Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty Steps Down, Leaving Province's Wind Energy ... - North American Windpower

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty Steps Down, Leaving Province's Wind Energy Future Uncertain

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty Steps Down, Leaving Province's Wind Energy ... - North American Windpower

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty - one of the chief architects of the province's Green Energy Act (GEA), which established a feed-in tariff for renewable energy - has resigned, according to reports from several Canada-based media outlets. Last October, Ontario's wind energy industry breathed a sigh of relief when pro-renewables McGuinty defeated Progressive Conservative Party candidate Tim Hudak, who had promised to repeal many of the GEA's core tenets and terminate a host of wind and solar energy initiatives that were already under way in the province. However, McGuinty's green energy initiatives were often attacked by local residents, many of whom asserted that wind turbines were harmful to both human health and the environment, despite numerous studies debunking the claims. In spite of the province’s renewable energy successes, wind power, in particular, has become a con...

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