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The Government’s [UK] thesis that the countryside of upland and coastal Britain is “worth sacrificing to save the planet” is an insult to science, economics and politics. But the greatest insult is to aesthetics. The trouble is that aesthetics has no way of answering back.
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Simon Jenkins in 'Like philistines, we desecrate our Landscape', (London) Times Online (10/24/03)
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Main feed- Wind farm company to pay county $110K (December 4, 2008) [Washington] in News
- Wind turbine closed after showering homes with blocks of ice (December 4, 2008) [UK] in News
- Gubernatorial Faux Pas... (December 4, 2008) [Maryland] in Opinions
- Windmill disaster (August 29, 2008) [Europe] in Videos
- Protect public, expand Cape setbacks (December 4, 2008) [New York] in Opinions
- The lie behind wind energy model ordinances (December 4, 2008) in WindAction Editorial
- Decision on wind farm is looming (December 4, 2008) [Australia / New Zealand] in News
- Xcel seeks increase in renewable-energy fee (December 2, 2008) [Colorado] in News
- The costs and impacts of intermittency: An ongoing debate (June, 2008) [UK] in Documents
- Wind power exposed: The renewable energy source is expensive, unreliable and won't save natural gas (November 25, 2008) [USA] in Opinions
- PGE to build port Westward peaker to smooth growing wind resource (December 2, 2008) [Oregon] in News
- Will wind farm plans run out of puff? (December 3, 2008) [UK] in News
- Worker burned atop wind turbine (December 3, 2008) [Iowa] in News
- Shipping firms frustrated by offshore wind farms (December 2, 2008) [UK] in News
- TVA seeks 2,000 megawatts of clean energy (December 2, 2008) [Kentucky] in News
- Wind farm condemned as "slap in the face" (December 3, 2008) [UK] in News
- Council revises turbine review; Size and location remain issues (December 3, 2008) [Canada] in News
- Questions unanswered about New Denmark wind project (December 3, 2008) [Canada] in Opinions
- Wind energy company promises donations (December 3, 2008) [Maryland] in News
- Township of Dawn-Euphemia Resolution (December 2, 2008) [Canada] in Documents
- Professor says wind turbines a threat to bats, birds (December 1, 2008) [Rhode Island] in News
- Buffer would kill project, says wind farm developer (December 2, 2008) [Australia / New Zealand] in News
- Like them or lump them turbines will 'soon be all over Scotland' (December 2, 2008) [UK] in News
- Group to appeal Lincoln wind farm approval (December 1, 2008) [Maine] in News
- Reaction to wind turbine project (December 1, 2008) [West Virginia] in News
- Locals at a boiling point over wind farm (November 28, 2008) [Canada] in News
- Wind power inconsistent (November 30, 2008) [Canada] in Opinions
- AEP studies transmission lines for renewable power (December 1, 2008) [North Dakota] in News
- A Lambton township seeks moratorium on wind energy (December 1, 2008) [Canada] in News
- Windmills at Iron Range wind farm grind to a halt after defects found (December 1, 2008) [Minnesota] in News