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Storm grows over plans for Denmark wind farm
April 25, 2011 by Daniel Mercer in The West Australian

The proposal, which came after an earlier attempt was rejected by the local council, has been attacked by a vocal group of opponents, who argue that it will despoil the town's "pristine" coastline.

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National Trust call for protection for precious 'seascapes'
April 16, 2011 by Louise Gray in The Telegraph

"As an island nation it does seem strange that it's taken us more than six decades to start thinking about how we protect our seascapes, these wonderful yet fragile places that mean so much to people," he said. Mr Dyke said offshore wind is a worry.

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Wind farm driven out of bounds to ensure pretty TV pictures at Ryder Cup
April 16, 2011 by Kevin O'Sullivan in The Scotsman

Associate director Neil Gray stated: "The proposed development risks impacting on the landscape and visual resources of Strathearn, including its effect on the Gleneagles Hotel Historic Garden and Designed Landscape.

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Wind project critics cheer decision
April 7, 2011 by Erin Rhoda in Kennebec Journal

Under the tougher standards, Highland Wind will have to prove it will not harm scenery beyond eight miles of the project, where Bigelow Preserve and the Appalachian Trail are. Previously it only had to focus on the area within eight miles of the project.

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Protesters buoyed by wind turbine KO
March 3, 2011 in East Lothian Courier

Members rejected the appeal last week on the grounds that the existing level of wind turbine development in the Eastern Lammermuirs was such that the environment was prejudiced beyond reasonable measure to permit further turbines. In particular, members felt that any turbines of this nature and size in this general location would definitely impact to the detriment of the Area of Great Landscape Value.

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Landmark Scottish lighthouse to be "obliterated" by massive offshore windfarm
February 21, 2011 by Hamish Macdonell in The Caledonian Mercury

It is one of Scotland's most famous and impressive Victorian structures but the Skerryvore lighthouse off the coast of Tiree could soon be lost from view. Islanders campaigning against the siting of a massive off-shore windfarm to the southwest of Tiree have warned that the Stevenson-built structure will be hidden in a forest of massive turbines is ScottishPower is given the go-ahead for the Argyll Array.

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Bureau of Land Management urges caution on renewable energy plans
January 12, 2011 by bra Gruszecki in The Desert Sun

The push to fast-track renewable energy projects in America has led to some missteps along the way, Marcilynn Burke, deputy director for Programs and Policies with the Bureau of Land Management, said Wednesday ...One installation, the Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound, led to litigation.

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Energy firm surprised at planners' reasons for wind farm refusal
January 11, 2011 in This is Scunthorpe

Bosses at the firm behind the rejected Saxby Wold wind farm say they are considering their options after planners revealed their reasons for refusal. North Lincolnshire Council refused the application for 18 wind turbines by RWE npower Renewables on the grounds it would harm the visual landscape.

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It's in the BWAG! Windfarm plans are thrown out
December 22, 2010 in Horncastle News

Plans to site a mammoth eight-turbine wind farm at Chase Farm, Baumber have been thrown out following years of ‘sheer hard work and determination' from the opposition. Planning Inspector David Rose dismissed an appeal by developers Enertrag UK following a public inquiry at Minting Village Hall in October.

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Eco-minded students finally meet a renewable they don't like
December 17, 2010 by Tim Johnson in Burlington Free Press

Not that the students oppose wind power per se, says Ira Powsner, a Sterling junior who's majoring in conservation ecology and who helped get the petition started. They just believe that 400-plus-foot turbines aren't appropriate for ridgelines in general, and for Lowell in particular. The students are especially familiar with that one, because it's the destination of their annual "winter expedition."

Also filed under [ Vermont]

Horspath wind turbine 'will be just an eyesore'
November 23, 2010 by Emily Allen in Oxford Mail

Horspath councillors claim a proposed wind turbine on the edge of the village would tower over homes and blot the landscape. Partnership for Renewables, (PfR) wants to build the 130-metre tall turbine on the south side of Oxford Road, Horspath, close to the entrance to the village.

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Australian wind farm gets go ahead after scale down news
October 30, 2010 in Domain-B

Fourteen turbines were struck off as they would have marred the view from Mawallok, a historic homestead with gardens crafted by 19th-century landscaper William Guilfoyle. This is the first instance of wind turbines being rejected due to their impact on the outlook from a heritage property.

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Decision allowing ARC turbine is appealed; Dennis resident says it's too big
September 8, 2010 by Nicole Muller in The Register

Austin charges that the Dennis committee's decision is a "misinterpretation" of the act regarding the turbine's size, "in relation to the surrounding pristine historic area." She says that renewable energy devices "should be designed and constructed in such a manner as to blend in with existing features in the immediate area."

Also filed under [ Massachusetts]

Wind power project: All Hatchet Ridge turbines up
August 7, 2010 by Dylan Darling in Record-Searchlight

Hatchet Ridge wind project as seen from Burney on July 23. Workers finished erecting the 44th and final turbine in the Hatchet Ridge wind project this week. Ralph Boggs thinks the 6½-mile line of massive wind turbines over Burney looks even worse than he had imagined.

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Environmental study says wind projects wouldn't ruin Steens Mountain beauty
July 18, 2010 by Richard Cockle in The Oregonian

Released last week, the draft study was prepared by Entrix Environmental Solutions for the Bureau of Land Management. The document says the proposed wind turbines and power lines would be visible from less than one-half of 1 percent of the 170,000-acre Steens Wilderness. Columbia Energy Partners hopes to erect wind turbines on or near the mountain in four projects each generating about 104 megawatts.

Also filed under [ Oregon]

Putting a value on viewsheds
July 16, 2010 by Jeff Gearino in Casper Star-Tribune

The BLM's Rock Springs and Rawlins field offices are seeking public input as part of a planning review of the resource management plans that will guide wind energy and other development on public lands in southern Wyoming. BLM officials said the agency is responsible for ensuring that the scenic values of the public lands within the two field office regions are considered before allowing uses that may have negative impacts.

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University of Delaware researcher says 'place attachment' prompts backlash against wind farm development
July 15, 2010 by Dave Alexander in Muskegon Chronicle

Firestone and his research colleagues began surveying public opinion on the Cape Wind project in 2004. He quickly learned that opposition to offshore wind farms is not a classic "not in my backyard" reaction. Instead, opposition mainly to the visual impact of turbines seen from land or from boats causes a psychological reaction known as "place attachment." Basically, it is an emotional attachment to surroundings that are familiar.

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Effort to calm storm over windfarm fears
June 25, 2010 by Kaiya Marjoribanks in Stirling Observer

Friends of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs and the Scottish Campaign for National Parks are angry at the latest draft of the park's local plan. They say park planners have identified large areas of sensitive, scenic landscape as suitable areas of search for windfarm developments. The conservation groups urged park authority members to declare the park a no-go area for windfarms.

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Now you see them, now you don't
June 18, 2010 by Greg Fladager in Casper Journal

Natrona County has only 11 of the 770 wind turbines in Wyoming, but their close proximity to Casper makes them a distinctive feature (they are impossible to miss), and probably will be for decades to come. Yet neither the county or Casper have any specific visual guidelines in their planning regulations concerning wind towers.

Also filed under [ Wyoming]

Baumber wind farm decision to be made during enquiry
May 26, 2010 by Alison Sandilands in Horncastle News

The decision on whether to give the go ahead for Enertrag UK Ltd to locate a wind farm at Chase Farm, Baumber, is due to be made at a three-week-long public inquiry beginning on October 5. ..."We do feel strongly that this proposal at Baumber is not the right site. The countryside and old buildings of our county are very precious and it is so easy to damage them by not thinking carefully about the ways that they could change."

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