Article by James Kelsall, Summer
Student
On Monday, July 18 the Environmental Review Tribunal delivered
its ruling in Erickson v. MOE. It found against the
appellants who stood in opposition to the Suncor Kent Breeze Wind
project. The Tribunal held that the appellants had failed to
provide sufficient evidence to show that the low frequency sound
generated by wind turbines will cause serious harm to human health.
In the decision, the Tribunal stated that the evidence presented by
the appellants was largely "exploratory" in nature, and
gave it little weight. Instead, they relied on the testimony of
several expert witnesses who stated that the relevant research was
still in its earliest stages and that it had not yet progressed to
a point where reliable conclusions could be drawn.
