Comments on: Green Party of Canada Opposes Placing Industrial Wind Farms too Close to Homes

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Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:45:54 +0000

[...] newsletter for the Green Party of Canada. When he posted an article denouncing wind in early July, Green Party of Canada Opposes Placing Industrial Wind Farms too Close to Homesthere was such a backlash that he resigned his [...]

By: kermit johnson

kermit johnson — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:09:36 +0000

We have some wind farms in Minnesota with nice rolling hills, and the scenery is actually aesthetic. It sort of looks like Tele-Tubby land!

By: atomcat

atomcat — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:22:53 +0000

Below is a comment from the Green Party. I am happy to see they had the sense to put the article back up on their website. Regardless of how you feel about wind energy, there are many problems that must be addressed. Pretending they don’t exist is not the answer.
Ron

Note: All articles in the Green Canada Vert are, unless otherwise stated, the opinion of the author and do not necessarily represent the policies of the Green Party of Canada.
When this article first appeared, it caused considerable reaction and, for a period of several days was removed from the GPC website. The Green Party respects a diversity of opinion and this newsletter invites debate. Green Party policies recognize wind power as an important part of the solution to global warming; however, local situations and other environmental factors must be considered in how and where wind generators are built.
There will be more comment in the next issue of the newsletter.

Doug Anderson
Federal Councillor
Green Party of Canada
co-editor Green Canada Vert

By: Happy Environmental Enginner

Happy Environmental Enginner — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:53:10 +0000

Too bad the Green party actually does support wind power. The author of this article was out of line with the Party’s policies and views and the article was pulled from the website. An official correction will be published in next month’s edition of the Green Party’s newsletter. Now let’s do some fact checking before we publish non-news!

By: Moe

Moe — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:33:47 +0000

Elizabeth May, the Green Party leader whose riding is in Nova Scotia, said she sides with Murray in the debate. “She’s clear she supports wind power and is talking about siting. Perhaps we can agree cottage country is not the best site for wind farms.”

Instead, May expressed surprise that Atlantic Wind Power – previously involved in a siting controversy in Nova Scotia in 2005 – hadn’t learned its lesson and was fighting uphill against public opinion

again. In 2005, the company developed its Pubnico Point Wind Farm in southwest Nova Scotia. At least one family moved, complaining of noise from that development.

May suggested hilltops in the province might be more appropriate for wind developments rather than the coastline.

“I think Anne Murray was right to say she supports wind power, but this isn’t the right place for it.”