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Ontario’s green dream was just a fantasy

Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail

Published Thursday, Mar. 15, 2012 2:00AM EDT

The other evening I got a robo-call. It was an automated poll. The recorded voice told me to press “1” if I approved of wind turbines, and “2” if I disapproved. I pressed “2” – hard. So have a lot of other people in Ontario.

Across the countryside outside Toronto, wind turbines are spreading like a plague. They are being built over the strenuous objections of folks who live in rural towns, whose rights have been stomped on by the province. They’re chewing up birds. Worst of all, they’re chewing up billions of taxpayer dollars in the name of a green dream that’s nothing but a fantasy.

Township endorses Arran-Elderslie call for moratorium on industrial wind turbines

Huron-Kinloss council has endorsed a motion by Arran-Elderslie calling on Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty to invoke an immediate one-year moratorium on industrial wind turbines in the province.

The motion also calls for yearly extensions, as required, until the concerns about the damaging and devastating repercussions in Ontario communities, caused by turbines, are properly studied and addressed.

Huron-Bruce MPP to debate wind moratorium motion March 8

Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson will be using her private member's ballot spot March 8 to debate an important motion she tabled Dec. 8, 2011.

She tabled a motion calling for a moratorium on all further industrial wind turbine development until a third-party health and environmental study has been completed. Thompson has heard from many constituents in Huron-Bruce who have been concerned about the environmental, physical, social, and economic health of their communities, and believes third-party studies should be completed.

Dutch Fall out of love with windmills

(Reuters) - When the Netherlands built its first sea-based wind turbines in 2006, they were seen as symbols of a greener future.

Reuters Story

Ontario wind power bringing down property values

Ontario's rapid expansion in wind power projects has provoked a backlash from rural residents living near industrial wind turbines who say their property values are plummeting and they are unable to sell their homes, a CBC News investigation has found.

The government and the wind energy industry have long maintained turbines have no adverse effects on property values, health or the environment.

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Windy Leaks

Wind Concerns Ontario is a province-wide advocacy organization whose mission is to protect the health, safety and quality of life of the people of Ontario from industrial wind turbines. Wind Concerns Ontario is a coalition of over fifty citizen groups promoting awareness of the true impacts of industrial wind power facilities. We are not affiliated with nor receive funding from any industrial or political entity.

WCO has launched the Windy Leaks web site to release and feature what it calls "revealing documents through Ontario's fall election campaign to educate voters on the Ontario Liberals' dishonesty on the impacts of industrial wind turbines."

McGuinty's green energy deception

By JANICE MIDDLETON, FOR THE SUN TIMES

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is spinning the deception of his political career and he's betting the beautiful and historic shorelines of Great Lakes Ontario, Huron, Superior and Erie that voters won't catch onto the truth about wind and solar power until after election day on Oct. 6.

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CBC poll - Vote

Here is a chance to have your views on wind turbines expressed. Just click on this link below to paticipate in this survey.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2011/09/post-72.html

Lake Huron Seascape Circa 20??

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MPs to vote on budget

The new landscape in the House of Commons will mean Monday's vote on the federal budget will likely pass without a hitch, despite the money bill getting a thumbs down from opposition parties.[...]

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