Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Ruling on wind farm says the countryside is as important as climate change targets

Telegraph: The Coalition is obliged to boost the amount of energy from renewables as part of climate change targets imposed by Europe. This will mean more than doubling the amount of energy from onshore wind over the next ten years and building at least another 5,000 wind turbines onshore. Sea Land and Power Ltd argued that the wind farm near Gt Yarmouth would help to meet these targets. However Justice Laing said the target cannot take precedence over natural beauty. In a judgment handed down at...

URL: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9298265/Ruling-on-wind-farm-says-the-countryside-is-as-important-as-climate-change-targets.html
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