Spalding Guardian | 19 October 2013 | www.spaldingtoday.co.uk
A family was days away from selling a six-bedroom home to start a new life in Italy when a wind farm wrecked their dream.
Steve and Allison Russell were selling up so their karting champion son, George, could race more easily in the home of his chosen sport.
The house sale was coming up to the exchange of contracts in 2010 when there was an application for a weather mast… Continue reading
3/12/2013
A CONTROVERSIAL PLAN TO ERECT DOZENS OF WIND TURBINES ON AMHERST ISLAND MAY BE TAKING A TOLL ON THE LOCAL REAL ESTATE MARKET.
AN ISLAND RESIDENT COMPLAINS THAT SHE CAN’T SELL HER HOUSE WHILE THE TURBINE PROPOSAL IS UP IN THE AIR.
NEWSWATCH’S STEPHANIE WILKINS HAS THAT STORY
.An escape from the hectic lifestyle of city living – Mary Lis Best and her late husband purchased this property on Amherst Island 23 years ago.
Mary Lis… Continue reading
Read this letter here…
January 27, 2013
We have a new 90th Parallel Productions documentary airing on CBC Doc Zone, February 7 at 9:00 pm in Canada. We spent two years making this film about wind turbines and how they can make people sick. A lot of people are skeptical–so was I.
When you’re driving north on the B Line from Kincardine to Inverhuron you can see a skyline of red lights flashing against the night sky. This is farmland; hundred acre family… Continue reading
Here is a news report out of Ontario, Canada regarding the plight of victims suffering from industrial wind turbines too close to their homes. This story repeats itself all over the world, from Maine to Australia and everywhere else.
The link below is to a video of Ted Whitworth from Amaranth Township, Ontario.
Ted’s family has been devastated by a turbine project, specifically the transformer station, that started up years ago.
They have followed every protocol and have contacted every authority possible.
The problems are punted between various Ontario ministries and agencies but no one has accepted responsibility nor offered any tangible help.
Ted and his family are not alone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx9o6EiSU54
FYI. This video… Continue reading
1 November 2012
Western Morning News
The Government appeared in disarray over its wind farm policy last night after the Energy Minister and the Prime Minister clashed over the development of new turbines.
Conservative Energy Minister John Hayes said it was “extraordinary” that wind turbines had been allowed “to be peppered around the country without due regard for the interests of the local community or their wishes”.
But his words earned a public rebuke from his boss, Lib Dem… Continue reading
10 DECEMBER 2012
A community councillor from Argyll is mounting a landmark legal challenge against the UK and the EU at the United Nations in Geneva this week over their renewables policies, on the grounds that the public is being denied the truth about the alleged benefits, and the adverse impact, of wind power.
Christine Metcalfe, who represents Avich and Kilchrenan Community Council, claims that the UK Government and the EU have breached a fundamental tenet of… Continue reading
July 13, 2007
By Darrell Cole, Amherst Daily News
Dwayne Bailey has some simple advice for Gulf Shore residents fighting a proposed wind farm in their area, don’t give up the fight because they may regret the consequences.
Bailey recently abandoned his Elmira, P.E.I., home because noise from a nearby wind farm was becoming intolerable. It kept the family awake at night and impacted their health with headaches and vision problems.
“Don’t let them put up the windfarm,… Continue reading
09/21/11
TORONTO – A southwestern Ontario family is suing over a wind farm they claim is damaging their health.
The Michaud family of Thamesville claims they have suffered vertigo, nausea and sleep disruption caused by the Kent Breeze wind farm.
The wind farm, which began operating in May 2011, consists of eight turbines, the closest of which is 1,146 metres from the Michaud’s property.