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Dust-up over wind farms

Posted on May 1, 2008. Filed under: Agriculture Canada, Bruce county wind farm turbine, Dalton McGuinty, Epcor Ashfield wind farm, Essex county wind farms, Essex wind farm, Gosfield wind, Harrow wind farm, Hydro One, Kent county wind farm, Melancthon wind farm, Noise, OPG wind power, Suncor ripley wind farm, West Pubnico, Wind Farm Setbacks, birds and bats killed, independent news, kincardine wind turbines, ontario hydro, problems with wind farms, wind-turbine-noise-kincardine-bruce county | Tags: Noise from turbines meet guidelines |

.Dust-up over wind farms
Source the Toronto Sun
Report: Noise from turbines meet guidelines

By JONATHAN JENKINS, QUEEN’S PARK BUREAU

There’s no scientific proof wind turbines make disturbing levels of noise and, although more study is needed, Ontario’s guidelines are sound, a long-awaited consultant’s report for the ministry of the environment says.
The report by Ryerson prof Dr. Ramani Ramakrishnan [...]

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