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WIND POWER-MORATORIUM TORONTO (AP) (wgvu) - A PUBLISHED REPORT SAYS ONTARIO IS PREPARING TO
LIFT A MORATORIUM ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS IN
THE GREAT LAKES.
THE MORATORIUM HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR NEARLY 14 MONTHS.
THE "TORONTO STAR" REPORTS THAT THE MINISTRY OF NATURAL
RESOURCES SAYS THE DEPARTMENT IS PREPARING TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE MORATORIUM FOLLOWED PUBLIC PROTESTS AGAINST AN OFFSHORE WIND
PROJECT NEAR LEAMINGTON, ONTARIO, IN SEPTEMBER 2006. LEAMINGTON IS
ON LAKE ERIE, 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DETROIT.
SOME AMERICAN STATES, SUCH AS OHIO, ARE ACTIVELY MOVING FORWARD
WITH OFFSHORE PROJECTS IN LAKE ERIE DESPITE THE ONTARIO POLICY.

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