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		<title>BT wind farm plan for Ilfracombe</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The hills overlooking Ilfracombe are being looked at as a potential site for North Devon&#8217;s next wind farm.
Testing equipment has been installed by British Telecom at Greater Shelfin Farm, Mullacott, to see if conditions are suitable for wind turbines.
North Devon Council agreed planning permission for the 60ft BT anemometer or &#8220;met mast&#8221;, which carries the meteorological testing equipment, for a period of three years.
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		<title>New turbine plan backed by council</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Plans to put up six wind turbines at Goonhilly are being supported by Kerrier council&#8217;s planning officers.
The application, due before this month&#8217;s planning committee on Tuesday, is by Cornwall Light and Power Co. Ltd.It will mean the redeveloping of the existing wind farm within The Lizard area of outstanding natural beauty.
There are currently 14 turbines on site. They would all be removed and replaced by the proposed six. The planned turbines will be double ...]]>
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		<title>Wildlife mincing machine</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every normal person is aware of the need to conserve energy and reduce carbon emissions.We also have a moral duty to preserve the environment in this area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This certainly applies to sustaining a stability between animals, birds, bats and insects, which have a right of existence.
Upton Cross is close to the River Lynher, a natural region for wildlife. This area is teeming with Canada and Barnacle Geese, swans, wildfowl, dippers, kingfishers, ...]]>
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		<title>I suggest most people think they&#39;re an eyesore</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I would like to thank the councillors for taking the trouble to reply to my letter published in the Journal.
Obviously I stand by my thoughts, but at least it caught their attention. Previously I had little knowledge about these money-making monstrosities called turbines other than there unsightliness. Then planning application no. 1/0242/2008/FUL was placed before Torridge District Council to build two or more 100 metre high turbines in the Yeo Valley west of Parkham. ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm battle may go to review</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A judge will rule soon on whether protesters can sue Milton Keynes Council over the planned city wind farm.
Residents and members of campaign group Blew earlier this year instructed a barrister to seek a judicial review of the council&#8217;s decision to allow siting of seven 406ft turbines at Petsoe End, Emberton.
The application challenges technical data used to support the scheme and claims relevant reports were not submitted on time.
The council and the company behind the ...]]>
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		<title>Thousands fight turbine plans</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fight against plans to erect 11 wind turbines near homes has been joined by 2,000 villagers, campaigners say.
Parish councils representing Bishopton, Great Burdon, Great Stainton, Little Stainton, Sadberge and West Newbiggin have teamed up to say the development is not welcome.
Pure Renewable Energy, based in Billingham, is carrying out site tests and no planning application has been submitted.
The company says it proposes to carry out full public consultation over the plans.
But spokesman Peter Wood, ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm &#39;could threaten aircraft&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Villagers opposing a wind farm near their homes today expressed fears over air traffic safety.
Residents of Hilton village near Yarm believe the turbines could cause problems for aircraft flying in and out of Durham Tees Valley and RAF Leeming.
Broadview Energy originally submitted plans to build up to eight 125m turbines between Seamer and Hilton. Following consultation, the company now proposes to install five, positioned on either side of the electricity pylons that currently straddle the ...]]>
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		<title>Appeal against wind farm decision lodged</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wind farm developer Infinergy this week lodged its appeal against the decision made in March to refuse planning permission for ten turbines in the Vale of Belvoir.
The Dorset-based firm insists its proposal to build 415ft-tall turbines at the Thackson&#8217;s Well site near Bottesford is viable.
Project director Herbert Lindlahr said: &#8220;We are confident of our case.
&#8220;We studied the local area in great detail to assess its suitability for the project and found it to be one ...]]>
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		<title>Cash offer for windfarm village</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Villages surrounding a proposed south Norfolk windfarm stand to gain in the region of £20,000 a year for community-based projects if the plans are given the green light.
Diss-based green energy company Enertrag UK says that if its plans to build seven 125m-high turbines at Hempnall are approved it will set up a trust fund and make money available for the community on a yearly basis for the 25-year lifespan of the windfarm.
Some residents believe the ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm inquiry set</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans to build a 13-turbine wind farm between West Wratting and Balsham will be looked at by a planning inspector in July.
South Cambridgeshire Council (SCDC) rejected proposals back in June 2007 but Renewable Energy Systems (RES) announced its intention to appeal at the start of this year.
Stop Wadlow Wind Farm Action Group (SWWF) is well on its way to raising £45,000 it needs to help put its case forward at the public inquiry after taking ...]]>
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		<title>Turbine bid for fields</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 09:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Controversial plans to build seven giant wind turbines on the Shropshire border have been unveiled by developers.
Nuon Renewables believes the proposed development, which would be sited in fields in the Dorrington area near Market Drayton, would add “a 21st century symbol of people’s commitment to renewable energy” to the north Shropshire landscape.
The scheme has stirred up strong opposition in the area, but company bosses claim they can ensure the giant structures will not cause any ...]]>
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		<title>I stood close to a turbine &#8212; and &#39;whisper&#39; it did not!</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 12:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Craven is absolutely right in drawing attention to the contradictory arguments put before us by the pro and anti-wind turbine lobbies, and in commenting on two points in his letter I certainly don&#8217;t intend to criticise it.
He regrets the lack of unbiased information, but in this instance I suggest that commonsense is an adequate substitute.
Despite repeated requests, no-one on the &#8220;pro&#8221; side will tell us how much electricity is generated by these devices when ...]]>
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		<title>College set to build 200ft wind mast</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 11:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A wind farm could be created on fields next to the M6 in the West Midlands after plans were put forward to start the ball rolling with a temporary mast.
The proposals could see a huge weather mast almost 200ft high installed on greenbelt land at an agricultural college in Penkridge, near Wolverhampton, for up to two years. The mast would be used to measure wind speeds as a test of just how suitable the site ...]]>
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		<title>Decision to be made on taller turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A major application for a £20 million upgrade to a wind farm on the Lizard Peninsula could be approved, if Kerrier councillors listen to their planning officers&#8217; advice.
Council officers have recommended approving the application despite recognising it would have a significant adverse impact on a landscape designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB).
Although this being contrary to council policy officers think the application should go ahead as the benefits would outweigh the disadvantages.
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		<title>Windfarm meetings</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[An action group fighting to stop a windfarm being built in their village are holding a series of meetings to help raise awareness.
The Stop Wyverstone Windfarm Action Group is inviting anyone interested to attend one of their next two meetings, in Badwell Ash Village Hall, on Monday, at 7.30pm, or Wyverstone Village Hall, at 7.30pm, on May 20.
The group will outline the proposal for two 130-metre high wind turbines to be built at Potash Farm, ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm plans tweaked</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The company behind the town&#8217;s first wind farm has formally applied to build two wind turbines, reaching up to 125 metres high, in Burtonwood.
Wind Direct Limited has been in consultation with the council and residents living in the area and earlier this year held a public exhibition of the plans before putting in the planning application to Warrington Borough Council.
The changes are being made at the farm as its owners want to diversify into other ...]]>
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		<title>Real danger of turbines ruining our landscape</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I refer to your article &#8216;When will enough be enough&#8217; in connection with the decision by the Planning Committee to approve another seven wind turbines at Coldham a couple of weeks ago.
Not only was that a remark I made in speaking opposing this development at the committee, it was also a feeling coming from members of that committee.
In fact, Councillor Roger Green went even further, by stating at that committee, &#8220;I don&#8217;t want a time ...]]>
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		<title>Councillors failed to grasp their opportunity</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Porky pies under Fenland skies is the best way to describe the latest news that wind developers have been misleading local people over CLAIMED energy production.
The German wind developer at Marshland St James informed me that his so-called highly-efficient and modern 3MW wind turbine, the largest and most advanced in Europe, will power 1,000 homes.
The question is, if this is the case, will the &#8220;man from the Co-op&#8221; please explain, why for years have the ...]]>
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		<title>Balloon protest is let down by plane</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A balloon flown to raise awareness of controversial plans for a wind farm deflated and fell to the ground after an aircraft passed overhead.
The blimp was being flown at Great Paxton by the Cotton Farm Action Group, which opposes the planned wind farm, to show residents the height at which proposed wind turbines would stand.
A plane, thought to be a single-engine, two or four-seater aircraft, appeared to collide with the 20ft inflatable, causing it to ...]]>
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		<title>Villagers angry at wind farm plan</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 09:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Villagers in part of south Leicestershire are protesting at proposals to build a wind farm on land near Swinford.
Members of the Swinford and Walcote Windfarm Action Group claim the plan will damage the environment.
The protesters come from Swinford, Walcote and Cotesbach.
Harborough District Council is examining plans for eleven 410 ft wind turbines &#8212; the equivalent of eleven 40-storey buildings.
Dawn Money, 48, who lives on a farm just outside Walcote, said she would be able to ...]]>
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		<title>Controversial turbine plan is cut to four</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 19:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The company behind the controversial East Stoke wind farm has cut its number of proposed turbines by a third.
Infinergy, which wanted to build six 125-metre turbines at Masters Pit, Puddletown Road, now plans just four for the site.
Project bosses say this downsize is a response to residents&#8217; concerns, an explanation that has been rubbished by wind farm opponents.
Dorset Against Rural Turbines (Dart) president Terry Stewart said: &#8220;The main reason we are against these proposals, and ...]]>
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		<title>Galsworthy residents face second application from Ecotricity</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ecotricity has once again applied for planning permission to erect 4 100 metre high industrial wind turbines on land between Stibb Cross and Bulkworthy.
Galsworthy residents are mounting a second opposition campaign in the face of another turbine application from Ecotricity.  An earlier application from Ecotricity for four one hundred metre high wind turbines on farmland between Stibb Cross and Bulkworthy was refused in February 2008 on the grounds of a formal objection from Natural ...]]>
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		<title>Windfarms: why they are flawed</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Many readers will be wondering why there is so much concern about Nuon&#8217;s proposed windfarm at Swinford.
How many readers actually know the reality of wind turbines?
There is much hype, and windfarms are presented as a good thing. If only that were true!
Readers may have noticed that there is little comment about whether they work or not. That is because the Government has declared that the planning authority &#8220;should not make assumptions about the technical ...]]>
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		<title>Campaigners set for new wind turbines battle</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Campaigners celebrating after plans for two huge wind turbines in the Lancashire countryside were thrown out have warned developers: &#8220;We will fight on.&#8221;
Councillors in Wyre rejected plans for the turbines at Eagland Hill, between Garstang and Pilling.
Cornwall Light and Power wanted to erect two 80m high wind turbines, which stretched up to 125m at the peak of the blades, at Orchard End, Eagland Hill.
The plans sparked more than 300 objections, with protesters claiming the structures ...]]>
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		<title>Is building more windfarms the answer&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it is finished later this year, the giant offshore windfarm off the Skegness coast will be the largest in the world.
It might assume that mantle only briefly, but the development, spearheaded by energy giant Centrica and using technology developed by Siemens, will still be a leading light of Britain&#8217;s wind energy industry.
Earlier this year the Government agreed to a tough target of getting 15 per cent of all its energy from renewable sources by ...]]>
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		<title>County council U-turn over windfarm plan</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Northumberland County Council has withdrawn its objections to proposals by Hexham-based company Amec for a windfarm in Tynedale.
In a letter submitted to the public inquiry looking at three separate applications, the council said that its major concerns had been dealt with by the company’s decision to modify its original plans.
Amec had initially intended to put up 20 turbines in the Ray Estate, but in light of evidence presented at the inquiry, altered the number to ...]]>
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		<title>The wind of change &#8212; not here thanks</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[HgCapital, the private equity group, is in trouble with the residents of the Weald of Kent over the possible funding of a wind turbine in their back yard. The Kent Weald Action Group has a website devoted to the protest, and accuses Hg of being socially irresponsible in siting the turbine within 600m of many people&#8217;s homes. “We have provided them with evidence of how people&#8217;s lives have been totally blighted elsewhere by having turbines ...]]>
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		<title>Could wagons tilt at new windmills?</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 10:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lorries could be blown over by gusts from a proposed windfarm next to the M6 in Lancashire, an expert claimed today.
Plans have been submitted for 18 five-metre vertical wind turbines at the Brockholes Quarry site at Samlesbury, near Preston, as part of bigger plans for a 112-hectare multi-million pound nature reserve.
But today Preston-based chartered electrical engineer and lecturer Dr Roy Horton, who has carried out consultancy work on turbines across the world, said turbulence created ...]]>
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		<title>&#34;Goliath&#34; wind turbine plan thrown out</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 09:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans for two giant wind turbines which would have dominated the Wyre countyside have been defeated.
Around 30 local residents descended on Wyre Council&#8217;s planning committee yesterday to ensure plans at Pilling for the power generators, which would have been 410ft tall at the tips of the blades, were thrown out.
Protesters brought their own scale model of one of the turbines, complete with model church, bus, phone box and human figure to illustrate the impact.
The proposal ...]]>
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		<title>Windfarm complaint to Advertising Authority</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 09:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The developer of a proposed wind farm has complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
RH Bott and Sons, which proposes to erect three 400ft high turbines on land on High Elms Lane between Benington, Aston and Watton-at-Stone, made the complaint about the Stop Benington Wind Farm (SBWF) campaign leaflet because it was concerned people would be misled by some of the information in it.
It believed the computer generated images in the leaflet &#8220;did not represent ...]]>
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		<title>Turbine plans backed</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 08:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two giant wind turbines are to be constructed on the outskirts of Lowestoft after a planning inspector gave the project the green light.
Peter Beasley ruled in favour of energy company SLP after it appealed against Waveney District Council&#8217;s failure to decide on the £4m plans.
It means the turbines, of a similar size to the Gulliver turbine in Lowestoft, can now be put up at Kessingland without a decision being taken by district councillors.
Opponents claimed the ...]]>
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		<title>Garstang wind turbine plan rejected</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 17:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plans for two giant wind turbines which would have dominated the countryside between Garstang and Pilling were rejected today.
Wyre planning councillors threw out the controversial application after hearing from residents of Pilling, Eagland Hill, Nateby and Out Rawcliffe who argued strongly against the towering turbines on Pilling Moss.
Cornish-based company Cornwall Light and Power lodged plans to site two 80m high turbines (125m high at top blade height) at Orchard End, Eagland Hill, earlier this year.
The ...]]>
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		<title>Government &#39;bulldozing green belt&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of hectares of green belt have been lost to development in recent years and more is under threat, the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has warned.
Despite commitments by the Government to preserve green belt land, it has been &#8220;seriously eroded&#8221;, with an average of more than 1,100 hectares a year being developed between 1997 and 2003, the conservation charity said.
It said more than 45,000 homes &#8212; equivalent to a city the size of ...]]>
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		<title>Fenland campaign group&#39;s statement following consultation meeting</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marshland Wind Farm Ltd has yet again chosen to portray a hugely distorted view of events, claims anti turbine group FLAT.
&#8220;It is therefore necessary to set the record straight!&#8221; said a statement issued today.
&#8220;Lyndon Mason the Chairman of FLAT attended the consultation meeting at Marshland St James last Thursday with a view to try and find out the facts that the developers would rather you didn&#8217;t know.
&#8220;Such as the turbines that they are proposing to ...]]>
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		<title>200 turn out for turbine meeting</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Security guards manned the door at Marshland St James&#8217; Jubilee Hall for the latest consultation meeting on the proposed controversial wind farm.
But Thursday’s gathering passed without incident with more than 200 people turning out to look at plans for the proposed building of 19 wind turbines on land adjoining Marshland St James and stretching to Emneth, Outwell and Tilney St Lawrence.
Developers organised the security and also asked for a police presence amid concerns there might ...]]>
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		<title>Villagers join fight</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fight against plans to erect 11 wind turbines near homes has been joined by 2,000 villagers, campaigners say.
Parish councils representing Bishopton, Great Burdon, Great Stainton, Little Stainton, Sadberge and West Newbiggin have teamed up to say the development is not welcome.
Pure Renewable Energy, based in Billingham, is carrying out site tests and no planning application has been submitted.
The company says it proposes to carry out full public consultation over the plans.
But spokesman Peter Wood, ...]]>
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		<title>Ramblers hit out at wind turbine plan</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ramblers have condemned a decision by Peak District bosses to approve a wind turbine on National Trust land.
The Derbyshire Ramblers&#8217; Association say the decision to allow the turbine on White Edge on the Park&#8217;s eastern moors is &#8220;astonishing&#8221; and would seriously detract from the character of the landscape.
Officers had recommended the application should be refused because it wouldn&#8217;t fit in with the landscape &#8212; but councillors felt the demand for renewable energy was just too ...]]>
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		<title>Ban on Marshland wind farm opponent</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A leading figure in the controversy surrounding plans for a wind farm in Marshland St James has been refused entry to a public meeting about the proposals.
Lyndon Mason, chairman of Fenland Landscape Against Turbines (FLAT) was barred from a consultation event organised by Marshland Wind Farms, the company behind the scheme, because of his alleged earlier &#8220;disruptive behaviour&#8221; at the meeting.
Around 200 people are estimated to have attended the meeting, held at the Marshland St ...]]>
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		<title>Date set for wind turbines appeal</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A date has been set for Carsington&#8217;s controversial wind farm appeal.
The inquiry into the refusal of four wind turbines at Carsington Pastures, will begin on July 1 and the firm behind the plans, West Coast Energy, has submitted more environmental details in a bid to win approval.
Planning chiefs were updated with the application this week following further surveys into the effects on bats and birds at the proposed site.
Neil Exton, land and development manger for ...]]>
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		<title>Wind device gets go-ahead</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A wind measuring device will be erected near a North Lincolnshire village after planning permission was granted.
The 70-metre mast will go up on an access road to Manor Wold Farm, Horkstow, for a maximum period of three years.
It will measure wind energy in the area, with a view to deciding if it would be a suitable site for a wind farm.
The application was first submitted by Npower Renewables last year, but it had to ...]]>
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		<title>Help blow away wind-farm plan</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 21:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the capacity attendance at the Swinford wind-farm meeting, a number of eminent professionals have volunteered their services in opposition to a proposal to build nine super-massive turbines close to the village.
Nuon, which has proposed the scheme, has produced an environmental-impact report which, according to a number of eminent scrutineers, is stuffed with ballast and repetition.
The development is sited on land housing several sensitive animal species, medieval village foundations and rights of way &#8212; all ...]]>
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		<title>No to wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 09:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shoppers in Pontefract added their voices to a campaign against a wind farm near Darrington.
Member of Pontefract Wind Farm Action Group (PWAG) set up a stall on Market Place in Pontefract on Saturday to drum up support in their bid to halt a proposoal by Banks Developments for a six-turbine windfarm off Westfield Lane.
The nine-hour stint attracted 625 more objections signatures for their petition and 340 letters to MP Yvette Cooper.
Tony Hames, PWAG chairman, said: ...]]>
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		<title>Turbines can affect air traffic equipment</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 09:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Durham Tees Valley Airport has admitted that wind turbines can affect air traffic as campaigners continue to fight plans for a wind farm nearby.
Officials say they can have an impact on air traffic control equipment depending on their size and proximity to the site.
But despite this, they are refusing to pledge their support for those against the wind turbines on a site between Hilton and Seamer, near Yarm, near Stockton.
Broadview Energy Limited wants to set ...]]>
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		<title>Turbines plan prompts fear over skyline</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 09:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Northampton skyline could be swamped with massive wind turbines if plans to built a 417ft installation at Brackmills are given the go-ahead, an MP has warned.
Supermarket giant Asda has applied to build the large turbine at its distribution centre on the Northampton industrial estate.
The plans have caused upset among people living nearby and the Conservative MP for Northampton South, Brian Binley, has called for a limit on the structures during a session in the ...]]>
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		<title>Community completely and bitterly divided over turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 19:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A community completely and bitterly divided over proposals for wind turbines is how Marshland St James was described in Parliament.
MP for North West Norfolk Henry Bellingham called into question the efficiency of small clusters of onshore turbines.
He said: &#8220;Putting small clusters of eight, nine or 10 turbines onshore does untold environmental damage, for very little gain, whereas offshore turbines can achieve critical mass and make a gain.&#8221;
Commenting on recent events in Marshland St James he ...]]>
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		<title>Hi-tech energy savers could ruin Chichester Harbour&#39;s landscape</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 10:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Devices to win energy from wind, waves and sunshine could have a severe impact on Chichester Harbour and its rich variety of wildlife.
This warning from the Harbour Conservancy has been prompted by a new planning document issued by Havant Borough Council, which has major implications for the harbour.
In a detailed reaction to the borough&#8217;s blueprint, conservancy members homed in on a suggested wind turbine in the Broadmarsh area of Langstone, next to a special protection ...]]>
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		<title>Controversial Tilbury wind turbines plan recommended for approval</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 10:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four giant wind turbines on the Thames at Tilbury are being recommended for approval despite the objections of Thurrock councillors.
At a meeting in January the borough council&#8217;s planning committee were vehement in their criticism of plans for the four turbines which Port of Tilbury management say will provide a quarter of its annual electricity consumption.
They were condemned as unsightly, noisy and a danger to wildlife and there were fears about contamination of the riverside during ...]]>
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		<title>Wind turbine dubbed too tall</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 09:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A wind turbine twice the size of Nelson&#8217;s Column planned for the Teise valley was dubbed too tall and too large for the landscape by council planners.
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council objected to the proposal for the 2mw turbine on land south of Sheephurst Lane in Marden, when it was consulted on the plans.
The application for the 127m mast was submitted to Maidstone Borough Council by Wind Direct on behalf of farmers Peter Hall and ...]]>
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		<title>Residents rally to stop windfarm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 10:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Protesters were out in force just days after they heard a green energy firm had submitted plans to build a windfarm in Hempnall.
Diss-based Enertrag UK Ltd firm wants to build seven turbines up to 125m tall, on land at Bussey&#8217;s Loke and states it would supply energy for about 7,000 homes annually.
But action group Showt (Stop Hempnall&#8217;s Onshore Wind Turbines) organised a demonstration on Sunday in the village and is planning a campaign to fight ...]]>
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		<title>Oblivious to health risks</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 10:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your correspondent &#8212; seduced by the prospect of &#8220;majestic&#8221; wind turbines &#8212; seems oblivious to the real threat to health posed by these vast industrial structures.
In a paper endorsed by more than 100 university professors in Germany, the German experience with wind turbines is described in graphic terms:
&#8220;More people are describing their lives as unbearable when they are directly exposed to the acoustic and optical effects of wind farms.
&#8220;There are reports of people being signed-off ...]]>
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