tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74389161171684652212024-03-05T20:28:46.951+00:00Artists against wind farmsWe are fighting to save beautiful countryside and wild places all around the world from needless industrialization.
This photo was taken from the Unesco Biosphere Reserve of Braunton Burrows, North Devon, looking towards the unspoilt hills that are to become the Fullabrook Down Wind Power Station.Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.comBlogger562125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-47554910748682941192014-11-27T07:11:00.001+00:002014-11-27T07:11:13.906+00:00Fullabrook latestNormal service is resuming at last - hopefully anyway! Computer problems, and life itself, have resulted in a long pause in blogging a pause, here (but not as long as the one in global warming.) <br />
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On Fullabrook, noise problems have continued, even as the world at large has ignored the plight of those living near the turbines.<br />
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Protesters near Barnstaple Square, before going to the Park Hotel for a Public Meeting.</div>
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<br />Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-35366073620026330852013-08-27T19:27:00.000+01:002013-08-27T19:27:12.278+01:00The Atlantic ArraySlay The Array will be staging a parade through the centre of Barnstaple
next Saturday, 31 August, at 11.00 am followed by a Public Meeting at 12pm, to alert the
people of North Devon to the imminent threat from the Atlantic Array.<br />
The Parade starts at the Civic Centre, and goes through central Barnstaple to the Square. The Public Meeting will be held at the Park Hotel, in Taw Vale, not very far from the Square.<br />
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For more information <b>go to:</b><br />
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<br />Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-57669509147973594542013-07-28T17:41:00.003+01:002013-07-28T17:41:48.836+01:00Bird deaths under-estimated"A new study just published in the United States has estimated that
around 573,000 birds were killed by wind turbines in 2012 (including
83,000 birds of prey), in increase of 30 per cent on a previous estimate
by the US fish and Wildlife Service in 2009. Bats are even worse hit,
says author K Shawn Smallwood, and probably top 888,000 killed per year.<br />
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Clearly this has serious implications for the renewable energy industry,
which bases much of its investment and publicity on the safety and
environmental sustainability of the machines. Smallwood also believes
his figures are underestimated, owing to the incompleteness if reports
of bird and bat deaths from different states, in particular Texas." <br />
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This comes as no surprise. As someone commented to me the other day, up on Fullabrook Down, many buzzards, for example, are seen hovering above the turbines. It isn't that easy to stand on watch over 22 turbines, and we couldn't help wondering how many birds fall to the ground unnoticed, and are carried away by foxes overnight.Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-57929588459899521832013-07-19T12:43:00.004+01:002013-07-19T12:43:52.380+01:00Slay the Array<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16px;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Acceptance of planning
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announcement that the Planning Inspectorate has accepted an
applicationfrom Channel Energy Ltd to build the UK's largest offshore
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consisting of 240 700-foot turbines, off the North Devon coast, Steve
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fornature, tranquility and unspoilt views; a 10% fall in tourist numbers
couldcost the area £30m a year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"Our
fish, birds and sea-mammals will be under threat, our fishermen out of work,
and our shipping lanes an accident waiting to happen. Lundy will cease to exist
as we know it.</span></div>
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face years of pile-driving, onshore construction and despoiling of the sea-bed,
to build a massive white elephant producing intermittent electricity at three
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"Tell
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Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-71173467169317879282013-07-05T19:42:00.001+01:002013-07-05T19:46:52.754+01:00Energy Swindle"Politicians should be doing everything they can to limit the pressure on
household energy bills. Instead they are adding to the amount that you
are paying by promising fat subsidies to companies who invest in
expensive sources of energy like onshore and offshore wind turbines.
Offshore wind costs three times as much as conventional energy but the
Government want us to use a lot more of it, even if that means more
pressure on people’s finances and more jobs lost as industry is driven
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signing a deal where poor families pay three times as much for their
energy and the money is handed over in fat profits to an Emirati
sheikhdom?" he asks.Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-19563670287891458472013-06-25T15:26:00.000+01:002013-06-25T15:26:07.992+01:00Welshpool again<h1 id="watch-headline-title">
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Wild Land Group today published a special issue of its magazine, <i>Wild Land News</i>, dedicated to the issue
of wind energy. The issue, ‘<i>Wind farms
gone wild: is the environmental damage justified?’,</i> calls into question the
Scottish Government’s focus on wind power as an effective method of tackling
climate change. It suggests that far more needs to be done to protect
Scotland’s communities, environments and landscapes from opportunistic
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To read more, go to this page on the Artists Against Windfarms website:<br />
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Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-39287312421574553442013-06-17T07:44:00.000+01:002013-06-17T07:44:15.876+01:00So Much Wind, by Struan Stevenson MEP
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<b><i>‘<span style="font-family: Enigma 2 Regular, serif;">This
is a timely and important book, coming when more and more people are
beginning to realise the folly of the SNP’s plans to make Scotland
the ‘Saudi Arabia of renewables’. It analyses the human,
financial and environmental cost of wind turbines and shows how
misguided current policy is. This should be compulsory reading
for all national and local politicians, to encourage them to stop
more wind turbines being erected; either that, or voters make
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Stevenson has served as a Conservative Euro MEP for Scotland
since 1999. He is President of the Climate Change, Biodiversity
and Sustainable Development Intergroup and Chairman of the
European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Iraq. In 2010
he was appointed by the Organisation for Security and
Cooperation Europe (OSCE) as a Personal Representative (Roving
Ambassador) of the Chairman in Office (Kazakhstan) responsible
for Ecology and Environment with a particular focus on Central Asia.
His previous book, Stalin’s Legacy, was published in August 2012.</span></b></div>
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Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-71361814593614935922013-05-30T20:28:00.001+01:002013-05-30T20:28:46.742+01:00David Bellamy's Blog"<i>Being close to and caring for the natural environment has always been close to my heart, and it has had a profound effect on my life. Whatever life throws at me it is always to the countryside that I turn to restore my health, my balance and to recharge the incredible energy I derive from just being out there. This is especially so of the mountains and wild places. It gives meaning to my paintings and keeps me in touch with reality when much of the world is in turmoil.</i><br />
<i> It goes without saying that when such places are threatened by
inappropriate development that I naturally feel the need to spring to
their defence, and sadly never before have such threats been so
potentially devastating as we now see unfolding before our eyes. Much of
my work has had to be put aside so that I can protest about what is now
happening in Wales, and indeed much of Britain..."</i><br />
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Go to <a href="http://davidbellamyart.blogspot.co.uk/p/natural-environment.html" target="_blank">David's Blog</a> to read more of what he has to say about the horrific plans to put 800 or more wind turbines across the wild and beautiful mountains and countryside of Wale<i>s. </i> Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-28958932575863083662013-05-22T08:35:00.000+01:002013-05-22T08:35:57.694+01:00We need a welcome not a Wind Farm<iframe width="380" height="285" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/e5vkBwtQyxo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Llanllwni Mountain ChoirArtists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-51550125295635352792013-05-13T19:02:00.000+01:002013-05-13T19:02:22.129+01:00Batsworthy Cross near Exmoor No local community could have fought harder to stop the Batsworthy Cross Wind farm - so much for the government's talk of Localism. Virtually the only supporters the Wind Farm had were a few members of the North Devon Green Party (mostly from 20 or 30 miles away) and this is how their Party was rewarded for its support of the Wind Farm in the recent South Molton Rural Council Election results (this is the area that includes Batsworthy Cross)<br />
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L'Anne Knight (<b>Green Party</b>, Rule Six Party <b>supporting the Wind Farm </b>at the Public Inquiry) <b>90 votes.</b><br />
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J. Yabsley (<b>Conservative</b> who <b>voted against the wind farm</b> at the North Devon Council Planning Committee meeting) <b>1419 votes</b><br />
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B Hockin (<b>UKIP</b> -who were a Rule Six party <b>against the wind farm</b> at the Public Inquiry)<b> 696 votes</b><br />
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When is David Cameron going to start listening to the people who live in the countryside, instead of "Green" lobbyists for the Wind Industry? Even popular Conservative and Lib Dem Councillors who have opposed local wind farms must know that their votes will carry on haemorraging away, unless David Cameron and Nick Clegg think again on this issue. Most UKIP candidates were standing for the first time, and many had little time to campaign, but they polled way ahead of the Greens all across North Devon and Torridge. More and more wind farm campaigners - whatever party they may have voted for previously - are beginning to vote for UKIP, the only party that has a leader who is not afraid to say it as it is about Big Wind.<br />
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Dartmoor from North Tawton - this wonderful view is still threatened by nine giant wind turbines.<br />
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Here is a message from Muriel Goodman and Mike Hulme of the Den Brook Judicial Review Group<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 13px;">"You may
already be aware that a fresh planning application was
submitted April 19 to West Devon Borough Council (WDBC) by
developers RES regarding the Den Brook Wind Farm. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13px;">The
application proposes significant changes to the hard-won
noise conditions imposed by the Inspector on the planning
approval in December 2009. </span></b></div>
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<b>The
application number is 00393/2013.
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<b>It can be viewed by putting the number into the online
planning search: <a href="http://apps.westdevon.gov.uk/planningSearch/default.aspx">http://apps.westdevon.gov.uk/planningSearch/default.aspx</a></b></div>
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It
is the view of the Den Brook Judicial Review Group (DBJRG)
that, if approved, RES's proposals would leave those living in
the locality with neither proper nor adequate protection from
potentially health damaging noise, particularly during
night-times. We further believe this application confirms that
the wind farm is not only poorly designed and inappropriately
located but that construction of the wind farm is unlikely to
be viable without the developer significantly changing the
noise conditions.</div>
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The
application contains a range of deceptively hidden and serious
technical shortcomings and may be unlawful. Ideally,
professionally backed representations need to be submitted to
WDBC along with general comments from individuals.
Professional expertise and legal advice will of course cost
money. </div>
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An
open public meeting is therefore to be held Friday 10 May at 7:45pm at
Nichols Nymet House, EX20 2BP
- Tel: 01837 82626.</div>
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We
apologise for the unavoidably short notice but very much hope
that you will be able to attend the meeting. Your support is
vital for the action necessary to defend the current noise
conditions. </div>
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Thank
you for your continued support."</div>
</b>Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-26449270000738854452013-04-02T08:41:00.000+01:002013-04-02T08:41:15.653+01:00Do watch this video if you can<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="214" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lx1rRxMUwvc" width="380"></iframe>Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-59337749124112781412013-03-08T19:42:00.001+00:002013-03-08T19:42:57.820+00:00Nick Lukey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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The photographer Nick Lukey contacted us recently, and we are setting up a page about him and his work on the website. It will be online in a few days time.<br />
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Until then, you can see more of his work here:</div>
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<a href="http://www.thebigpicturegallery.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><b>http://www.thebigpicturegallery.com/ </b></span></a></div>
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Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-91412681498199876262013-02-22T18:20:00.001+00:002013-02-22T18:20:26.599+00:00Mynydd y Gwair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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This painting by David Bellamy was one of the first to be shown on our website. The fight to save Mynydd y Gwair has lasted for many years (you can read more here: <a href="http://www.artistsagainstwindfarms.com/windfarms/mynydd_y_gwair.html)." target="_blank"> http://www.artistsagainstwindfarms.com/windfarms/mynydd_y_gwair.html).<span style="background-color: blue;"></span></a><br />
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Last week, Swansea Council gave the wind farm (16 turbines, 127 m high) the go-ahead. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">"More than 60
campaigners packed the public gallery for the debate by a Swansea
Council committee which heard views both for and against the
controversial scheme.<br />
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One of those who spoke was Glyn Morgan, chairman of Save Our Common
Mountain Environment, who claimed 87 per cent of people in the local
community were opposed to the scheme.<br />
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"It would be sacrilege to develop on Mynydd y Gwair," he said.<br />
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He stated that red kites had successfully moved into the area and there
were two breeding nests, and that the land had grazing rights with 120
commoners with flocks of sheep and also cattle.<br />
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The land was also popular with walkers, horse riders and people flying mode<span style="color: #009a1b;"><u>l aircra</u></span>ft, he added.<br />
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He urged the council to "make the people proud to be citizens of Swansea and oppose the development"."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">You can read more here:</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Wind-farm-Mynydd-y-Gwair-Swansea-approved-tonight/story-18081607-detail/story.html#axzz2KJscsXZR" target="_blank">http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Wind-farm-Mynydd-y-Gwair-Swansea-approved-tonight/story-18081607-detail/story.html#axzz2KJscsXZR </a><br />
<br />Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-4395866126333699962013-02-14T07:34:00.001+00:002013-02-14T07:34:18.819+00:00 Ammun Lucca<br />
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Ammun Luca, the sculptor, lives in NSW Australia, and his work will soon be highlighted on <span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://www.artistsagainstwindfarms.com/" target="_blank">www.artistsagainstwind farms.com.</a></b></span></div>
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Ammun's website is:</div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://www.ammunluca.com.au/">http://www.ammunluca.com.au/</a></b></span></div>
Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-64971377189348456052013-02-13T17:26:00.001+00:002013-02-14T07:37:11.922+00:00Save the Shetland Islands<img alt="Judicial Review Financial appeal" border="0" height="80" src="http://www.sustainableshetland.org/images/sustainable-shetland-appeal-sm.jpg" width="159" /><br />
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<b>From the Sustainable Shetland website:</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Financial appeal</span></b><br />
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<h2>
Viking windfarm: Judicial Review</h2>
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</b><b>From 29th January a request for a Judicial Review brought by Sustainable Shetland
is to be heard at the Edinburgh Court of Session. We believe Scottish Ministers
acted unlawfully in consenting to
the Viking Windfarm <i>without</i> a Public Local Inquiry.</b><br />
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</b><b>Our 800+ members have contributed
and raised funds to help
cover our legal costs, but we need more.</b><br />
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Please go to this link below to find out more about how to help:<br />
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<a href="http://www.sustainableshetland.org/appeal.htm" target="_blank">http://www.sustainableshetland.org/appeal.htm</a><br />
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If this wind farm goes ahead, the people of Shetland will be living in a wind farm made up of 103 giant turbines. The tranquility and beauty of the Islands will be a thing of the past. The wild life and the environment will suffer, and all this destruction will be for little real gain except to those who who make money from the project.Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-5062874412098265562013-02-04T18:39:00.002+00:002013-02-04T18:39:40.971+00:00Important news from Australia<i>"This television report was broadcast within the last 24 hours. It makes compelling viewing.
It marks an unprecedented move by the Environmental Protection Agency in South Australia to begin testing residences near Waterloo wind farm.
The investigation will include the measurement of infrasound and low frequency noise, down to 0.25 Hz, inside and outside homes, with “on off” testing.
It will require the cooperation and provision of operational data which wind development operators have so far refused to provide to any independent researchers, anywhere in the world."
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Read more and see the video at this link:<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">
<a href="http://stopthesethings.com/2013/02/01/now-finally-the-truth-laid-bare/">http://stopthesethings.com/2013/02/01/now-finally-the-truth-laid-bare/</a></span></b>Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-85270338410761298382013-02-02T06:29:00.001+00:002013-02-02T06:29:28.219+00:00Simon Jenkins<div id="main-article-info">
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In planning, defenders of nature are 'nimbies', opponents 'vandals'. To end the shouting match we need a new language"</div>
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Read more here:</div>
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/31/planning-private-profit-public-benefit" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/31/planning-private-profit-public-benefit</a></div>
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Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-61053417771608050482013-01-22T07:34:00.001+00:002013-01-22T07:34:02.540+00:00The Crucial PointFollowing President Obama's speech yesterday James Delingpole has highlighted the crucial point about virtually all political action made so far against climate change - so far it has always made matter worse, for everyone, and been completely counter productive as far as reducing CO2 emissions.<br />
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President Obama:<br />
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"We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms."<br />
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James Delingpole:<br />
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"The first sentence is a blatant untruth. Concerted global action so far to deal with the threat of climate change has resulted in: higher energy prices; more deaths from fuel poverty; more intrusive regulation; the destruction of rainforests and the squandering of agricultural land on biofuels; higher food prices; famine and food riots – as a result partly of the drive for biofuels; the entrenchment of corporatism and rent-seeking to the detriment of free markets; the ravaging of the countryside with ugly solar farms and even uglier wind turbines; the deaths of millions of birds and bats; the great recession. How any of this has in any way benefited either our children (who are going to find it far harder to find a job) or future generations is a complete mystery."<br />
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<b><a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100199161/obama-declares-war-on-reality/">http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100199161/obama-declares-war-on-reality/</a></b>Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-79354191913812453882013-01-21T07:56:00.000+00:002013-01-21T07:56:31.746+00:00Professor David Bellamy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Cartoon by Graham Lang<br />
<a href="http://www.artistsagainstwindfarms.com/windfarms/grahamlang/graham-lang.html" target="_blank">http://www.artistsagainstwindfarms.com/windfarms/grahamlang/graham-lang.html</a><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY TO DAVID BELLAMY</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">An appreciation on his 80th birthday 18 January 2013</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">written by Alison Chapman , Co-ordinator, Galloway Landscape And Renewable </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Energy (GLARE) on behalf of us all </span><br />
<br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">David
Bellamy is one of nicest people you could hope to meet. He gained our
affections during the heyday of his tv appearances but in recent years
he has also won our admiration and respect for his principled stand
against the destruction of our countryside by the erection of wind power
stations. And he has been a constant friend and inspiration to many,
especially small local protest groups, who couldn't believe their luck
to have such a giant ally.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Happy Birthday, David and lots of love and so many thanks from us all</span> </div>
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Artistsagainstwindfarms.com was launched on Blackcraig Hill back in 2005, and David Bellamy was there to support us.<br />
<a href="http://www.artistsagainstwindfarms.com/windfarms/paint_it_day.html" target="_blank">http://www.artistsagainstwindfarms.com/windfarms/paint_it_day.html. </a></div>
Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-38119705451241414912012-12-24T12:26:00.003+00:002012-12-24T12:26:37.444+00:00Happy Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Winter trees, Shearford Lane, Barnstaple.<br />
Memories from a couple of years ago, when it was cold.<br />
This field is very wet today!Artists Against Wind Farmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00401397241004588241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438916117168465221.post-13414491832742299772012-12-10T07:45:00.000+00:002012-12-10T07:45:23.415+00:00Let them eat cakeAs austerity bites, we are not only destroying our own countryside with wind turbines for no good purpose except to make some people rich, but we are giving aid to the poorer nations of the world, so that they can have wind turbines too. What madness!<br />
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Christopher Booker says:<br />
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"<i>It might seem rather quixotic for a government that recently had to borrow
£8.6 billion in a single month, in order to cover its ever-widening spending
deficit, to then lash out £1.8 billion in foreign aid to build wind turbines
in Mexico to supply Walmart with electricity, or to provide solar panels to
some of the poorest countries in the world on condition that they don’t
build the proper power stations they need to become richer.
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<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/9730469/The-polluters-the-EU-says-dont-have-to-pay.html" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/9730469/The-polluters-the-EU-says-dont-have-to-pay.html </a><br />
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In Mexico, energy companies are opposed by the local population.<br />
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/31/mexico-wind-farms_n_2049097.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/31/mexico-wind-farms_n_2049097.html</a><br />
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<i>"The largely indigenous residents of the Isthmus complain that the wind
farms take control of their land, affect fish and livestock with their
vibrations, chop up birds and pit residents against each other for the
damage or royalty payments. They also claim they see few of the profits
from such projects."</i><br />
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