One of the most consistent complaints we have heard from communities around the world slated for industrial wind farms is the sly and underhanded tactics of Big Wind. From unmentioned but significant fine print in lengthy contracts, to industrial liens that tie up owners’ properties, to enticing landowners with promises of big bucks that, sadly, have lured the greedy. Then there are the “public information meetings” that provide anything but meaningful information on the impacts to communities other than sheer propaganda, leaving residents often fuming and in the dark.
But there are also those who signed those contracts that have later turned around and asked “What have I done?” Such was the case in Kneehill, Alberta.
“Last spring, at a meeting of residents of Kneehill County opposed to a new wind project in their Alberta community,” reports Drew Anderson, “a woman stood up and introduced herself to the crowd. In a room filled with neighbours angry about the proposed Lone Pine wind farm, Trish Tetz said she was one of approximately 40 people who had signed contracts to build turbines on her land.
“Then she told the crowd she feels like her family was coerced into signing and regrets it.”
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Wind Concerns is a collaboration of citizens of the Lakeland Alberta region against proposed wind turbine projects.