Monday, July 16, 2012

Anti-pylon campaigners battle 'industrialisation' of rural Wales

Guardian: "I liken it to slashing a Stanley knife across the Mona Lisa," said Jonathan Wilkinson, gazing across the lush meadows and hedges of the Vyrnwy valley. The gentle green of Powys is the least densely populated corner of Wales, uncluttered by anything other than small farms, a landscape that has remained unchanged for centuries. This week the National Grid will announce a new substation and its preferred route for 30 miles of 400,000-volt cables that will connect more than 500 wind turbines planned...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/16/anti-pylon-welsh-countryside
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