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mayor and council say the approval was done to protect the township’s interests.

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When Casting your votes for Mayor and Councillors please choose ones you think are knowledgeable about the Green Energy Act.  People who are knowledgeable about Industrial Wind Turbines and the negative effects they are having on Rural Communities across the Province.

 We need a Mayor and Councillors who will continue to be a strong elected voice that represents the  residents of West Lincoln on the issue of Industrial Wind Turbines.   West Lincoln needs to continue to be part of the collective voices of 85 other “Not Willing Host” Communities across Ontario already. 

Please choose wisely….

Township negotiates turbine road use agreement

NRWC to pay township $5k per kilometre of transmission lines

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unnamed (1)West Lincoln council has approved a road use agreement which will govern how Niagara Region Wind Corporation uses township roads to install the 44 of its 77 turbines in the township.

After months of negotiations behind closed doors, council approved the agreement Sept. 22 which not only governs road use during construction but over the 20-year lifespan of the project.

“Township council and staff spent many hours negotiating what we believe is the best possible agreement for West Lincoln residents, given that the Provincial Green Energy Act has removed planning authority for renewable energy projects from municipalities and the Electricity Act requires us to permit Utility Companies to have access to our road allowances for the construction, use and decommissioning of electricity infrastructure,” said Mayor Douglas Joyner.

Part of the agreement calls for the distribution lines to be buried and the transmission lines to be above ground. To cover maintenance costs, NRWC will also pay the municipality $5,000 per kilometre per year for the transmission lines.

NRWC is also required to provide the township with financial security in the amount of $1 million, which will be held during construction for security purposes and $5 million insurance.

Although the township has approved the road use agreement it remains staunch in its position as an unwilling host to industrial wind turbines. The mayor and council say the approval was done to protect the township’s interests.

The road use agreement can be viewed online at www.westlincoln.ca.

Health effects from wind turbines

Health Board Says the Shirley Wind Project is a Health Hazard

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By Eric Crest. CREATED Oct 17, 2014

27788650.sfGLENMORE, WIS- This week the Brown County Health Board went on record declaring that wind turbines “are a human health hazard.”

Folks living in the Glenmore area near the Shirley Wind Project have been saying this for years though, and now they have the health department on their side. By state statute wind turbines can be within 1250 feet of a home. The Brown County Board of Health says that’s too close for comfort. But Duke Energy, the company that owns the Shirley Wind farm disagrees.

Glenmore farmers won’t touch this topic with a ten foot pole. But Audrey Murphy the Chairman of the Brown County Board of Health says it’s her duty. “We didn’t take this lightly this was a serious thing and we all struggled with it,” says Murphy.

Potential lawsuits and good neighbor agreements signed with Duke Energy is keeping most people silent around the wind farm. So Brown County is doing the talking for them. “It’s not so much that we’re trying to get information out there we’re trying to help those citizens because they’re impacted by wind turbines,” says Murphy.

After several local and national studies the health board made one of the first decisions of its kind in the country. They have declared that the Shirley Wind Project is a human health hazard. “Ear pain, ear pressure, headaches, nausea, many are suffering from sleep deprivation,” adds Murphy. Today Duke Energy released this statement saying: “A third party scientific test has already determined… That they could not document any link between turbine noise and adverse health impacts.”

The Brown County Health Board alleges however that these turbines are emitting acoustical energy too close to homes. They are waiting for the next step when the Director of the Health Department makes an appointment with the corporate council to decide how to proceed from here.

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Diagnosing Patients Experiencing Adverse Health Effects from Industrial Wind Turbines

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robert-mcmurtry Dr Robert J McMurtry

Robert Y. McMurtry is the former Dean of Medicine for the University of Western Ontario. He was a member of the Health Council of Canada for 3½ years and a member and special advisor to the Royal Commission on the future of  health care in Canada. Dr. McMurtry was a visiting Cameron Chair to Health Canada for providing policy advice to the Minister and Deputy Minister of Health and the Founding and Associate Deputy Minister of Population & Public Health, Canada. Presently Dr. McMurtry is Professor (Emeritus) of Surgery, University of Western Ontario.

In October 2010 a multidisciplinary group of approximately 100 professionals -including medical doctors, acousticians, psychologists, physicists, pharmacists and occupational therapists – got together at a symposium, shared their knowledge and realised that they all needed to get very serious about the emerging global issue of adverse health effects (AHEs) experienced by people living next to industrial wind…

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Parker Gallant Uncovers the Hidden Costs of Ontario’s Insane Wind Power Policy

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turbines ontario Scene from the remake of “The War of the Worlds”.

Ever tried to imagine hell on earth?

Ever imagined a nightmare turned to reality?

Then you’ve probably landed in Ontario.

Ontario is the place where the most bizarre energy policy in the world has seen thousands of giant fans speared into the backyards of homes – in the most agriculturally productive part of Canada. When we say “bizarre” we mean completely bonkers.

Canada has one of the “cleanest” power generation mixes on the planet, with the vast bulk of its electricity coming from zero emissions sources such as nuclear and hydro.

Ontario energy mix 2013

As Professor Ross McKitrick explains in this post, Ontario has built a policy that sees wind power (when the wind is blowing) “displace” emissions free hydro at enormous cost to power consumers and taxpayers.

And then there’s the colossal human impact of plonking thousands of turbines as close…

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Big Wind – Proposal for a one hour television documentary

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DOCUMENTARY
BIG WIND  By Rico Michel

http://www.dliproductions.ca/films/big-wind/
Margaret Welcome to the wacky world of green power, where misguided governments have sparked a massive corporate feeding frenzy (at taxpayers’ expense) to achieve little or nothing of any social benefit. — Margaret Wente, Globe & Mail

unnamed (2)It has taken decades for us all to understand the pressing urgency of protecting the Earth’s environment by finding alternatives to fossil fuels. At last, the development of a green energy industry is presenting the opportunity to heal the environment… along with the opportunity to exploit it further. For politicians, going green provides a convincing election platform. For business, it offers the chance to make hundreds of billions of dollars. Green energy is the future and those who get in there first will benefit greatly. But not only honest players are championing this new industry. And nowhere is this more evident than in the massive development of industrial wind power.

Big Wind is a surprising and compelling documentary about the unprecedented rush to develop industrial wind turbines and how this is transforming the landscape in Canada and the world. The film investigates why governments are spending billions on wind power without first conducting health and environmental studies, why corporations are grabbing up precious farmland to put up hundreds of thousands of enormous industrial wind turbines, why people living near the turbines are falling ill, losing their animals and their farms, and whether these new “green” wind turbines are actually helping our environmental aims.

The rush to go green is pitting corporations against residents, government against citizens, neighbour against neighbour. Through the process the people are being stripped of their due democratic process.

Big Wind is a story of unethical political systems, corporate greed, and ordinary citizens who have had enough and are standing up to big government and big business. They are part of a growing revolution in rural communities in Southern Ontario and around the globe– people fighting to defend their homes, their way of life and the environment against Big Wind. It is a battle that will profoundly impact the green movement, as well as the well being of citizens in Canada and citizens worldwide for years to come.

Preview Link Here

Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ERT Appeal

MAWT Inc.’s Promise to You….But we need your Financial Support First!

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FOLLOW LINK TO LEARN WHERE TO SEND IN DONATIONS – Where to Send Donations.

Niagara Region Wind Corporation has proposed construction of 77 3 mw IWT’s, from just south of Smithville, all the way to Lake Erie.

This project includes part of Haldimand County, Wainfleet & West Lincoln.   This project has 3500 Receptors.   A receptor is located        2 kms from the centre of a building to the base of a turbine. (this number is not the number of people living in within 2 kms of the turbines)  44 of the turbines and the transmission lines are scheduled for installation in West Lincoln,  3 in Wainfleet and 30 in Haldimand.

Growing evidence indicated that 20% of the residents living in homes within the 2 km impact zone of IWTs will suffer moderate to severe negative health impacts, for which some may have to abandon their homes.  (This has already occurred in other areas across Ontario.)   Everyone will suffer from loss of property value, as is already evidenced by the inability of residents to sell their property simply because of the possibility of turbines being placed in their neighbourhood.

We need to preserve the spirit and values of our community from typical social disintegration and injustices as witnessed in communities worldwide where IWTs have been pitting neighbours against neighbours, and family against family.  Our Health, Safety, Property Values, & Environment are priceless and worth fighting for.  for this reason MAWT Inc. seeks funding from our community.

MAWT Inc. promises to do everything in our power to protest this project and to protect our community from the installation and the negative effects of the installation of IWTs.

 Funds are needed for:

CaptureA. Retention of legal counsel for the Appeal of the NRWC project

B. to prepare and submit an injunction against IWT approvals and/or construction

C. to cover legal costs to assemble expert witness and evidence for Appeal hearings.

Just the preparation and gathering of documents and the subsequent costs of preparing the copies and mailing the hundreds of pages of documentation can add thousands of dollars of unanticipated expenses to an appeal.  There are many unknowns, such how many times we will need to appeal, or if the wind proponent will appeal a MOE decision made in our favour.

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We there fore ask for your support by donating to  Mothers Against Wind Turbines Inc to assist with the legal challenges on behalf of residents who are opposed to NRWCs wind project.  If funds collected are in excess of the need to support legal proceedings and related costs, funds will be returned to donors based on % donor contributions.

follow link for a print off of Where to Send Donations.  Feel Free to make copies and hand out to your Family and Friends.  We Must fight as a Community!!

Thank YOU!

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West Lincoln Legal Fund Grows as More Residents Sign Up to Fight!

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MAWT Inc. would like to thank everyone who came out October 16 for a Very Important Wind Turbine Information Evening.   We are always extremely  happy to see new faces and we’d like to welcome you to our E-mail updates.

After the presentations and updates were done practically everyone in the room gathered around a large map  that shows were each of the proposed turbines in the NRWC project are to be built.  They  learn their  “receptor #”  and  about the noise levels they will be subjected to.

It was encouraging to see so many of you open your check books at the end of the presentation and donate to our/your Communities Legal Fund.  We are well on our way to meeting our $100 000 goal but still have a ways to go.

We again encourage you to share what you learned with your family and friends.  This is a topic that should be the buzz of the community!!  Better now than AFTER they go up!!

Here is a link to  A form you can print off, fill in and forward to MAWT Inc with your donation.

THIS IS HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION TO THE LEGAL FUND  Make a few copies and hand out to your family and friends. Thank You for your Help!!

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Keep A Look Out for Barn Owls Around Wind Turbine Project Sites.

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If you spot Barn Owls in West Lincoln, Let Us Know!  Snap Pictures or collect feathers if you find them.

Endangered Barn Owl May Delay Port Ryerse Wind Farm

_47379578_barn_pwls_apThe sighting of a barn owl may seriously delay construction of the Port Ryerse Wind Farm.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has confirmed that at least one of the endangered birds was spotted in the Port Ryerse area this summer.

Wind farm developer Boralex last week agreed to delay construction of the four-turbine project for one month while the ministry investigates further.

If the barn owl merely stopped over in Port Ryerse on a flight to its home elsewhere, the wind farm project won’t be affected. But if the owl took up residence with a mate, the province might order a one-year moratorium on construction within one kilometre of the owls’ home.

Further owl sightings could lead to a five-year moratorium. Barn owls are an endangered species in Ontario. The province had only four pairs in the early 1980s.

This summer’s sighting in Port Ryerse was the first in Ontario in about five years. Residents took photos and retrieved feathers to document the owl. Some villagers say they saw two owls and heard the owls talking at night.

read more Port Dover Maple Leaf, October 15 2014

Health effects from wind turbines

Wind Development a “Hazard to Human Health” Declares Board of Health

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The Brown County Board of Health voted tonight to declare the Shirley Wind Turbine Development a Human Health Hazard.

The decision was based on a report of a year-long study conducted by the Enz family with assistance from Mr Rick James to document acoustic emissions from the wind turbines including infrasound and low frequency noise, inside homes within a radius of 6 miles of the Shirley Wind turbines.

The wording of the motion was as follows:

“To declare the Industrial Wind Turbines in the Town of Glenmore, Brown County. WI. a Human Health Hazard for all people (residents, workers, visitors, and sensitive passersby) who are exposed to Infrasound/Low Frequency Noise and other emissions potentially harmful to human health.”

The context is in reference to Brown County Code 38.01 in the Brown County Ordinances, in Chapter 38, relating to Public Health Nuisance (section (b) Human Health Hazard).

“Human Health Hazard” means a substance, activity or condition that is known to have the potential to cause acute or chronic illness or death if exposure to the substance, activity or condition is not abated.

The vote to declare it a Human Health Hazard now puts Duke Energy’s Shirley Wind Development on the defensive to prove to the Board they are not the cause of the health complaints documented in the study, and could result in a shut down order.

Read the Brown County Ordinances Brown County Code of Ordinances

To Read More: Waurba Foundation, Oct 14 2014

Protecting our children from Industrial Wind Power Emissions is our first priority!