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  • The National Media Against Wind

    A selection of articles on the wind debate from the national press.
    • A Green Dark Age by Matt Ridley (The Spectator)
      "The government’s new emissions target will despoil the countryside, rob the poor – and enrich landowners like me"
    • Wind Farms Are Butchering Britain by Simon Jenkins (The Guardian)
      "Too much faith – and subsidy – is ploughed into wind power when there are alternatives to butchering Britain."
    • Blades of Fury by Matt Rudd (The Sunday Times Magazine)
      "Are the turbines outside your window yet? Well it won’t be long now. It’s a full-on invasion. When did wind become big business? Is it the only option?"
    • Save Our Scenery! (Leader, Spears WMS)
      The launch of Spear's Save Britain's Historic Landscape Campaign
    • A Very English Revolution by William Cash (New Statesman)
      "Middle England feels betrayed by the coalition’s shake-up of planning rules – the biggest since the 1930s."
    • Shale of the Century by Matt Ridley (Spectator)
      "The arguments for wind farms just became obsolete.We're entering an era when gas will be cheap, plentiful - and green."
    • Selling our Birthright by William Cash (Spectator)
      "The government is putting wind farms and housing before heritage."
    • Wind Farms vs Wildlife by Clive Hambler (Spectator)
      A review of the impact of turbines on wildlife
    • A Nimby? No, I'm fighting to save the Britain I love by Griff Rhys Jones (Daily Mail)
      Griff Rhys Jones on his crusade to stop wind farms and solar panels wrecking his favourite landscapes.
    • Wind farms paid £30 million a year to stand idle (Daily Mail)
      Wind farms are being given around £30million a year in compensation to switch off or slow down their turbines because nearly half the electricity they make is not needed.
    • We could soon be paying billions for this wind back-up by Christopher Booker (Daily Telegraph)
      "The National Grid's latest plan is taking off into the weirdest scheme yet, thanks to our politicians’ obsession with wind turbines."
    • Government's growth drive means England's most treasured landscapes can be 'vandalised' by developers (Independent)
      "Some of England’s most beautiful countryside, including its 10 national parks, faces the threat of “vandalism” by developers taking advantage of the Government’s drive for economic growth..."

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