Email from Solar Farm Awareness Project June 2 2012 Many local residents have received letters from Hatch regarding amendments to Waubaushene 4 and 5 Industrial Solar Farms. Hatch is a firm retained by the proponent Recurrent Energy. ...

By PATRICIA WILLIAMS Daily Commercial News June 4 2012When the firm of Snyder Architects was retained by the Simcoe County District School Board in the fall of 2008 to realize the board’s bold vision for a 21st century school in the town of Angus, it immediately realized “that this wasn’t just anothe...

AWARE Simcoe Annual General MeetingPosted May 25 2012AWARE Simcoe is hosting a public meeting in Barrie on energy and the cost to society of our current system, in financial, social and environmental terms....

AWARE Simcoe hosting meeting Saturday in BarrieNews release from AWARE Simcoe - May 21 2012AWARE Simcoe wants to raise public awareness about the reasons for the shocking nearly 50% hike in the cost of electricity over the past several years.The citizens’ group is hosting a meeting Saturday at 9:30 a...

These residents are tryingBy John Spears Toronto Star April 20 2012STAYNER—The little hut not far from the end of Kevin Elwood’s airstrip looks more like a hobbit house than anything: almost a play house, a mere 16 by 20 feet. ...

Bike powered by vegetable oil assembled by Midland machinistBy Nicole Million April 7 2012MIDLAND – While it might smell like a french fry truck, Eckhard Schulz’s latest creation is much cooler.Read more...

Review board rules no evidence nearby wind turbines devalued homesCBC News Apr 7, 2012An Ontario couple who launched a case arguing that nearby wind turbines devalued their waterfront home and should be a factor in their property assessment has lost the challenge.Read more...

The Canadian Press Apr. 03 2012 Ont. faces $1B lawsuit for moratorium on wind farms TORONTO — Ontario’s Liberal government said Tuesday it would defend itself against a $1-billion lawsuit over its moratorium on offshore wind farms, the second such action over the province’s energy policie...

The Canadian Press Mar 22, 2012Ontario’s Liberal government announced Thursday it would lower the premiums it pays for future wind and solar energy projects, but electricity bills will keep rising.Read more...

Why Ontario effectively paid its neighbours $214,584.24 in one weekend hour to take our power By John Spears Toronto Star March 13 2012 Mild temperatures, high winds, spring run-off and a weekend combined to send the price of power below zero on Sunday in Ontario. But despite the near-record negative...