IESO rules diverge from provincial policy, do not reflect municipal realities, or prioritize protection of Ontario farmland ...

Ontario has 155 municipalities that have officially declared themselves as “Unwilling Hosts” to new industrial wind power sites, says Wind Concerns Ontario (WCO). The municipalities either passed a ...

Ontario regulations for wind turbine noise are already inadequate. What protection is there from new more powerful wind turbines that emit more infrasound? [Shutterstock image] Anyone doing the math ...

We occasionally publish comment or reviews with regard to the role of wind power in Ontario’s power supply. Here, Ottawa-based energy economist Robert Lyman discusses Ontario’s “Net Zero” goals, the ...

The Nation Rise wind power project was controversial even before it began. Based on the experience of other communities in Ontario, Canada, and the thousands of formal complaints about noise, water ...

Promises, promises for wind power from developers and ideological governments. Here’s why it can’t work. Wind turbine construction on Amherst Island, Ontario. Massive environmental impact for very ...

Municipalities were forced to “host” wind power projects. Can’t happen again says WCO [Photo rally in Prince Edward County: Wind Concerns Ontario] Stephe Lecce, Ontario Minister of Energy and ...

In 2011, then Mayor of the Township of Amaranth Don MacIver, wrote to the incumbent Minister of the Environment of Ontario, John Wilkinson,* on the topic of wind turbines. He was apparently following ...

Adelaide-Metcalfe put the final nail into a project proposed that would have involved at least three municipalities, with a NO vote October 8. With 13 of 19 grid-scale wind power projects proposed but ...

Two more Ontario municipalities have passed resolutions to declare themselves Unwilling Hosts to new industrial wind power sites, bringing the total to date to 157. Grimsby and North Huron both saw ...

Many municipalities that have declared themselves to be an Unwilling Host to new or extended industrial wind power sites know what they are talking about: they already have noisy wind turbines, or are ...

With potential new wind turbine proposals coming in the New Year, Ontario will make the same mistakes all over again without changes to important regulations for noise limits and setbacks The Ontario ...