Protesters call for moratorium on Ontario’s new wind power projects
Posted April 28, 2010 12:08 pm.
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TORONTO, Ont. – People from across Ontario are protesting at Queen’s Park, Wednesday, about the province’s big plans for more wind farms.
The demonstrators are calling for a moratorium on new wind turbine projects until the health concerns have been studied.
But, Premier Dalton McGuinty said wind turbines have been used for decades to generate electricity without any serious health implications, so he won’t agree to a moratorium.
He said it doesn’t make sense under the circumstances.
McGuinty said Ontario has “the most rigorous standards in North America and some of the toughest in the world” for wind turbines.
The Progressive Conservatives said the premier doesn’t always know best and should listen to people who don’t want the giant turbines in their communities.
