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The people of Toronto have Wynne to thank for our lousy electricity system!

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Getting off of coal, is not the problem….we could have easily replaced it with a combination of gas, nuclear, and hydro.  The problem is, the money which should have gone into updating our aging infrastructure, was wasted on unreliable, inefficient, unaffordable  faux-green energy.  They made this expenditure, complete with crippling 20 year contracts,  without even doing a cost/benefit analysis, to see if it was a worthwhile endeavor, and if it would be any improvement to our environment whatsoever.  They did not do the cost/benefit analysis, I am afraid, because they would not want the public to know the answer!    Shellie Correia

Ontario goes coal-free: Toronto suffers a blackout within 24 hours

Posted: April 16, 2014 by Rog Tallbloke in Carbon cycle, government, humour, Incompetence,Legal, Nuclear power, Politics, Robber Barons, wind

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From the too not-funny to be as funny as it should be dept:

Thunder-Bay-OPG-Generating-StationOntario is now the first jurisdiction in North America to fully eliminate coal as a source of electricity generation. The Thunder Bay Generating Station, Ontario’s last remaining coal-fired facility, has burned its last supply of coal. Operated by Ontario Power Generation, Thunder Bay Generating Station was the oldest coal-fired station in the province. The plant is scheduled to be converted to burn advanced biomass, a renewable fuel source.

The province has replaced coal generation with a mix of emission-free electricity sources like nuclear, waterpower, wind and solar, along with lower-emission electricity sources like natural gas and biomass. The move to bio-mass rather than to natural gas has raised concerns in Thunder Bay. NOMA and Common Voice Northwest, and the City of Thunder Bay have all expressed concerns.
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But then…

TORONTO – A large swath of the city’s west end was left in the dark for a few hours Tuesday night as a blackout hit the area. The outage began around 9 p.m. and ended about 11:30, Toronto Hydro said. The area affected was bound by Yonge St. in the east, Mississauga in the west, Lawrence Ave. to the north and Dupont St. to the south.

The power utility said the outage was caused due to a Hydro One transmission issue.

Subway service was back up and running as of 11:05 p.m., the TTC said, after having been suspended between Jane and St. George Stations due to signal problems in relation to the outage.

                                                         from Rog Tallbloke….thanks Rog!

Ireland’s Wind Energy Policy brings out 2000 protesters!

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Thousands protest over wind and energy policy

Tuesday 15 April 2014 23.03

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The march ended outside Leinster House
The march ended outside Leinster House
The march ended outside Leinster House

Thousands have protested in Dublin city centre against the Government’s wind energy and pylons policy.

Organisers claim up to 4,000 people attended the march, which began at the Garden of Remembrance and ended outside Leinster House.

The protest was organised by Wind Aware Ireland, a new group combined of organisations against pylons and overhead power cables and those opposed to wind farms.

With increasing alarm over climate change in recent weeks, Ireland’s energy policy is under scrutiny like never before.

The matter is of acute political significance in many parts of the country as the Local Elections approach.

News that a wind energy export deal with Britain was off the table has done little to reduce concerns.

Environmental campaigners are calling for the Government to encourage communities to take ownership of future wind energy plans.

Meanwhile, the Government has set a tentative date of later this year for publishing its Climate Bill.

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin earlier said that Ireland faces particular challenges with regard to reducing its carbon footprint.

But, he said, Ireland needs a robust response to the issue of climate change.

Mr Howlin said Ireland’s agriculture sector would pose a challenge as it was not as intensive as others.

He said he believed that Ireland would hit its target of 40% renewable energy by 2020.

While there might be resistance in some sectors to this, he said, if people looked at the recent reports on climate change they would reflect that we need to do things differently.

The minister said that the Government is obliged to submit budget costings to the EU in April, but this was predicated on last year’s projections.

He said there were recent signs of new economic activity in the first quarter with more jobs, but the Government was currently working on last year’s projection of 2% growth.

He said there might be more growth than expected but the Government needed to be prudent.

Keywords: wind protest, energy policy

Rural Ontario tirelessly fighting the Wind Fiasco!

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East Oxford group files FOI for wind farm details

Posted on 04/15/2014by 

Joan KeithBy Jennifer Vandermeer, Norwich Gazette/IngersollTimes
NORWICH TOWNSHIP – The East Oxford Community Alliance wants to know how the Ministry of the Environment has been handling the Prowind Gunn’s Hill Wind Farm file. The alliance (EOCA) has filed Freedom of Information requests and asked the Ontario Ombudsman to look into it because of the number of changes that have been made to the project without due process for the public to participate.

Joan Morris, spokesperson for EOCA, said one issue is the “substantive changes” to the project since it was first filed with the MOE and considered complete and accurate. “A change to the project area was announced to the public only four days before the application was deemed complete by the Ministry on February 7, 2014,” Morris also said in a press release. “Apart from a cover page from the Ministry of Environment, none of the documents for public review and comment were modified to account for the changes.”Read article

There is a good reason why they don’t admit wind is useless! They are involved in it!

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WYNNE’S BROTHER-IN-LAW THE NEW CEO OF EHEALTH, BUT HE ALSO HAS DEEP TIES TO THE WIND INDUSTRY

How deep does the corruption of this Liberal government go?  How great is their arrogance for making sure that their family and buddies make a fortune off the backs of Ontario taxpayers?

Turns out, not only has Kathleen Wynne’s brother-in-law been appointed the new CEO of EHealth, but he’s also on the Board of Directors for two renewable energy companies.  The chutzpah and corruption of this gang of thieves just knows absolutely no bounds.   He’s also been a lawyer for the past 30+ years.

It’s no wonder the fight against wind turbines seems so useless when the decks are stacked so high against the rural victims of these useless monster machines.

A Google search of his name — F. David Rounthwaite — reveals that his is on the B. o. D. for the following companies.

Grid Essence Inc.

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Renewable Energy Developers.(Sprott Power Corp.)

From 1997 to 2010 he was a trustee of Northland Power Income Fund and was lead independent trustee in several transactions of that fund including its acquisition of Northland Power Inc. in 2009. Northland Power has several wind facilities in Ontario, Quebec and B.C.

The more layers you peel back on this disgusting obscenely corrupt government the more it reeks.  They need to be removed from office now.

Thanks to a fellow reader at the Toronto Sun for digging up this information.

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Another Family Forced to Give Up Their Home!

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Couple gets $1.3M in wind turbine settlement

By By Wilson Ring April 14, 2014

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont couple whose Northeast Kingdom farm became a focal point in the fight against construction of a 21-turbine industrial wind project on Lowell Mountain said Monday that they were selling their 540-acre farm to Green Mountain Power for $1.3 million.

In announcing they had agreed to settle a lawsuit over a boundary dispute filed against them by GMP, Don and Shirley Nelson said they felt they could have won in court, but it would not have led to the removal of the now-operating turbines.

Even if victorious in court, it’s doubtful they would have received more than the $1.3 million they will get for the sale of their property and the legal case could have lingered for years, the Nelsons said.

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“The Nelsons intend to move from their farm to a location well away from the turbines,” their statement said.

In a separate statement, GMP said the Nelsons will be able to remain in their home for up to two years and that they will retain 35 acres of land in Albany.

“The agreement meets the needs of the Nelsons as well as those of our customers,” GMP said. “Kingdom Community Wind is an important part of our growing investment in renewable energy in Vermont.”

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The construction and operation of what has become the Kingdom Community Wind project generated fierce opposition from a number of people who claimed the project marred the pristine ridgeline for no environmental benefit.

The Nelsons were longtime opponents of the project.

The 2011 lawsuit grew out of a series of protests along the contested property line between the Nelsons’ land and the then-under-construction turbine site controlled by GMP. A number of protesters set up camp on land they claimed was owned by the Nelsons, but within a safety zone during construction blasting operations. The presence of the protesters caused brief delays in construction.

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The Nelsons and GMP had disputed the property boundary of land GMP has under a long-term lease for the wind project. A trial had been tentatively scheduled for August.

In a separate statement, a group opposing the wind project called the Ridge Protectors said the Nelsons typify the Vermont dream of working hard, paying taxes and minding one’s own business.

“Now, we have to add, and be forced off your property by a foreign-owned corporation,” the organization said, referring to the fact that GMP’s corporate parent is Canadian. “Yes, they were paid for that property, but money runs a poor second to beauty, peace, quiet and a love for your land.”

Nuclear Plants not going private!

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DR. OETKER PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN LONDON, ONTARIO

Credits: Mike Hensen/The London Free Press/QMI Agency

Ontario's economy holding back country, needs major reforms: Report

DR. OETKER PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN LONDON, ONTARIO

Credits: Mike Hensen/The London Free Press/QMI Agency

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Ontario needs industry reforms, better tax policies, and needs to make better use of its natural resources before it brings down Canada’s economy any further, according to a new Fraser Institute study.

“Because of Ontario’s immense size and population, and because the Canadian economy is highly integrated, what happens in Ontario significantly affects Canada’s national economy. An economically stronger Ontario means an economically stronger Canada,” study co-author Livio Di Matteo said in a release.

The study, Can Canada Prosper without a Prosperous Ontario?, says the province’s terrible record on GDP growth, employment and business investment “reflects a damaged provincial economy that’s dragging down the national economy,” Di Matteo said.

The province needs to improve tax and regulatory competitiveness, boost capital investment, reform energy and industry policies and make better use natural resources like mining and forestry, the study said.

“If Ontario adopts smarter policies focused on competitiveness and economic growth rather than interventionist government, it could unleash its private sector and improve Ontario’s economy for the benefit of taxpayers in Ontario and across Canada,” Di Matteo said.

Ontario needs industry reforms, better tax policies, and needs to make better use of its natural resources before it brings down Canada’s economy any further, according to a new Fraser Institute study.

“Because of Ontario’s immense size and population, and because the Canadian economy is highly integrated, what happens in Ontario significantly affects Canada’s national economy. An economically stronger Ontario means an economically stronger Canada,” study co-author Livio Di Matteo said in a release.

The study, Can Canada Prosper without a Prosperous Ontario?, says the province’s terrible record on GDP growth, employment and business investment “reflects a damaged provincial economy that’s dragging down the national economy,” Di Matteo said.

The province needs to improve tax and regulatory competitiveness, boost capital investment, reform energy and industry policies and make better use natural resources like mining and forestry, the study said.

“If Ontario adopts smarter policies focused on competitiveness and economic growth rather than interventionist government, it could unleash its private sector and improve Ontario’s economy for the benefit of taxpayers in Ontario and across Canada,” Di Matteo said.

Grey Highlands Council wants to freeze permits for wind turbines…

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Working Group wants wind developers to take into account wind concerns.

(Grey Highlands) – Grey Highlands Council will consider a bylaw on Monday to freeze any new permits for construction of industrial wind turbines in the municipality.

It is part of the regular council meeting which begins at 5 PM.

CAO Dan Best says called the “Grey Highlands Renewable Energy Working Group” wants any proposed projects to take into account the concerns of nearby residents about any impact on their health.

Medical Officer of Health Doctor Hazel Lynn presented a report just over a year ago, that looked at various studies around the world, on the health complaints from people living near Giant wind turbines.

Her conclusion was that these are not NIMBYs, these are people affected by these things.

Doctor Lynn also recommended Health Canada do more research on the association between wind turbine noise and human distress.

Best says the bylaw under consideration would have to be considered by any company proposing a wind farm in Grey Highlands.

However, the municipality has little say in those projects as provincial legislation would trump anything Grey Highlands does to stop new developments.

The municipality has declared itself an unwilling host for new wind farms.

By Kevin Bernard
Posted on Bayshore Broadcasting, Apr. 14, 2014

Our children are their target!

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STUDENTS WHO QUESTION GLOBAL WARMING GET FAILING MARKS

The Corruption of Science by Our Educators

When I went to school back in the 60′s and 70′s, I remember we were encouraged to question, examine and explore EVERYTHING, not just in science, but in other subjects as well.  In fact, I remember one of my favourite high school teachers — Ted Bridle — really pushed us to look at things in ways that was not conventional or necessarily the accepted view.  

This has stuck with me for my entire life and I always appreciate the fact that he got us to strive to be different.  I’ve had a disdain for blind lemming followers my entire life, so whether it’s just a natural part of my personality that was bolstered by Mr. Bridle, I don’t know.  That’s why the first time I heard Al Gore say that the “science was settled”, my brain immediately went into high alert. 

This is the reason that this particular news article out of Britain bothers me so much.  Any time our kids are moulded into little Stepford wives, I have a major problem with it.  Our schools are no longer education facilities, but have become Liberal indoctrination centres.  30 years from now, I imagine all students will be wearing grey uniforms with their hair tightly tied back or cut short, snapping to attention whenever their ‘teacher’ barks a command.

Instead of being progressive with our schools, we’ve actually digressed a hundred years or so, to a time when you didn’t dare question religion.

We’ve seen the results of one whole generation that has come through this indoctrination process.  Is it too late to correct the harm that is being done to their minds?  – DQ

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Christopher Booker — The Telegraph (UK) — April 12, 2014

Brainwashing about global warming percolates throughout the education system

Not often does a senior Cabinet minister declare that a policy long pursued by his own department is “against the law”. But that was the response of Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, to a report exposing just how profoundly our education system has been hijacked by promoters of the official group-think on global warming.

Expanding on a theme touched on here more than once over the years, the report for the Global Warming Policy Foundation by Andrew Montford and John Shade shows how generations of schoolchildren have been taught to accept as gospel nothing but a propagandist, Greenpeace-type view of the global-warming scare, so one-sided that it makes a mockery of the requirement under the 1996 Education Act that pupils only be taught in a balanced way, allowing them to form their own view of the evidence.

So relentless is this brainwashing that it percolates throughout the curriculum, so that even exam papers in French, English or religious studies can ask students to explain why the world is dangerously warming up, or why we must build more wind turbines. In 2012, I described an A-level general studies paper set by our leading exam board, AQA, asking for comment on 11 pages of propagandist “source materials”, riddled with basic errors.

A mother wrote to tell me how her intelligent son, after getting straight As on all his science papers, used his extensive knowledge of climate science to point out all their absurd distortions.   Continue reading here….

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Trying to correct the misinformation given out by the wind pushers!

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Informed farmers coalition to educate farmers on wind turbine projects

Credit:  By: staff | Amboy News Informed | Posted: Tuesday, Apr 8th, 2014 | www.amboynews.com ~~

WALNUT – The Informed Farmers Coalition (IFC), a group of Lee, Bureau and Whiteside county landowners and citizens, is working to spread awareness about wind turbine project development and the adverse effects it may have on these communities. The group is hoping to raise awareness about the Green River and Walnut Ridge turbine projects owned by Geronimo Energy. Geronimo is currently contacting area farmers to sign new contracts with the company. IFC wants to make sure all area farmers understand the facts concerning wind farm development.

“The Informed Farmers have spent the last three years attempting to educate local citizens on the problems and challenges associated with Wind Turbine Developments. In that time more and more information has become available and the public has become more informed. However, turbine developers continue to mislead the public about problems that continue to exist with wind development. That fact, in addition to a renewed effort to reach new landowners by a subsequent buyer of two local projects, causes us to renew our efforts to make sure the citizens of our local community are informed,” said Kendall Guither, IFC spokesperson.

Many families are speaking up and sharing their personal experience with a wind turbine project near their home. Ted Hartke is a landowner who learned the hard way that the benefits do not outweigh the hardships. He says his entire family has been negatively affected by the turbines on their property.

“I never had any concerns about the wind project being built near my home and had initially thought that the project would be good for my community and my children’s school,” stated Hartke. “But then the turbines turned on and the noise began hurting my wife and kids. Because of wind turbine noise, our entire family suffered major sleep deprivation and then we all began developing health problems. My children struggled at school, and my wife and I began having difficulty with our memory and ability to concentrate and function at work.”

There are both health and financial risks involved in allowing a wind turbine to be built on one’s property. It has been reported that noise and shadow flicker from the turbines can cause sleep deprivation, vertigo, stress and nausea. The financial risks can include the cost associated with decommissioning, damage to a farmer’s land and the increased cost of spraying pesticides.

The IFC urges landowners to contact them to discuss these issues as well as many more associated with these turbines. A concerned farmer should also discuss the pros and cons with their friends and neighbors as well as have an attorney look at any contract before signing.

For more information please contact informedfarmers@yahoo.com or consult the website http://www.wind-watch.org.

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Still voting for Wynne-McGuinty Libs?

 

FIRST POSTED: SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2014 06:30 PM EDT

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Premier Kathleen Wynne. Dave Thomas/Toronto Sun

As for Premier Kathleen Wynne’s claim Conservative leader Tim Hudak slandered her in his comments about her role in the scandal, we’ll leave that for the courts to decide. If it ever gets there.

But regardless of that claim and of what the ongoing Ontario Provincial Police investigation finds, what we already know about the Liberals in the gas plants scandal, first under Dalton McGuinty and now under Wynne, is a disgrace.

The public has a right to expect a higher standard of conduct from their governments than that no one goes to prison.

They have a right to expect their money is being spent wisely and transparently, neither of which happened in this disaster.

Instead, the Liberals wasted up to $1.1 billion, according to the provincial Auditor General, by canceling two unpopular gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga, leading up to the 2011 election.

They did so because they were scared they would lose up to five seats if they didn’t.

After the vote — in which the Liberals fell one seat short of retaining a majority government — McGuinty announced he was resigning as premier and prorogued the Legislature, to avoid questioning about what the Liberals had done.

Under pressure from Tory and NDP MPPs on the justice committee looking into the scandal, came the infamous Liberal “document dumps” of thousands of pages of government data related to it.

During that time, the Liberals repeatedly pledged they had released all relevant documents before announcing they had found more.

One reason was the absurd computer filing system the Liberals used to store information on the gas plants negotiations, calling it everything from Project Apple, Banana and Fruit Salad to Vapour and Vapour Lock.

Both McGuinty and Wynne testifed they were unaware of the rapidly escalating costs of the scandal, which the Liberals estimated at $230 million before the Auditor General put the price tag at up to $1.1 billion.

When Legislative Speaker Dave Levac, a Liberal MPP, made rulings on the gas plant scandal the Liberals didn’t like, Liberal aides discussed among themselves — unsuccessfully as it turned out — how to get him to toe the party line.

They also tried to divert attention from the scandal by promoting stories like their decision to ban tanning beds for those under 18.

Information and Privacy Commissioner Dr. Ann Cavoukian angrily complained the Liberal government had not only inappropriately deleted e-mails she suspected were related to the gas scandal — now the subject of the OPP investigation — but misled her about what had been done.

Simply put, if the Liberals are re-elected given all we now know about this scandal, what won’t they do to us the next time?