LAWYER CALLS WIND TURBINES NIGHTMARE NEIGHBOURS . . . Ontario’s Green Energy Act violates the constitutional right of turbine neighbours to live in a place free from the “reasonable prospect of serious harm,” their lawyer says in a case that could have province-wide ramifications. It’s the first constitutional challenge of the turbine approval process to hit the Ontario Court of Appeal. Potentially at stake are billions of dollars worth of turbine projects, both planned and in the ground, and the green policies that have been a foundation of Liberal governance of the past decade. The whole approvals process “doesn’t allow people to protect their own health,” lawyer Julian Falconer argued Monday before the three-judge divisional appeal court in London. That, he said, violates their rights to live free from harm. Falconer said the government operates in a state of “express-lane” approvals that have led to the erection of thousands of turbines. Full story here bit.ly/1EVxwuT
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:23:22 +0000
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