The wind farm rebellion gathered pace yesterday following a landmark High Court ruling. Continue reading
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Growing health concerns pit Queensland against the wind
A “GROWING body of evidence” that wind farm noise could have health effects has prompted Queensland Health to call for caution when approving wind farm developments. Continue reading
Interior ignored tribal concerns about wind farm impacts — lawsuit
An American Indian tribe has filed a federal lawsuit against the Interior Department in an effort to stop what would become California’s largest wind farm on public land. Continue reading
German Banks Banned From Financing Offshore Windfarms
The knockout blow for the financing of offshore wind farms is the so-called matching maturities rule which was aggravated to stabilize the financial markets. “Offshore wind farms cannot be financed by anyone. We have just been banned from doing this.” Continue reading
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Tagged anti-wind, energy subsidies, government subsidies, Wind power
UK: An ill wind blows in Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire’s uncrowded and gentle landscape is in danger of becoming the wind farm capital of England, says Peter Stanford. Continue reading
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Tagged anti-wind, energy subsidies, government subsidies, Wind power
The National Trust and English Heritage taking legal action against a wind farm
English Heritage and the National Trust have launched a rare legal challenge to a scheme to install four large wind turbines near a “treasured” Elizabethan garden Continue reading
Does Donald Trump have a point on renewables?
Does Trump have a point in saying wind farms will destroy tourism? Or will his own interests actually destroy the campaign against renewables, asks Dani Garavelli Continue reading
Ben Pile: Windy Waffle
Today sees the launch of the UK’s National Oppostion to Windfarms (NOW). Continue reading
UK: Ministers preparing to veto windfarms
Ministers are preparing to veto major new wind farms in the British countryside and cut back their subsidies, according to senior Whitehall sources. Continue reading
UK Energy Minister Vows: ‘No More Wind Farms’ (On Land)
BRITAIN does not need more onshore wind farms, according to the climate change minister. In what will be seen as a shift in strategy, Greg Barker has declared there will be no significant expansion in the number of turbines on land beyond those already in the pipeline. Continue reading
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Tagged anti-wind, energy infrastructure, energy subsidies, government subsidies, Wind power
Fraser Nelson: Downfall
It did not take long. Last month, Matt Ridley argued in a Spectatorcover story that the wind farm agenda is in effect dead, having collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions. Continue reading
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Tagged anti-wind, energy infrastructure, energy subsidies, government subsidies, Wind power
World’s biggest wind farm planned for off south coast of England
The development comprises 200 turbines, each the height of a skyscraper and spread over an area the size of Glasgow. Continue reading
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Tagged anti-wind, energy subsidies, government subsidies, Wind power
Fears over wind turbine plans in Bronte country
Plans to build a £12 million wind farm on the “wild and wonderful” moorland that inspired Wuthering Heights have enraged conservationists and locals. Continue reading
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Tagged anti-wind, energy subsidies, government subsidies, Wind power
Lone turbines spark ‘feeding frenzy’ for taxpayer handouts
HUNDREDS of single wind farm turbine applications are being lodged in Scotland in a “feeding frenzy” for subsidies, which are at risk of escaping proper scrutiny in the planning system, experts have warned. Continue reading
Scotland: Conservative Rejection Of Wind Policy Growing
A leading Scottish Conservative attacked his party colleagues in the UK Government for letting the Lib Dems “dictate” energy policy on wind farms. Continue reading
Neighbors Win Court Round Over Wind Farm Noise
A legal petition aimed at reinstating a state rule for limiting noise at a controversial wind farm in Maine can proceed, a judge ruled on Friday, denying a motion from the farm’s developer, Fox Islands Wind, for dismissal. Continue reading
Wind farms pose risk to coastline, officials warn
Britain’s coastlines are in danger from offshore wind farms, a government report has warned. Continue reading
Scotland To Become A ‘Wind Farm Landscape’, Warn Planners
Scotland’s countryside will become a “wind farm landscape” as hundreds more turbines are built to meet the SNP’s radical green energy targets, the country’s most senior planning officials have warned. Continue reading
Germany’s Green Führism: We Have To Destroy It In Order To Rescue It. Green Infallibility Shows Its Ugly Side
Slowly it seems that some greens are starting to wake up from their zombie condition and are showing signs that they may one day realize the disaster they’ve unleashed. Continue reading
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Tagged anti-wind, Wind power, wind turbines
Robert Bryce: Backlash Against Wind Coming From Left: 90 Groups Seek Tougher Rules
In 2009, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimated that domestic wind turbines are killing about 440,000 birds per year. Since then, the wind industry has been riding a rapid growth spurt. Continue reading
