Denbrook Public Inquiry

I went down from Barnstaple today to the second Denbrook Public Inquiry.

This is the view from the 118 bus somewhere between Torrington and Okehampton - a shame it doesn't show Dartmoor better, but you can just glimpse it above the hedge.



Go to the www.denbrookvalley.co.uk website for more information about the fight to stop a wind farm with 9 x 400 ft high turbines close to the little town of North Tawton.

New report ties wind turbine noise to potential health problems

“There can be no doubt that groups of industrial wind turbines (”wind farms”) generate sufficient noise to disturb the sleep and impair the health of those living nearby,” states Dr. Christopher Hanning in a recent report.... you can read more here on www.wind-watch.org

Tonight at 10.30 on BBC2

This news has just been passed on to us:

Adrian Snook of STOP THE SPIN

http://www.stopthespin.org.uk


will be head to head with Ed Miliband

on NEWSNIGHT

Wind power is a complete disaster

An article by Michael J. Trebilcock from Canada's National Post tells it all....
This is an excerpt:
"Denmark, the world’s most wind-intensive nation, with more than 6,000 turbines generating 19% of its electricity, has yet to close a single fossil-fuel plant..."

Read more...

Family photo

Back late tonight... here is a blurry but nice family photo taken at my father's 90th Birthday party...
Left to right:
Andrew Lovelock, Christine Lovelock, James Lovelock, Sandy Lovelock, John Lovelock, Jane Flynn (Lovelock), Acomo Lovelock

Happy Birthday Dad from Christine Lovelock

Today is my father James Lovelock's 90th Birthday, and Sandy, his second wife, has organised a very special party to mark the occasion. Along with my sister Jane and two brothers, Andrew and John, we will be there to wish him a very happy birthday, in the company of many friends, environmentalists and wind-warriors!

This is a photo of him when he was in his twenties.

More family photographs and memories on this page.

Link to a video about his latest book.

More to follow on Tuesday, if no blog on Monday.

Angela Kelly at Nant-y-Moch

Angela Kelly, Chairman of Country Guardian, came along to the Nant-y-Moch protest walk, organised by the Cambrian Mountains Society.

Here she is holding a poster that was made from painting by George West, an architect and artist who has submitted paintings to the Artists against wind farms website.

Angela is an artist herself, and you can read more about her on her page on the website here

Here is George's painting of the cliffs at Morwenstow, also threatened by turbines.