A Few Developments Re Wind Energy In Ontario
Now that's an exciting lede. But a couple of interesting things have happened lately. First up is the fact that the Settlers Landing Wind Park project has been curtailed by an appeal to the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal that went against the developer. Here is a good summa . The reasoning behind the decision can be found here . Essentially, several of the planned turbines were to go in a protected wood-lot, which would have entailed clearing some of the trees in the lot. Given that everyone involved agreed that the site was environmentally "significant", the tribunal gave a thumbs down to these particular turbines: One interesting argument arose during the hearing. From the ERT transcripts: [145] In a similar vein, the Tribunal rejects the approach of Dr. Kerlinger [who testified in favour of the development] to assessing the legal definition of “serious harm” to animal life. The Tribunal finds that s. 145.2.1(2)(b) of the EPA cannot be r...