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More Dirty Business in Toronto–who pays? You do!
The Ontario Liberal government tried to get around the Legislature by releasing pages and pages of blank documents, claiming they were connected to the closure of two Ontario gas power plants, but that the details needed to remain secret while … Continue reading
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Tagged cancelled gas plants Ontario, contempt charges MPP Bentley, contempt Minister of Energy Ontario, cost-benefit wind power, Dirty business book, Green Energy Act, health effects wind farms, hydro bills Ontario, McGuinty government Ontario, Ontario energy policy, wind power ONtario
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The dirty business: it’s come to this
While comments are pouring in to Health Canada, as we understand it, on the proposed design of its study on industrial wind turbine noise and health effects, which will actually involve clinical studies, another development has occurred: Independent health researcher … Continue reading
SALE! Celebrate the Health Canada wind turbine noise study
To celebrate the announcement of the Health Canada research study on wind turbine noise, Dirty Business: the reality of Ontario’s rush to wind power is offering FREE SHIPPING in Ontario for a limited time. Special offer : $9.99 plus free … Continue reading
The hypocrisy of wind power in Ontario
Here is a delightfully satirical article on the idea of placing industrial-scale* wind turbines right in downtown Toronto. People may think the scale is cartoonish but they would be WRONG. The newest generation of large-scale wind power generators are as … Continue reading
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Tagged Dirty Business, Dirty business book, Green Energy Act, health effects wind farms, hydro bills Ontario, noise wind farms, noise wind turbines, Ontario Liberal government, wind farms, wind power and the environment, wind power ONtario, wind turbines, wind turbines in Toronto
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George Smitherman recants?
In case you didn’t already know the Ontario government is in way over its head on the implementation of renewable energy policies, most particularly industrial-scale wind, you’ll want to read this column in today’s Globe by Queen’s Park columnist Adam … Continue reading
Rural Ontario stunned by new developments
Ontario’s rural communities are being rocked by sequential announcements that existing proposed projects are now being intensified (one is actually DOUBLING) and that projects thought dead are now proceeding, and do not have to adhere to setbacks as prescribed in … Continue reading
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Tagged Arnow wind project, Canadian Auto Workers, cost-benefit wind power, Dirty Business, Dirty business book, Dirty Business book on wind power, Green Energy Act, Markdale Standard, Owen Sound Sun-Times, Samsung wind power, Saugeen Shores, urban-rural divide, wind farm Kincardine, wind farms Ontario
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The Dirty Business of wind power: 2 more Ontario municipalities vote against
This past week saw two more Ontario municipalities pass resolutions for a moratorium on industrial wind power development, and one voted to impose a 2-km setback for any wind power projects. Chatsworth and Tavistock, both facing wind projects, voted for … Continue reading
The urban-rural divide in Ontario: how did it happen?
From today’s Toronto Star, a letter to the Editor referring to a column last week. Re: McGuinty plugs the cabinet holes, Column, Oct. 20 Martin Regg Cohn’s column demonstrates why us peasants from the rural hinterlands have completely different mindsets … Continue reading
The power of community action against a dirty business
The results of Ontario’s recent election are an eye-opener: communities that protest the loss of democracy as a result of the McGuinty government’s Green Energy Act, and who don’t want industrial power generation projects forced on their communities have had … Continue reading
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Comments are coming in about Dirty Business: the reality of Ontario’s rush to wind power -an amazing compilation -thank you, thank you, thank you. All of rural Ontario thanks you! -This is great. This is the best information, all in … Continue reading
