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Tensions high on Port au Port Peninsula over wind-hydrogen megaproject

Tensions high on Port au Port Peninsula over wind-hydrogen megaproject

Depending on who you talk to on the Port au Port Peninsula, the region is either on the brink of an economic transformation or walking an environmental tightrope. Forty-five per cent of residents in the area drew employment insurance in 2019. But a company formed just a few months ago, World Energy GH2, promises a revolutionary wind-hydrogen project it says will bring hundreds of jobs and millions in revenue. The hiccup? That plan depends on building 164 turbines, each 200 metres tall, in an area about the size of the City of St. John's.

2 candidates show to discuss well water issues

2 candidates show to discuss well water issues

Dave Lusk really misses his well. Dug in 1965, the well at his Greenvalley Line farm supplied pure, cold water for some 53 years before it failed in 2018. Lusk believes the well was spoiled as the direct result of the impact of wind turbines on the aquifer.