'Carpeting' of land by wind farms will be crucial in local Scottish polls

Scotsman: ALEX Salmond`s drive towards a "renewables revolution" is trampling over local democracy and creating growing anger towards Holyrood, it has been claimed. A string of protest groups has sprung up across Dumfries and Galloway following plans to "carpet" the region with wind farms. Campaigners are angry at the SNP for overturning local council decisions to reject developments that many local people believe are scarring the countryside. Government approval for a rash of renewables schemes is likely...

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