Alerts Category: U.K.
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These postings are provided to help publicize the efforts of affiliated groups and individuals related to industrial wind energy development. Most of the notices posted here are not the product of nor are they necessarily endorsed by National Wind Watch.
Den Brook appeal granted for 24th and 25th July 2008
One of the key concerns of the residents who formed the Den Brook Judicial Review Group has been that noise issues relating to the proposed Den Brook Valley Wind Farm were not fairly addressed. The data used by RES, the wind farm developers, to determine noise levels was never made public.
Finally after 3 years of lobbying, and a hearing at the High Court in March 2008, a few weeks ago RES released the background noise data, and professional experts commissioned . . .
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Important Precedent to Assist Us All
Mid-Devon’s Den Brook wind farm saga has been going on for more than 4 years now. Our Judicial Review team are appalled by what they’ve recently discovered and are more than ever determined to try and achieve another important precedent to assist all who are, or who are likely to be, affected by wind turbine noise.
Permission has been given to appeal the recent high court decision and we go to the Court of Appeal in only three weeks time, on . . .
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England, Hearings, Impacts, Publications
Source: Protect Carsington and Hopton
Public Inquiry for proposed turbines in Carsington, Hopton, and Brassington
The Public Inquiry will start at 10am on Tuesday 1st July and last for 8 days. It will be based at the Derbyshire Dales District Council, Town Hall, Matlock.
If you would like to present your views during the hearing, you must attend the opening session at 10am on the first day. The Planning Inspector will take your details and schedule some time for you to speak, probably during the second week.
Click here for more information.
(click picture to download PDF poster)
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Beauty Corruption — Stop Benington Wind Farm
Click here to download an MP4 version of the “Beauty Corruption” video (23.4 MB).
Click here to download an MP3 audio file of the “Beauty Corruption” song (3.7 MB).
As you may know, there are plans to erect three huge wind turbines in the beautiful countryside of Benington.
These three turbines, reaching 400 foot each, will destroy the beauty and peace of such a serene area, and will be seen for many miles around.
I, myself, am not against wind energy. However, I feel . . .
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Emissions, Letters, U.K.
Source: Friends of Eden, Lakeland and Lunesdale Scenery
Wind Farms and Carbon Dioxide Savings
Intuitively it would seem logical that if enough wind farms are built then it must be possible to shut down some coal or gas fired power stations and save carbon dioxide.
But that is not the case.
The Government repeatedly states that they want to see 25 to 33 gigawatts of electricity generated from wind. That is about half of the UK’s total electricity requirements. If this amount were ever achieved, it would have to have at least 33 GW of coal . . .
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You couldn't make it up!
I know that many of your friends follow our story with interest, so here’s the latest “episode”.
The District Council undertook a period of monitoring at our home last October. They came to measure the noise for an hour a night on 26 nights. On the basis of this they decided that there was no statutory noise nuisance, and although there were three minor breaches of the planning permission they did not feel it appropriate to prosecute. This “result” then went . . .
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Action alerts, Press releases, Scotland, U.K., Wildlife
Source: David Bellamy and Mark Duchamp
Birdies bye bye
We have received the following message from Israel:
“Following a press release last week it seems that several of the leading industrial companies in Israel are going to enter the wind business. These are deeply connected to leading politicians. Our ministry of environment is quite hopeless. The future seems bleak.”
From Gibraltar, from Sicily, from the US, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and now from Israel, day by day more bad news comes in from the main bird migration flyways of the . . .
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Stop Wind Energy Development on Lewis
Wind Farms on the Isle of Lewis are on the verge of being rejected. Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond is being subjected to aggressive lobbying by the developers, despite the clear environmental harm that would result from such a massive development on peat bog, let alone the desecration of the wild landscape and the likely threat to important bird populations. Write to him in support of clear rejection of this ill-conceived project. Below are three sample letters, kindly provided by . . .
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Petition to British Prime Minister
“We petition the Prime Minister to Stop erecting wind turbines. 1000 tonnes of concrete is required to install each turbine. Concrete production is the second most polluting industrial process in the world. Wind turbines produce a low and unreliable source of power that cannot be relied upon, so conventional power stations are kept running as backup anyway. Wind Turbines are noisy and spoil our landscape. Please prevent any more from being installed.”
Sign the petition at 10 Downing St’s E-Petition site: . . .
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Protest Walk on Pentre Tump
Say NO to turbines
on Pentre Tump
PROTEST WALK
ON PENTRE TUMP
Sunday, 25th November, 11 a.m.
Meet at St. Michael’s Church, Llanfihangel Nant Melan, near New Radnor (on A44)
Published by Save our Scenery – Radnorshire, The Folly, Llanfihangel Nant Melan. LD8 2TN
Flyer:
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