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Jeremy Paxman's brother launches battle against wind turbines
August 10, 2009 by Caroline Gammell in Telegraph.co.uk
August 10, 2009 by Caroline Gammell in Telegraph.co.uk
Jeremy Paxman's brother has launched a battle against plans for nine 120ft wind turbines overlooking Dartmoor national park which he said would "stick out like a sore thumb".
James Paxman also criticised the Government's policy of subsidising wind energy, arguing that turbines were one of the least cost effective and reliable ways to generate electricity.
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Jonathan Dimbleby's turbine will ruin landscape I love, says woman, 90
August 1, 2009 by Jack Malvern in Times Online
August 1, 2009 by Jack Malvern in Times Online
It takes less than five minutes to walk from the church at one end of Moreleigh to the pub at the other but the small community living in the cottages in between have a range of opinions on whether Jonathan Dimbleby is welcome in their Devonshire village.
To some, he is an arriviste whose plans to erect a wind turbine in his garden will spoil their view across the South Hams.
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