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Big Idea seminar showcases scenery as a resource
September 30, 2012 by Demetria Stephens in The Daily Nebraskan

Scenery is a non-renewable resource because once it’s disturbed, it can’t easily be restored, Palmer said. “It’s valuable because it exists and it needs to be respected,” he said.

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Donald Trump: 'Wind turbines have destroyed Palm Springs'
September 18, 2012 by Liz Kelly Nelson in The Desert Sun

Don't count Donald Trump among fans of wind power. On Monday, the developer and "Apprentice" host went on the record - Twitter - with his thoughts about the wind turbines that line the roads leading to Palm Springs. "Ugly wind turbines have destroyed the entrance to Palm Springs, CA," he tweeted. "These mon[s]trosities are ruining landscapes all over the globe-expensive & bad electric."

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Fujinomiya caps energy to safeguard scenic views
September 2, 2012 in The Yomiuri Shimbun

The Fujinomiya municipal government in Shizuoka Prefecture has announced that from this month it will strive to limit the installation of large-scale solar and wind power generation facilities in 75 percent of the city area, mostly around the foot of Mt. Fuji, to preserve the scenery.

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Conservation group concerned over Northumberland wind farm plans
August 28, 2012 by David Black in The Journal

The threat posed to Northumberland's landscape, heritage and rural communities by wind farm development is possibly the biggest planning challenge the county has faced in modern times, it has been claimed.

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'Turbine near Rudston monolith could lead to near-destruction of historical landscape'
August 28, 2012 in Hull Daily Mail

"The Rudston turbine could well be a test case, resulting in the near-destruction of the historical landscape." The plans were submitted to East Riding Council on July 4 but planning officers did not contact English Heritage about the proposals until last week.

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Wind farm developers using 'tricks' to make turbines look smaller
August 22, 2012 by Louise Gray in The Telegraph

Wind farm developers make turbines look smaller than they actually are when applying for planning permission in order to 'trick' councils into giving them the go-ahead, a leading architect has warned.

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How wind farm developers 'use camera tricks to make turbines look smaller than they really are'
August 21, 2012 by Rob Preece in Daily Mail

Alan MacDonald, from Inverness, says turbines can be made to look four times smaller than they really are. Developers use wide-angle lenses to make objects in the pictures look smaller, Mr MacDonald says. Scottish National Heritage intends to revise its guidance to developers.

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Donald Trump lambasts ‘ugly, inefficient' wind farms after plans emerge to increase size of Menie turbines
August 6, 2012 by Frank Urquhart in The Scotsman

"Alex Salmond must have a death wish. Other countries throughout the world are abandoning wind turbine projects and not building previously approved structures because the economics just don't work. Without subsidies from England, Scotland would not be able to sustain his folly."

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Photo trickery makes wind farms smaller
July 15, 2012 by James Gillespie in The Sunday Times

Wind Farm developers have been accused of deceiving local councils and the public by using computer-generated images in planning applications that make the turbines seem smaller than they are in reality. The claim is contained in a new book, Windfarm Visualisation: Perspective or Perception, by the architect Alan Macdonald, whose company, Architech, specialises in computer- generated images.

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Ruling on wind farm says the countryside is as important as climate change targets
May 29, 2012 by Louise Gray in The Telegraph

Ruling on wind farm says the countryside is as important as climate change targets. The Coalition's renewable energy targets do not outweigh value of the beauty of the English countryside, a High Court judge said yesterday as she rejected planning permission for a wind farm.

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Heritage in danger from wind farms warns National Trust
March 13, 2012 by Louise Gray in The Telegraph

Heritage sites around the country will be ruined by wind farms, the National Trust has warned after 300ft turbines got the go ahead near Lyveden New Bield, one of England's most important historic ruins.

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Trump team expected to attend debate on Scotland's renewable energy plans
February 20, 2012 by Leeza Clark in The Courier

Mr Trump has written to First Minister Alex Salmond accusing him of being ''hellbent on destroying Scotland's coastline''. He ...warned he would abandon his proposals for a hotel and houses on the Menie Estate if the development is approved.

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Donald Trump may fail to follow through on Scottish golf resort plan
January 18, 2012 by Severin Carrell in The Guardian

In a statement issued from his New York headquarters, Trump said: "All further plans for future development, including the hotel, are now on hold until the Scottish government makes a decision on the application for the European offshore wind deployment centre submitted by Vattenfall and Areg [Aberdeen renewable energy group].

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Scenic-view decision casts cloud over wind prospects
January 17, 2012 by Benjamin Romano in Recharge News

In its reconsideration petition, which the EFSEC declined last month, WRE says the scaled-down project - with 15 turbines eliminated - would probably not be economically viable, partly because there is no room for larger turbines that could return the wind farm to its proposed capacity.

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Highland committee opposes Allt Duine wind farm plan
January 16, 2012 in BBC News

Highland councillors have voted nine to three to oppose RWE Npower Renewables' plan to construct 31 turbines in the Monadhliath Mountains. Earlier, the councillors had taken the UK's highest railway journey to help them assess the potential visual impact of the Allt Duine project.

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Hotel's wind plan provokes alarm
January 14, 2012 in Yorkshire Evening Post

A senior local politician has warned the need for renewable energy cannot be at the expense of the heritage of Yorkshire's most popular seaside resort after a controversial wind turbine scheme earmarked for a 19th century hotel was thrown out.

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Wind farm to be built at site of decisive Civil War battle
January 8, 2012 by Jasper Copping in The Telegraph

A wind farm is to be built at the site of one of the most important battles ever fought on English soil, despite officials admitting that the scheme will "harm the setting" of the historic location. Proposals for an array of 415ft turbines overlooking the site of the Battle of Naseby, the decisive clash of the English Civil War, have been opposed by heritage groups.

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Waterways in National Park will create power to ward off wind farms
January 1, 2012 in Scotland on Sunday

They believe that harnessing the power of the park's many rivers and burns will help Scotland meet its green energy targets while avoiding or restricting the construction of unsightly wind farms in the vicinity. Gordon Watson, the director of planning and rural development for the Park Authority, said: "If there is something that Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National park is not short of, it's water.

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Windy Bank wind farm faces huge setback
December 24, 2011 by Neil McKay in The Journal

The plan to build five 115-metre turbines between the village of Woodland and Hamsterley Forest - close to the home of TV botanist David Bellamy - is facing significant planning problems that could lead to delays of up to a year - or outright rejection.

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Wind farm will be built at Naseby battle site despite admission it will ‘harm' area
December 21, 2011 in Northampton Chronicle and Echo

Last year, members of Daventry District Council blocked plans to build turbines to the north of Haselbech, near Naseby, because of the impact the development would have on the area. But this week, national planning inspector, Paul Griffiths, overturned that decision, meaning six turbines up to 415ft tall can be built.

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