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Britain has slipped down the league of countries measured for their commitment to wind power, according to a report released

BBC News On-line -
London,England,UK

"A public inquiry into proposals to site one of England's largest wind farms in Cumbria has begun."

BBC News On-line -
London,England,UK

"Safety concerns have been raised after a turbine blade at Scotland's most powerful wind farm shattered."

BBC News On-line -
London,England,UK

By Caroline Wyatt
On the BBC election bus in Windermere

"Kyle Blue has brought me here to look at the impact of even a small wind farm on the stunning, craggy landscape of the fells."

BBC News On-line -
London,England,UK

"Plans for a windfarm between the villages of Boxworth and Connington have been unanimously rejected by South Cambridgeshire District councillors."

Doncaster Today On-line

"AVIATION experts have warned that a proposed wind farm could prevent planes from flying in and out of Doncaster's new airport safely."

BBC News On-line -
London,England,UK

"The environmental campaign group, Greenpeace, is opposing a giant wind farm planned for the Western Isles."

Telegraph On-line

"St Paul's Cathedral has pulled the plug on plans to build England's largest onshore wind farm on a remote stretch of coastal marshland."

BBC News -
London,England,UK

"A majority of people on Lewis and North Harris are opposed to wind farm developments in the area, according to a poll commissioned by BBC Scotland."

Scotland on Sunday

"Controversal plans to build thousands of wind turbines across Scotland will make almost no difference to greenhouse gas levels, according to new research by leading environmental scientists."

Hartlepool Mail On-line

"Giant wind turbines have stopped operating after a safety alert. The huge 330ft structures across Hartlepool and east Durham are out of action while bosses investigate a fault on another similar North-East turbine."

The Times On-line

"Britain could cut the cost of reducing greenhouse gases by £3 billion if it fitted clean-coal technology to its ageing power stations, rather than building wind farms." By Angela Jameson, Industrial Correspondent.

BBC News Online - London,England,UK

"Residents opposed to a new windfarm near Thorney, Cambs, say they will take their objections to the European Court of Human Rights."

The Yorkshire Post - Letters to the Editor

"Here in Denby Dale we are living under threat. A 60m wind testing mast has appeared in the greenbelt close to the village. You remember greenbelt? It was supposed to provide a rural buffer zone between towns and villages, free of industrial development, a place of peace and tranquillity for residents and visitors alike." From: Lynda Lawrence, Lower Clough House Farm, Denby Dale.

BBC News Online - London,England,UK

"Plans to build a large wind farm in Northumberland have been unveiled.
Company Your Energy wants to put up 14 wind turbines, each above 110 metres high, at Allerdean, south of Berwick."

Note from StopCWF - The comments by Charles Sandham ('Your Energy' Director) in this article, conflict completely with their actions and StopCWF are in contact with Mike Maud and are offering him our support.

BBC News Online - London,England,UK

"Plans for what has been described as the largest wind turbine power station in lowland England are being considered by a government planning inspector."

The Times

"Nearly half of all wind farm applications are rejected on civil aviation air safety grounds, raising fears that the Government will fail to meet targets for a significant increase in renewable energy." By Helen Nugent.

Peterborough City Council website

"Peterborough City Council's Planning and Environmental Protection Committee are due to meet on Monday, 20 September, at 1.30pm, to determine the current planning application for the erection of seven 100m high wind turbines on land at Wryde Croft, Thorney, Peterborough."

The Daily Telegraph

"The Prince of Wales believes that wind farms are a "horrendous blot on the landscape" and that their spread must be halted before they irreparably ruin some of Britain's most beautiful countryside."

The Moscow Times

"President Vladimir Putin's personal adviser on all things economic last week accused British Prime Minister Tony Blair's government of declaring "all-out and total war on Russia" ......to force it to ratify the Kyoto Protocol."

The Scotman

"Shortly after reading the report on renewable energy by the enterprise committee of the Scottish Parliament, I happened to bump into a leading figure in Scotland’s wave-power industry. Our shared understanding was that the small unit built into the rock-face at Portnahabhainn on Islay is probably still the only grid-connected wave-powered generating station in the world." By Brian Wilson

The Sunday Times

"A leading government scientist has criticised the wind farms..."

The Daily Mail

"Whatever the experts say about the howling gales, thunder and lightning we've had over the past two days, of one thing we can be certain. Someone, somewhere - and there is every chance it will be a politician or an environmentalist - will blame the weather on global warming." By Professor David Bellamy

The Guardian

"Up to 400 people protested yesterday against plans for one of the biggest windfarms and some of the tallest turbines ever planned for England, staging walks to show how the scheme will blight views from two national parks."

Western Morning News

"Your Energy has just been rapped over the knuckles by the Advertising Standards Authority."

Western Morning News and This Is Devon

"The Government's obsession with windfarms may be hindering the development of other forms of renewable energy, a report warns. The Scottish Parliament's enterprise committee suggested that the Government's "dash for wind" had led to other forms of renewable energy, such as tidal power and biomass, being ignored."

Western Morning News and This Is Devon

"An overwhelming percentage of Journal readers are so far against the proposed wind farm development at Fullabrook Down - but there's still a week to go. The results of our phone poll on the controversial plans so far reveals that a staggering 81% of readers do not want the proposed development to go ahead."

The Courier (Perthshire & Fife)

"Plans to build a forest of giant wind turbines across Scotland to meet ambitious green energy targets were blasted by a cross-party committee of MSPs yesterday."

Selby Today

"Community Against Rusholme Turbines (CART) spokesman Neil Cranswick said: "Wind power developers go to great lengths to convince local residents a prospective site will not cause any problems. "What they do not make clear is the realities of living with turbines as neighbours and the effect they have on both the local environment and local residents' lives."

Western Morning News and This Is Devon

"Plans for a major windfarm in Cornwall have been put on hold after a landowner pulled out of the project in the face of local opposition."

Perthshire Advertiser

"Protest groups have slated Perth and Kinross Council’s plans on windfarms – claiming they didn’t get a fair hearing."

Western Morning News and This Is Devon

"Opponents of a controversial windfarm plan have launched a High Court bid to derail the development."

Western Morning News and This Is Devon

"Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is under pressure to pledge that plans to build the biggest wind turbines ever seen in the Westcountry will be "tested" at a public inquiry before they are approved."

West Cumberland Times & Star

"The beauty spot and tourist attraction of Allonby has been targeted for 16 wind turbines. There is already outrage at the plan by Dutch company Nuon..."

Western Morning News and This Is Devon

"The fight against a recently-approved windfarm has been taken to Europe after residents living near the proposed site claimed their human rights had been affected."

The Times

"...District Judge Michael Buckley said that the noise, visual intrusion and flickering of light through the blades of turbines reduced the value of a house by a fifth..."