Two Little Witches » Environment http://www.twolittlewitches.com/journal ... no rest for the wicked Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Wind Turbines in Pigeon Bay? http://www.twolittlewitches.com/journal/2009/09/29/wind-turbines-in-pigeon-bay/ http://www.twolittlewitches.com/journal/2009/09/29/wind-turbines-in-pigeon-bay/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:13:41 +0000 TwoLittleWitches http://www.twolittlewitches.com/journal/?p=347
The Ontario Government is trying to put wind turbine farms in our beloved lakes. Not way out deep in the middle of the lake, but within 1.5 km of the shoreline… that’s less than 1 mile off shore.  Right in the middle of our public beaches, national parks and marinas. The new Green Act overrides [...]]]>

The Ontario Government is trying to put wind turbine farms in our beloved lakes.

Not way out deep in the middle of the lake, but within 1.5 km of the shoreline… that’s less than 1 mile off shore.  Right in the middle of our public beaches, national parks and marinas.

The new Green Act overrides the municipalities and puts all the power in our now-elected officials… Leaving crucial Environmental Assessments in the hands of the developers!???

While I am all in favor of green energy, are our lakes the right place?

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A few years ago, my husband and I moved our family as far south as we could go… Point Pelee is the southernmost tip of Canada. We were fortunate to find a little place on the shores of Pigeon Bay in Leamington. With bird sanctuaries everywhere, it’s bird heaven… even in the winter. Now someone [...]]]>

A few years ago, my husband and I moved our family as far south as we could go… Point Pelee is the southernmost tip of Canada.

We were fortunate to find a little place on the shores of Pigeon Bay in Leamington.

More Ducks

With bird sanctuaries everywhere, it’s bird heaven… even in the winter.

Canadian Geese

Now someone wants to ruin it with an industrial wind turbine farm.  The new proposal is for 15 wind turbines measuring 410 feet high placed in the lake  just 1.5 km (that’s not even a mile) off the shoreline and public beaches.

This is just Phase I, the original proposal was for 119 turbines.

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