Thursday, July 4, 2013

Ostrander Point Wind Project turned down!

Smiles all around for many people in Prince Edward County.
Late yesterday, the province’s Environmental Review Tribunal rejected the province’s approval of the Ostrander Point wind power project.
While the Tribunal did not believe the industrial wind turbines would cause harm to human beings, or birds, or plants, they did believe the wind farm would cause irreversible damage to the Blandings Turtle.
Continue reading at Quinte News, which also has audio of PECFN's Myrna Wood, local MPP Todd Smith and Cheryl Anderson on the PECFN.  The site also includes a poll:
Do you agree with the ERT's decision to reject Gilead Power's plan to build an industrial wind farm along Ostrander Point?
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 Turtle wins the day in wind fight | Belleville Intelligencer
The winds have calmed in southern Prince Edward County after the Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) upheld one of two appeals of the Ostrander Point wind project.
In a surprise move, the ERT released its decision late Wednesday evening — a full week earlier than anticipated — upholding an appeal of the project by the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists, while dismissing another filed by the Alliance to Protect Prince Edward County (APPEC) based on a submission of harm to human health. 
Continue reading at the Belleville Intelligencer, where the article has an active comment thread.
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