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Higher wind turbines revive dead parrot issue
The controversial Bald Hills wind farm that catapulted the endangered parrot to fame in 2006 is under renewed scrutiny, after it was quietly granted permission to make its turbines more than 20 per cent taller. ...''This is a significant change and there's no environment effects statement. All the modelling that's been done for approvals was done on a previous arrangement,'' he said.
February 18, 2010
by Peter Ker
in The Age
A tall story is brewing in Gippsland and once again the elusive orange-bellied parrot could be the star.
The controversial Bald Hills wind farm that catapulted the endangered parrot to fame in 2006 is under renewed scrutiny, after it was quietly granted permission to make its turbines more than 20 per cent taller.
The approval, granted by Planning Minister Justin Madden in December, will see the giant blades cut through the air at 135 metres above the ground instead of 110.
Andrew Chapman, who has fought the wind farm for years, said that while he did not have scientific evidence, he believed the... [continue via Web link]
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