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April Fool APRIL FOOL JOKE:
Q: Why are people so tired on April 1st?
A: Because they have just finished a 31-day March
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Suffolk Evening Star   Ipswich, England, UK  
Schools set to harness wind power     (article - web link) 31/03/07
Wilmington Morning Star   NC, USA  
Offshore wind farm takes step forward     (article - web link) 31/03/07

Green Bay Press Gazette   WI, USA  
Glenmore's plan for new wind turbines generates controversy     (article - web link) 31/03/07

Daily Telegraph   UK  
Wye and wherefore     (article - web link) 31/03/07
Many thanks to C. E. for the above web link and comment of.....
"Story about the community of Wye fighting secret plans for a huge housing estate and their disillusionment with so-called democracy and proceeses."

Telegraph Magazine   UK  
Village people     (3 page article - web link) 31/03/07
Many thanks to C. E. for the above web link and comment of.....
"Brechfa got a write up - we have a photographer moved in to the village and she produced this in conjunction with a journalist friend."

Sunday Telegraph   UK  
Ministers seek deal with Iran for captives     (article - web link)
Clean power is coming soon, scientists believe     (article - web link)
Many thanks to C. V. for the above web link.
We're hurting Britain, not saving the planet     (article - web link)
Dr Chris Gibson-Smith, chairman of the London Stock Exchange, sees a greater threat to our economic future on the horizon than global warming.
Christopher Booker's notebook     (2 articles - web link)

The Guardian   UK  
A freeze on biofuels would be bordering on Luddite     (article - web link) 30/03/07

The Daily Mail   UK  
Council inspectors to demand £5 'carbon offset' for barbecues     (article - web link) 31/03/07
Many thanks to C. V. for the above web link and comment of....I've just realised what the date is today!!
The author's name really gives it away.
It's difficult to tell these days with the global warming spin what's real and what's not!


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Scotland on Sunday   UK  
Blair facing 'long haul' in quest to free hostages     (article + comments - web link)
'Uninspiring and clueless     (article + comments - web link)
Big ideas from the finest minds in Scotland - Thinktank     (article + comments - web link)

The Times   UK  
Npower accused of exploitation as customers miss out on price cuts     (article + comment - web link) 28/03/07

BBC News   UK  
Prescription charges end in Wales     (article - web link)
Teachers' rights law takes effect     (article + short video clip - web link)
I know of a teacher or two, who will be very happy to know of this new law.

Sydney Morning Herald   Australia  
Your paper produced by lamplight and wind power     (article - web link)

Dalles Chronicle   WA, USA  
Putting together the wind energy puzzle     (article - web link)

Asbury Park Press   NJ, USA  
Sunday letters to the Press - No wars over wind     (letter - web link)

Arkansas News Bureau  Little Rock, NAR, USA  
U.S. wind industry growing, equipment supply stretched thin     (article - web link)

Chronicle Herald.ca   Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  
Resident urges windmill rule change     (article - web link)

Pugwash windfarm   Nova Scotia, Canada  
Lisa Betts Web Blog-Spot     (- web link) 25/03/07

Burnham-on-sea.com   Somerset, UK  
Controversial new Burnham-On-Sea wind farm plans unveiled     (article - web link)

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2nd April 2007

Burnham-on-sea.com   Somerset, UK  
Controversial new Burnham-On-Sea wind farm plans unveiled     (article - web link)
This story was Burnham-On-Sea.com's April Fool's Day story

Western Mail  Cardiff, Wales, UK  
Preposterous claims     (letter - web link)
Scroll down the WM's letters page to the 4th letter

BWEA sat on a wall,
BWEA had a great fall.
All BWEA's donkeys, And all BWEA's men Couldn't put BWEA's "street - cred" together again!

Click here to read the March 28, "Wind farm fears" letter...  

Newsday   Long Island, NY, USA  
Report: LIPA wind farm cost too steep     (article - web link)

Stornoway Today   Scotland, UK  
Report: Huge opposition     (article - web link) 29/03/07

The Independent   UK  
Britons unwilling to change despite climate threat     (article - web link)

The Scotsman   UK  
Scottish prescription charges rise by 20p on the same day the Welsh abolish them     (article + comments - web link)

The Guardian   UK  
Green energy schemes freed from red tape     (article - web link)

Irish Examiner.com   Ireland  
SEI upbeat following wind farm report     (article - web link)

Lynn News   Norfolk, UK  
Wind turbine to help QEH save money?     (article - web link)
Town upset by plans for 6 more turbines     (article - web link) 30/03/07

International Herald Tribune   France  
China joins wind turbine business     (article - web link)

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