A wind farm slated to be built south of Montreal has been cancelled after popular opposition and an unfavourable environmental review persuaded the provincial government to kill the plan.
That’s English for “they were looking for an excuse”.
A wind farm slated to be built south of Montreal has been cancelled after popular opposition and an unfavourable environmental review persuaded the provincial government to kill the plan.
That’s English for “they were looking for an excuse”.
Broken Link
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/08/20/quebec-wind-farm_n_932269.html
I was out driving along the south shore of Lake Erie yesterday through what is mostly farmland and cottages and was surprised by the number of properties along the way that had signs expressing opposition to a proposed wind farm. There must have been at least a couple of dozen but what surprised me was coming across only one lone sign indicating support. This project is also dead in the water if the ratio is 24 to 1.
This appears to be a CBC article republished in Huff Post. Please tell me Huff Post paid CBC for it, otherwise taxpayers are subsidizing Huffington Post, too. Yee Gods!
The proposed site is just a couple of kilometres from the family cottage, on Mississiquoi Bay. There are two major bird sanctuaries on the bay, one in Canada, and one in the US.
Every fall, thousands of ducks and geese pass by. Any one care to wager what the bird kill would be from this “environmentally friendly” project?
KevenB
I was just thinking the same thing. What happens when a flock of ten thousand or so snow geese fly through the area? The site is strategically located on a flyway down the Richelieu, Lake Champlain, the Hudson River. The price of Foi Gras may drop.
oui!
I find it fascinating that the Province whose people are almost en mass opposed to the development of oil sands in western Canada (the same region that funds much of the Quebec governments social spending) have a complete aversion to wind farms when these are proposed for the populated area’s of Quebec. This is not the first region to oppose such installations in Quebec and will not be the last.
Not In My Backyard!!!. Quebecers should put this, of course in French, on their licence plates.
I find it fascinating that the Province whose people are almost en mass opposed to the development of oil sands in western Canada (the same region that funds much of the Quebec governments social spending) have a complete aversion to wind farms when these are proposed for the populated area’s of Quebec. This is not the first region to oppose such installations in Quebec and will not be the last.
Not In My Backyard!!!. Quebecers should put this, of course in French, on their licence plates.
Quebec has enough hydro electricity to supply the whole of Canada if need be. The retail price is around 4 cents per Kwh. So why even contemplate expensive wind power? Other than to p*ss away more of the oil sands transfer money.
Please no Huffington Post links…..stolen from CBC of all places!
MotherCorp Broadcasting is certainly flawed, no need to feed the dying AOL beast the scraps of small dead animals.
RIP Jack Layton. He gave his life on the campaign trail to snuff out the Liberal Party, and for that I am grateful. I was looking forward to his performances in the House.
‘I find it fascinating that the Province whose people are almost en mass opposed to the development of oil sands in western Canada (the same region that funds much of the Quebec governments social spending) have a complete aversion to wind farms when these are proposed for the populated area’s of Quebec. This is not the first region to oppose such installations in Quebec and will not be the last.
Not In My Backyard!!!. Quebecers should put this, of course in French, on their licence plates.’
Posted by: West observer at August 22, 2011 9:35 AM
Well worth repeating a third time because you have summarised the eastern attitude perfectly, West observer.
Can we say Ugly with no future.
Wind Farm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg5h4FgljRE
speaking of oilsands…a few hippies got a rather large surprise in DC of all places…watch for the stampede away from demonstrations by the big names…
Hippies behaving badly
Weepy Bill McKibben spent the weekend cooling his heels in a DC slammer after being arrested in Washington at his planned two-week long civil disobedience campaign.
The sit-in is an anti-energy effort by misguided hippies who would prefer America buys the oil it needs from despots and stone-age thugocracies than those polite folks north of the border. The Keystone XL pipeline the protestors want to stop will be used to transport oilsands product to the lower 48.
The arrested hippies were willing hoping to be arrested, but their jail time was a surprise:
In negotiations with the police prior to the action that began on Saturday, the police were very clear that what would happen after people were arrested was the vast majority would get what’s called “post and forfeit,” where you put up $100, get released from jail after several hours, and you don’t have to come back again. It’s basically like a traffic ticket. But this is not what they did. Instead, after arresting the first day’s 70 people, they decided to hold most of them, all those not from within a 25-mile radius of Washington, D.C., in jail until a Monday afternoon arraignment. This works out to 48 or more hours in jail before being released.
Among those arrested on the first day:
People arrested include Bill McKibben, the prominent climate activist and founder of 350.org; Jane Hamsher, who founded the popular liberal blog Firedoglake; and Gus Speth, whose career includes co-founding the Natural Resources Defense Council and chairing the White House Council on Environmental Quality in the Carter Administration.
That’s a good day’s fishing.
The sit-ins will continue all this week and into next and we’re promised Hollywood luminaries will show up.Danny ‘global warming causes earthquakes‘ Glover, Mark ‘Frack this‘ Ruffalo and Margot ‘Bush Pilot‘ Kidder are all slated to appear.
It’ll be interesting to see if they actually show up now the news is out that you can’t expect to pay $100 and walk away. The jail time deterrrent was enough for one Toronto native:
Eric Vogt, of Toronto, was among about a dozen activists who left the White House sidewalk before the arrests began. “It appears to be that the Canadian government and the Alberta government are behaving like drug pushers,” said Vogt. “They are pushing the oil down to the south to feed the addiction of the American people. And I don’t think Canada should be part of this particular exercise.”
Eric the red is committed to the cause, right up to when it comes at a personal cost. Which is pretty much a hippie, defined.