Campaigners fear more than 1,000 wind turbines could be built across Powys as more planning applications are set to flood in.
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Turbines response criticised
Civic leaders in Welshpool have hit out at county councillors over their lack of response on windfarm transportation issues.
Letter: Carbon plan is pure fiction
Letter: Ever since cinema was invented there have been science fiction “catastrophe” movies of varying quality and credibility. Imagine climate change as a sci-fi scenario.
Health hazard fear over wind turbines
People living close to windfarms in Powys could face a health risk as campaigners claim turbines are being built too close to people’s homes.
Sheep may be used in windfarm protest
Six sheep with small wind turbines attached to them may travel to London in a bid to prevent thousands of wind turbine lorries travelling through a Mid Wales town.
Opik hands in turbine petition
MP Lembit Opik has presented a petition to Parliament demanding a public inquiry into plans for a large number of windfarms in Powys.
Pupils look forward to brand new school
Pupils will be escaping leaking roofs and “intolerable” conditions when they move into their new multi-million pound Shropshire school.
Turbines protest goes to AMs
Civic leaders were travelling to Cardiff today to take their fight to prevent thousands of lorries from “destroying” a Mid Wales town to the Welsh Assembly.
Turbine project ‘will benefit area’
An energy company bidding to build seven wind turbines the height of St Paul’s Cathedral in north Shropshire has made its final case on the last day of a month-long public inquiry.
Turbines scheme inquiry to finish
A month-long public inquiry on plans to build seven giant wind turbines near Market Drayton was due to end today.
Fears of turbines’ effect on town
Welshpool Town Council fears thousands of lorries used to carry wind turbines to a proposed site in Powys will end up destroying the town.
Plans for 548 turbines
Up to 550 wind turbines are set to be built across Powys in the coming years, council bosses admitted today – taking the total in the county to more than 700.
Turbines ‘would not spoil views’
A proposed windfarm near Market Drayton would not spoil “magnificent” views from a historic hunting lodge on the north Shropshire border, a public inquiry has heard.
Turbine support heard at inquiry
A controversial new windfarm should be allowed in north Shropshire to help the “underperforming” West Midlands region meet its renewable energy target.
Anti-turbines campaign’s fund nets £80,000
A fighting fund has been set up to help defeat a wind turbine “threat” in a village near Whitchurch. More than £80,000 has been pledged to the campaign.
Naturalist backs group
Leading naturalist David Bellamy OBE has spoken out against plans to build seven wind turbines on the north Shropshire border.
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