The sky’s not the limit for wind power. The grid is.

Kings South Green Party candidate and deputy leader Brendan MacNeill was the surprising star [*] of last night’s all-party environmental forum. The Acadia environmental studies major, who already has an environmental technology diploma, came across as thoughtful, poised, well-prepared, persuasive.

Unfortunately, like many Nova Scotia environmentalists, MacNeill has been seduced by the independent power producers’ self-serving lobby for guaranteed, above-market rates for their product. After the jump, a brief explanation of why this approach is wrong-headed for Nova Scotia.   Read more »