Facts blow wind myths away

The government bears some responsibility for the current situation despite not having control over state planning laws. It is the Commonwealth that has created the financial incentive via the Renewable Energy Certificates that drives the wind industry. The government must now take responsibility for addressing the issue of state sanctioned harm to some rural residents.

It is totally unacceptable that some large energy companies acting irresponsibly should be rewarded with taxpayer funded Renewable Energy Certificates for causing harm that is driving some people to abandon their homes.

In a decision recently handed down in an Ontario environment court it was declared "This case has successfully shown that the debate should not be simplified to one about whether wind turbines can cause harm to humans. The evidence presented…demonstrates that they can…the debate has now evolved to one of degree".

It is perhaps indicative of the political times that it has taken senators independent of the major parties to display the moral courage to challenge the narrative of the noble cause and act on the concerns of their long suffering constituents.