Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Robert Plant, famous singer from Led Zeppelin

Today's Headline in the Cambrian News:

Rock Legend Campaigns against Windfarm Plans.

We didn't mention this earlier, when reporting on the walk, to respect his privacy, but as it is now headline news in the local Press, we can report that Robert Plant, the famous singer from Rock Band Led Zeppelin, like Wyck Lohman, lives in the Artists Valley.
There was a public exhibition held by the developers , and it was reported in the Cambrian News that he attended the meeting and joined protesters in opposing the plans which they say "will devastate the landscape and have no significant effect on climate change or carbon emissions."
There is a good article about the protest at Nant-y-Moch in the Cambrian News today. In it, Ann West, Chairman of the Cambrian Mountains Society, said "We are very pleased to have people like that on board, and it is very important in getting us noticed on a larger scale. The protest was all about getting our voices heard and to show what a vast area will be destroyed by this wind farm as well as to make people aware of the importance of preserving our countryside."

At the moment we haven't found the article online, but here is a link to the Cambrian News.

2 comments:

Parfymista said...

Here is a scan of the article: http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/47/plantnews1.jpg

Unknown said...

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