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Doubts over the winds of change
The region's rural landscapes face being blighted by wind farms unless the Government develops a co-ordinated approach to renewable energy projects, it has been claimed.
The criticism from two North-East MPs follows a big rise in the number of proposals for wind farms submitted to local councils.
Plans for at least ten wind farms, mainly in the Tees Valley and east Durham areas, have been put forward.
October 27, 2008
by Joe Willis
in Northern Echo
The region's rural landscapes face being blighted by wind farms unless the Government develops a co-ordinated approach to renewable energy projects, it has been claimed.
The criticism from two North-East MPs follows a big rise in the number of proposals for wind farms submitted to local councils.
Plans for at least ten wind farms, mainly in the Tees Valley and east Durham areas, have been put forward.
Although some proposals are still at their early stages, campaigners fear an extra 60 turbines could be erected in the region - on top of more than 50 already established or approved by... [continue via Web link]
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