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Where will wind companies get the money to pay for roads?

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Tuesday May 6, 2014 – The Sachem – Op Ed

I read the article in last week’s Sachem concerning the roadwork that will be required once the wind turbine companies are finished.

First of all, isn’t it nice that our county has waived the half load restrictions for these guys, once again displaying their eagerness to bend over backwards for anything related to the folly known as the Green Energy Act?

Secondly, it seems that the wind turbine companies themselves will be on the hook for the costs of the repairs.

Whew… that’s a relief. But where will they get the money? From the Ontario government, of course. And the Ontario government will get it from us. Samsung, in particular, loves to spend our tax dollars. I’m sure we paid the tab when Samsung took Mayor Hewitt on that little golf outing a couple of years back. We can only hope he golfs better than he governs.

Brad Smith,

Dunnville

See original article here: http://www.sachem.ca/opinion/where-will-wind-companies-get-the-money-to-pay-for-roads/

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What’s your opinion? The Consumer Watch Group wants to hear from you: Is a Greener Ontario Worth the Price?

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Here is what one mother wrote about Ontario’s Rising Energy Rates, The Green Energy Act and the future of Ontario……

How do I feel about Ontario’s rising energy rates, the Green Energy Act and the future of Ontario?

In one word….HORRIBLE…OK 2 words…CHEATED! I am a young mothers of 2 infants and feel like I have been woken up to the SCAM of government. The Green Energy Act has taken away common sense to everyday Ontarians while furthering the divide between Rural and Urban communities in the Province. The rising electricity rates are making it hard for my family and every family in Ontario, never mind businesses to succeed in our economy. While New York State and Michigan benefit from sales of our “under-market” excess electricity, Ontarians have to pay more while they are using less….”put a sweater on” the Premier and our Energy Minister say….

Why are we worrying about conservation when we are over-producing? Why are we installing Wind Turbines and Solar Technology when there is excess electricity on our grids? Did anyone READ the Auditor Generals report? At 2.7 Billion more per year than the “Market Rate” of electricity….who is losing?

It’s all of us in Ontario

Sincerely Marianne Kidd

(These are not the opinions of MAWT Inc., but solely the author)

Here is the link, please give your own answers: http://oegconsumerwatch.com/greener-ontario-worth-price/

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Nova Scotia Council Reviewing Setback Distances After Flurry of Complaints from Residents

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Council Reviewing Setback Distance for Wind Turbines

The News – May 8, 2014

PICTOU – The phones of local county councillors were ringing Monday with calls from a resident upset over noise coming from the new wind turbine site on Tower Road.

Coun. Robert Parker said he received a call Monday from someone in the area who asked him to come down to Tower Road where new turbines have been installed and listen to the noise they were making on a stormy day.

“The noise up there during (nasty) weather was unreal,” said Parker and encouraged fellow councillors to take a drive to the area before the next planning advisory committee meeting, which will look at the setback rule for wind turbines in the future.

A large contingent of residents visited council chambers in March asking that the setback for wind turbines be extended to 1.5 kilometres from 600 metres.

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Magna Says It Won’t Expand in Ontario Due to High Energy rates

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(Editor’s Note:  Ontario Pension Plan alone would add $38 MILLION to their operating costs in Ontario — DQ)

Magna says no new plants for Canada, cites Ontario energy costs

Ontario energy, pension costs a concern, the company says.

Dana Flavelle — Toronto Star — May 8, 2014

Magna International Inc. says it has no plans to open any new plants in Canada despite a lower dollar, chief executive officer Don Walker says.

The nearly 10 per cent decline in the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. greenback has helped make the Aurora-based global auto parts supplier more cost competitive, Walker told the company’s annual general meeting Thursday.

But the company said it’s concerned about Ontario’s industrial electricity rates and proposed pension plan, along with the future of its auto assembly plants.

“I’m worried about electricity prices in Ontario, where all of our plants are located,” Walker told a press conference…

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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

In Memorium, Protecting our children

A Tribute to Mothers

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“Tell Us About Your Mother”

Request for written tributes, poems, art, photos, videos to mothers.

 

Please submit to:       mothersagainstwindturbines@gmail.com

This is not a contest.  No prizes will be awarded.   This is a simple opportunity to tell us about your mother, being a mother, becoming a mother, missing your mother, your family and sharing that story.

In the rush of the day a simple request is being made to stop and a take a moment for celebration and reflection.  Soon it will be Mother’s day and the push will be on to demonstrate and honour her with a showering of flowers, cards and gifts.  Trinkets and treasures to show appreciation for the person who helped make you the person you are today.

Our life experiences and realities come in many different versions and are as varied and unique as each one of us.  The relationship with your mother may be sweet or even bitter, but shaped all of us into the person we are today.  You are held by the hands of your mother all through the many stages of your life.   Whether that person gave birth to you or not, or life circumstances created your family beyond the stereotypical image of the nuclear family, your Mother plays a pivotal role.  A time also comes for many woman when you become a mother and your primary focus is now that life you hold in your hands as another generation grows and matures.

Protecting children and family is a universal desire that binds all communities.  This group came together to protect our families, and our children born and yet to be.  The mothers have always been the protectors of families and the land which we need to survive, and where we live our lives.   We are real and the voices are strong.

Please write us telling us about your family and the person who helped make you and your family, and is your Mother.

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