That Green isn't good

Green isn't all good | The Chronicle-Journal:

IF legislation is a work in progress, Ontario’s Green Energy Act is increasingly an exercise in futility. Launched in 2009 with great fanfare by then premier Dalton McGuinty, this head-first dive into responsible energy production was to place Ontario on the leading edge of a modern industry bursting with potential.
Ontario would attract wind and solar power developers with lucrative contracts. They would develop all kinds of clean power to replace that from Ontario’s cancelled coal plants, leading the way in Canada’s climate change efforts. Developers would agree to manufacture components in Ontario. There would be 50,000 new jobs by the end of 2012, McGuinty said, and untold economic benefits throughout the province.
Who could argue with that?
A good many people, it turns out.
The contracts were so rich...
Wind power was generating widespread complaints...
The Green Energy Act removed local control ...
...“A majority of the jobs will be temporary.” In other jurisdictions, there was actually an offsetting loss of jobs...

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