BC Government Exempts Wind Turbine Projects from Environmental Assessments
environment · December 2024 · Strathcona Regional Park (Brewster Wind Project)
In early December, BC's Energy and Climate Solutions Minister Adrian Dix announced that new wind turbine projects are exempt from Environmental Assessments to accelerate energy generation projects, including the Brewster Wind Project in Strathcona Regional Park.
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- “The latest example of BC’s free-range permitting: waiving Environmental Assessments on all new wind turbine projects. Energy and Climate Solutions Minister Adrian Dix announced the exemption in early December. A proposed wind farm in the middle of Strathcona Regional Park is one of nine renewable BC Hydro energy projects that got the go-ahead this month. Called the Brewster Wind Project...” — The Islands Grapevine – December 19th, 2024 (December 19th, 2024)
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