Resource Documents: England (30 items)
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Windfarm Wars – episode 4
Author: BBC2
[ Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 ] Transcript of Windfarm Wars, episode 4 (of 4), BBC2: This is a stress-free place. It’s something to sit and worship at because it is so beautiful. 4.5 miles from the northern edge of Dartmoor lies the Den Brook Valley. But for seven years a battle has been fought over plans to build a windfarm here. Morning, Mr Tucker. Farmer Martin Tucker will have five turbines on his land and it will make him serious . . .
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Windfarm Wars – episode 3
Author: BBC2
[ Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 4 ] Transcript of Windfarm Wars, episode 3 (of 4), BBC2: Nichols Nymet House Hotel in the heart of Devon. It’s four weeks after a planning enquiry has decided to allow a windfarm to be built in the valley below. This is encouraging, isn’t it? A meeting’s been called at short notice. Hi, I’m Muriel. We’re from Spreyton. Hotel owner Muriel Goodman is praying for a good turnout. She fears the windfarm will ruin her business. . . .
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Aesthetics, England, Noise, Property values, Regulations, Siting, Tourism, Videos •
Windfarm Wars – episode 2
Author: BBC2
[ Episode 1 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 ] Transcript of Windfarm Wars, episode 2 (of 4), BBC2: This is our best bedroom here. We have people who just literally sit here in the day and look at the view. From that tree there, all the way across the top of those trees, well above the skyline, is where the turbines will be. Hotel owner Muriel Goodman first learnt six years ago that developers were planning to build a windfarm in the shallow . . .
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Aesthetics, England, Human rights, Impacts, Noise, Property values, Siting, Videos •
Windfarm Wars – episode 1
Author: BBC2
[ Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 ] Transcript of Windfarm Wars, episode 1 (of 4), BBC2: Isn’t that wonderful? A fantastic play of light and shade, isn’t there? Devon, for many, a place to find peace and solitude. For others, like the Tucker family, it’s been a working landscape for generations. The Tuckers’ farm lies about 4.5 miles from the northern edge of the protected landscape of Dartmoor National Park. Seven years ago, in 2004, a renewable energy company approached Martin . . .
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