Friday, December 7, 2012

Dalton McGuinty Has Been One Of Renewable Energy?s Worst Enemies

by Donna Quixote on December 7, 2012

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Doug Draper ? Niagara At Large ? October, 2012

If there is one group of people in Ontario most pleased to see the back of Premier Dalton McGuinty, I would bet what?s left of my money on people living in rural communities where his Liberal government has been hoping to locate wind farms.

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty gutted all principles of home rule to site wind farms in rural communities.

Downwind of McGuinty?s surprise announcement this past October 15 that he is stepping down after nine years as Ontario?s Grand Poobah, I?ve heard on radio talk shows and read in newspapers and blog sites no end of ?hallelujah? responses from people living in the countryside in Niagara, Ontario and elsewhere in the province ? people who are fighting proposals to locate towering wind turbines near their homes and farms.

And I have got to say, even as a longtime environment writer who believes that renewable sources of energy like wind and solar must be advanced as an integral part of any sustainable prosperity in our 21st?Century future, I can?t blame these people for feeling this way. As I have said over the past few years, in columns published here and in Niagara This Week, McGuinty?s decision, through his Green Energy Act, to sweep away any local say in where wind and solar facilities go is an assault on communities and on the principles of home rule.

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Source: http://quixoteslaststand.com/2012/12/07/dalton-mcguinty-has-been-one-of-renewable-energys-worst-enemies/

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