Brian Mendel
February 24, 2012 - 4:31am
Community group says data inaccurate, incomplete
Despite calls to do so, the province’s environment minister says he won’t reject an environmental assessment for a wind farm planned for the Pugwash area.
"That’s not going to happen," Sterling Belliveau said Wednesday while in his constituency.
"There is a process in place and we see that unfolding as (with) any other project that’s similar."
Earlier this month, members of the Gulf Shore Preservation Association urged Belliveau to reject an environmental assessment prepared for Pugwash Wind Farm Inc. because they claimed the company was using data collected for public consultations five years ago. The group says that data is now inaccurate and incomplete.
In a news release issued earlier this week, the association said the community opposes the project, which would see 11 to 12 turbines, generating up to 33 megawatts of electricity, built on a site about two kilometres east of Pugwash.
International singing star Anne Murray, who has a summer home in the area, has also called on the province to stop the proposed wind farm.
Belliveau said the time is now for people to have their say on the project.
"There is a window of opportunity for the public to submit their presentations," Belliveau said. "We’re going through that now, that 30-day window.
"We think the process is right and it’s there for all . . . Nova Scotians to have input. We have great confidence in that particular process."
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/66574-minister-pugwash-wind-farm-assessment-ok
3 comments:
Oh my god,oh my god. They are going to treat it just like any other proposal.
John McManus
Let's just hope that as many supporters as there are naysayers write in.
RL
Riel Ludd:
Supporters comments will be great. Fewer people all the time are fooled into thinking that volume equals numbers.
Going back to Jan. 22 I see an exchange between you and Lisa. Well done! The 100 meters bit was hilarious. Lisa knows the bylaw, I saw her at the meeting.
Lies fool some, but if that's all you have thoughtful people will form the correct conclusion.
Dave McGrath had a letter printed in the Chronicle yesterday. He admitted that the wind farm has not resulted in real estate meltdown, but in fact the Gulf Shore has grown since the process baegan. There's one on your own goal.
He also implied that turbines would be "within 600 meters" of homes. Not true:he must know that.
He also tried on Ezra Levant, concervative trick with the answer yes/no bit. There's a reason he is not in Parliament.
I replied this morning. We'll see if my letter appears; I'm worried about political bias preventing that.
Keep up the good work Riel.
John McManus
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