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Environment Agency to build up to 80 wind farms
The controversy surrounding wind farms will be reignited this week when the government agency charged with protecting the environment reveals plans to build up to 80 wind turbines along some of the nation's most picturesque rivers.
November 23, 2008
by Richard Gray and Patrick Sawer
in Telegraph.co.uk
The controversy surrounding wind farms will be reignited this week when the government agency charged with protecting the environment reveals plans to build up to 80 wind turbines along some of the nation's most picturesque rivers.
Among the stretches of water which the Environment Agency is considering for wind farm development are part of the River Thames; the River Medway in the North Downs; and parts of the Fens which rank among the best bird watching locations in Britain.
Campaigners have also warned that one of Britain's most beautiful landscapes will be "destroyed" by a series of wind farm... [continue via Web link]
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