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rfmcdonaldAs reported by Teresa Wright in the Charlottetown Guardian, the founders of the Prince Edward Distillery--a potato vokda distillery in eastern Prince Edward Island--are leaving the province. The incredulous reactions at the newspaper website, and on Facebook, are shared by me.
The province happens to be very heavily invested in wind energy, even being a net exporter of electricity to the mainland from wind farms at North Cape and elsewhere. Inasmuch as there's a lack of scientific evidence that there are health side-effects, and inasmuch as the people involved received nearly a hundred thousand dollars for their business (happily remaining active), it's difficult for me to see this as anything but a reaction based on aesthetics not anything objectively real.
The province happens to be very heavily invested in wind energy, even being a net exporter of electricity to the mainland from wind farms at North Cape and elsewhere. Inasmuch as there's a lack of scientific evidence that there are health side-effects, and inasmuch as the people involved received nearly a hundred thousand dollars for their business (happily remaining active), it's difficult for me to see this as anything but a reaction based on aesthetics not anything objectively real.
Arla Johnson, one of the owners of the Prince Edward Distillery in Hermanville, says she and her partner, Julie Shore, are opening a second distillery in Nova Scotia.
Operations in P.E.I. will continue, but the two owners are moving to the mainland due to their concern over the Hermanville-Clear Springs wind farm project.
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Shore was a vocal opponent of the wind farm during the initial approval phase of the project in 2012. In her role as the spokesperson for the Hermanville-Clear Springs Property Owners Association, she urged the provincial government to reconsider the project, citing concerns over diminished property values and potential negative health effects.
The project went ahead after 71 per cent of area landowners within a one-kilometre area around the development site signed agreements with the province for the 30-megawatt wind farm development.
