Save Wabagishik Rapids – Vermilion River

On January 18, 2013   /   Concerns, Costs, Dam Effects, Dams, Green Energy, Media, Studies, Wabagishik Rapids, Water Quality  

Wabagishik Rapids is a beautiful 1 km stretch of rapids on the Vermilion River, about 1/2 hour west of Sudbury, Ontario. A developer is proposing to build a modified run of river hydroelectric dam that would produce enough power to supply about 1,600 homes. These types of dams have numerous negative impacts associated with them, and are very harmful to the riverine ecosystem. Check out this film to find out more.

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Capreol’s Potential Hydro Generation Project

On October 14, 2012   /   Cedar Rapids, Concerns, Dams  

A company named WaterPower Group held a public meeting, in October of 2012, for members of the Capreol Business Association, Capreol Community Action Network, and members of the Town at the Millenium Centre.  This proponent proposes to build a hydroelectric dam on the Vermilion River at Cedar Rapids.

To read an article, go to page 15 of  The Capreol Press – October 1, 2012 – No. 87.

The photos below are of the area that is proposed to be dammed – Cedar Rapids on the Vermilion River.

 

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Green Energy Rush

On May 22, 2011   /   Green Energy  

Wabagishik Rapids
Wabagishik Rapids on the Vermilion River

Linda Heron

We are in a Green Energy Rush – like the gold rush days of old. I think everyone wants green energy, but many of these proposals have been green-washed to make them appear to be safe for the environment, when in fact they are dirty energy. Hydro-electric projects that use holding ponds, and ‘modified peaking’ to take advantage of peak demand bonus rates, are actually dirty energy.

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