KAMLOOPS — Kamloops-area MLAs… say board members’ concerns over recently-approved wind farm projects in the area are more than just hot air. …In announcing the approvals, the province said it “intends to exempt these wind projects and all future wind projects in B.C. from environmental assessment.” Stamer called that approach “totally irresponsible.” …Approval of the wind farms does not bode well for operations like Atlantic Power in Williams Lake, said Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Lorne Doerkson. Atlantic Power produces electricity by burning biomass wood waste. In January, the company announced it intends to close the Williams Lake plant because it can’t be profitable under its current contract with BC Hydro. …Doerkson says the wind farm announcement this week puts Atlantic Power’s future in jeopardy. “The Elephant Hill fire is currently being cleaned up and that is what we are using for fibre at plants like Atlantic Power. This is a green project.”