November 21st, 2024

Letters to the Editor

Why does wind-energy industry need subsidies?

By Lethbridge Herald on February 15th, 2016

In his Monday’s sermon “Praise the Wind” (Feb 8/16), Mr. Hornung, the president of Canadian Wind Energy Association, claims that wind turbines: don’t cause health issues; kill only a very few birds; don’t need continuing shadowing from other electricity sources; that their costs are decreasing; that wind energy today is competitive; and that wind is ... Read More »

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Residents bearing heavier load in landfill charges

By Lethbridge Herald on January 29th, 2016

This is further to my letter published in the Lethbridge Herald Jan. 16 regarding the proposed curbside recycling program. Last year we replaced our bed. We disposed of the old bed at the landfill. It weighed 200 pounds and cost us $7. (In weight and volume it equalled our yearly garbage of six bins, for ... Read More »

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