Mark him down as doubtful on mega wind projects
Letter to the Editor
I am writing government to say I’m totally against the proposed wind energy projects. To destroy thousands of hectares of pristine beautiful environment that hold all kinds of wildlife and birds is truly insane. To destroy barrens, bogs and watersheds is insane. To do this for a very short-term project is insane. To do this for foreign countries is insane. To do this to increase the load on our already limited power grid is insane. To do this and affect the mental health of thousands of Newfoundlanders is insane and criminal. To do this and destroy people’s communities is criminal. To destroy people’s property values is criminal.
It’s government’s duty and mandate to protect the people of this province. It’s government’s duty to assure democracy in every way. It’s government’s duty to protect the physical and mental heath of all the people of our province. It’s government’s duty to protect the safety of the people they serve.
These projects were devised while under a wind energy moratorium. They were done in extreme secrecy, they were done quickly, they were done with no public input or stakeholder input. They were done even when the magnitude, destruction and dangers were not fully known either by government or the public.
The land grab of 3.8 million hectares rezoned and stolen from the people of this province in the manner it was taken will come to light in court one day. The huge amount of land taken and rezoned for wind energy is history in the making. Nowhere in Canada has ever such an insane amount of land been taken for wind energy. Nowhere in Canada even comes close to this amount of land. It will be a precedent setting court case. This 3.8-million-hectare land grab goes against all that Crown Lands act stands for. People will be held accountable for their silence.
The premier should do an immediate reversal on all projects and the wind energy companies should roll up their cords and go home and never return.
Kind Regards
Mike Cooze,
Holyrood