical journals and has presented papers at scientific noise conferences. She held senior positions at a major teaching hospital; as a drug information researcher; a professional association and the Health Protection Branch of Health Canada (PMRA). She is a former Director of Publications and Editor-in-chief of the Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS), the book used by physicians, nurses, and health professionals for prescribing information on prescription medication in Canada.

The event is free and open to the public.

Carmen Krogh Click below to listen to Carmen live.

Carmen Krogh

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Wed May, 7 2014 3:30 PM EDT — Wed May, 7 2014 5:00 PM EDT

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Add your name (by May 7) to an open letter to protect heritage views of Mount Tabor and the village of Milford

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As an alternative to writing comments on heritage views to the EBR as mentioned in a previous blog post, you may add your name to an open letter that will be sent to the EBR and copied to Premier Wynne and Minister Chan.

This is a new initiative to express collective community concern for Mount Tabor and the village of Milford.

Bruce Dowdell and Liz Driver hope to gather as many names as possible by next Wed, May 7, for submission to the EBR on Thurs, May 8.

If you are happy to have your name added to the letter, please send an email asap to Liz Driver at liz.driver@sympatico.ca  with the following information:

Name + how you would like to be represented, e.g., name and address and/or local business or affiliation with local community organization

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Hawaii’s Wind Turbines are Taking a Toll on Endangered Species (The Industry says it’s a “net benefit”)

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Donna Quixote's avatarQuixotes Last Stand

Watch the video accompanying this article and listen to the wind industry rep talk about how, in spite of these deaths, their turbines have a ‘net’ benefit.

Meanwhile, environmentalists turn their backs and say, “Collateral damage.”

Andrew Pereira — KITV4 news — May 2, 2014

HONOLULU —Hawaii’s push toward green energy is having an impact on flying creatures who live next to wind farms or traverse the spinning turbines, some of which stand 493 feet tall at the highest blade tips.

According to data provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 195 birds and bats and one moth were killed by five of the largest wind farms on Maui and Oahu since August 2007. KITV4 obtained the information after filling a Freedom of Information request with the agency.

“Unfortunately, that may just be the price we have to pay for wind energy, renewable energy,” said Angela Huntemer, a North…

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Turtles vs. turbines

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A Blanding’s turtle roadside at Ostrander Point. Photo from Prince Edward County Field Naturalists.

The Ontario Divisional Court has ruled in favor of a wind turbine project that put groups with environmental interests at odds with each other.

On one side is an alternative energy project. On the other is protection of a threatened turtle species and fragile soil.

Prince Edward County Field Naturalists (PECFN) took Ostrander Point Gilead Power Inc. to court to challenge the Ontario Ministry of the Environment’s “renewable energy approval” to build nine wind turbines near Lake Ontario in Prince Edward County.

The court decision – now on hold pending a further appeal — would allow Ostrander to start construction after the Environmental Review Tribunal revoked the Ministry’s approval.

PECFN relied on the Endangered Species Act to halt the project. The act requires proof of harm to human health, or serious and irreversible harm to plant…

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MONOPOLY: Ontario Liberal Party Version

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Donna Quixote's avatarQuixotes Last Stand

With more and more families in Ontario entering Energy Poverty, thanks to the insane policies of the Liberal Party, families are now finding themselves sitting in the dark at night.  This has spawned a resurgence in board games and the newest rage in board games is the Ontario Liberal Party version of Monopoly.

Click on game to enlarge slightly then use your browser button to zoom in to be able to see squares clearly.

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