Ontario Liberals give municipalities greater say over wind and solar farms

And here's how the Toronto Star is presenting today's news...with links to other articles below

Ontario Liberals give municipalities greater say over wind and solar farms | Toronto Star:

Giving local governments more say in where energy projects — especially wind turbines — go is a political necessity for the Liberals. After the Green Energy Act removed all authority for the projects from municipal hands in 2009, the Liberals were wiped out in rural Ontario as resentment boiled over in the wake of unpopular wind farms.
Chiarelli promised that’s all finished.
In a speech to CanSIA, the solar energy industry’s association, Chiarelli said that from now on, wind and other renewable energy developers will have to get local support.
But crucial details are still to come. Only the broad strokes of the new system are being announced so far.

Read more »
Article any source