Manvers will be on the hook for turbines

G. Hawkridge wrote, to the editor, of concerns about the industrial wind turbines inappropriately proposed for the protected Oak Ridges Moraine.

MyKawartha Article: Manvers will be on the hook for turbines:

The words "renewable and green" seem to give politicians the right of approval anywhere around the globe these days.

These magical words if you hear them mentioned in your neighbourhood mean little else but destruction of animal habitat, desecration of water rights, or the taking and using of your land in the name of renewable energy.

Take industrial wind turbines, for example. Many of these 550-foot monsters are proposed for the Oak Ridges Moraine, a stretch of hilly terrain north of Toronto that runs east and west for more than 160 kilometres and measures up to 11 kilometres wide at various points and is the remnants of several ice-age events.

Many of the creatures here have multiplied and have bred to the extent that we are lucky enough not to have to travel to the near north to see this wonderful collection of wildlife.

Many of us have the opportunity of living on the Oak Ridges Moraine and are indeed thankful that it has been a protected area for many, many years. That is until Dalton McGuinty said Ontario was open for industrial wind turbines.

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