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1st April 2006
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APRIL FOOL SMILE:
Q: Why are people so tired on April 1st?
A: Because they just finished a 31-day March |
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The Independent UK online edition
The Prince of Emissions (article - web link)
How to fly around the world without costing the earth (article - web link)
Your world. Your say: 1 April letters (letters - web link)
The Daily Telegraph UK online edition
Notebook : If offered a sniff of ermine, just say no (opinion - web link)
What you get when you mix Red and Green - a bad political climate (opinion - web link)
The Weekend Australian Sydney, Australia online edition
Push for unified wind farm code (article - web link)
The Prairie Star Montana, USA online edition 28/03/06
Judith Gap wind farm not affecting grazing sheep (article - web link)
Daily Post UK online edition 31/03/06
Wylfa safety check would cost £100m (article - web link)
Press & Journal UK online edition
Community angry as Ochil mast is approved (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Why should we pay out? (letter - web link) 31/03/06
Milford & West Wales Mercury UK online edition
LNG community cash pledge for good causes (article - web link) 30/03/06
Experts question LNG risk report (article - web link) 30/03/06
WindTech International Netherlands online edition
Letter of Intent and appointment wind energy specialist (Press Release - web link)
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Sunday 2nd April 2006
The Scotsman UK online edition 01/04/06
Trump threat to ditch £300m Scottish golfing resort (article - web link)
Sunday Herald UK online edition
Anger as Trump threatens to pull out of golf resort (article - web link)
SSE in fresh burst of investment in wind turbines (article - web link)
The Sunday Times UK online edition
EU states facing big fines over power markets (article - web link)
Scotland in need of 800 extra wind turbines (article - web link)
Church denounces global warming but invests in oil (article - web link)
Desperate dispatches from the banana republic of Great Britain (2 page comment - web link)
The Sunday Telegraph UK online edition
'Christopher Bookers notebook' -
Let's hear it for South Hams & Defra sits on farmers' cash
(2 articles - web link)
CO2 from 6 billion souls (letter - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Blair blocked plan to cut emissions (article - web link)
The Observer UK online edition
Leader: Soon we'll pay the true price of air travel (article - web link)
Pollution threat as flights hit 500m a year (article - web link)
Scotland on Sunday UK online edition
'Perfect wave' breaks off Scotland (article - web link)
Green Consumer Guide UK online edition
Scotland backing tidal energy (article - web link) 31/03/06
Planning UK 31/03/06 issue of RTPI magazine
Whinash verdict was a balanced decision (letter + photo - .JPG file format 61.8 Kb)
Copyright © Planning 31/03/06
Many thanks to a campaigner from England for the above scan.
Return to dates
3rd April 2006
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Actor returns in call to wild (article - web link) 01/04/06
Many thanks to Sue for this web link. It makes one wonder whether the filming would have happened if the proposed wind turbines for Mynydd-y-Gwair had been in place?
Freak weather rips chunks out of coastal park (article - web link)
Don't judge by car type (letter - web link)
Wales on Sunday UK online edition 02/04/06
** As taxpayers, we fund the Forestry Commission.... (letter - web link)
Scroll down the WoS web page to the 4th letter
Western Mail UK online edition
Gas storage tank blaze put out (article - web link)
Wales 'one gigantic film set' (2 page article - web link)
Low-fare flights double in five years (article - web link)
ABC News Australia online edition
Govt accused of planning tax to help wind farm industry (article - web link)
The Herald UK online edition
Pay attention to Donald Trump on wind farms (2 page letter - web link)
Irish Examiner Ireland online edition
Wind power solution to energy needs (article - web link)
BBC News UK online edition
Turbines 'threaten' Trump plans (article - web link)
Campaign targets English tourists (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Your world. Your verdict: the small but beautiful ways that can help the fight to save the planet
(article - web link)
John Gummer: 'Climate change should be the top priority for governments of the industrialised world'
(article - web link)
Households lose incentives to install solar power (article - web link)
Return to dates
4th April 2006
The Landmark USA online edition March 2, 2006
Windmill topples on Wachusett Mountain. Remaining turbines to be removed
(article - web link)
The Daily News - Galveston County USA online edition 03/04/06
Turbines threaten bird population, ecosystem (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Government to offset carbon emissions for ministers' flights (article - web link)
EARTHtimes.org USA
California set to enact rules to curb greenhouse gases (article - web link)
ABC News Australia online edition
Minister's wind farm support under attack (article - web link)
Warnambool Standard Australia online edition
Wind farms plan change (article - web link)
WindTech International Netherlands online edition 03/04/06
UK offshore wind at a crossroads (article - web link)
Azom.com
Drive to increase Britain's Offshore Wind Energy (article - web link)
Glasgow Daily Record UK online edition
We'll not sink Trump (article - web link)
euobserver.com Belgium
Germany announces new energy plan (article - web link)
The Guardian UK online edition
Brussels to act over EU energy markets (article - web link)
Gardens out, but patios in: millions face hosepipe ban confusion (article - web link)
Toronto Star Canada online edition
Too many fingers on electric switch (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Hain makes energy call (article - web link)
Assembly brand is slammed (article - web link)
Berkeley Daily Planet USA online edition
Commentary: Wind Turbines will kill birds and bats (article - web link)
REF Press Release UK
DTI Reveals Poor Wind Results (.DOC file format 29.5 Kb)
Copyright © REF 04/04/06
DTI UK
Energy: Information and Statistics / Energy Trends (DTI web page)
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5th April 2006
BBC News UK online edition
Wind power is a reliable source of energy, a report by the UK Energy Research Council has suggested.
Critics say wind is problematic because the weather is unpredictable.... Sarah Mukherjee reports.
Wind Power gets a boost (web link to a 1 min 25 secs audio/visual report)
The free RealPlayer or BBC media Player software is required.
Many thanks to L J for the information.
BBC Radio 4 UK online edition
Radio report on the UK Energy Research Council's announcement (audio - web link)
The BBC Radio 4 has a 3 hour on-line transmission of this morning's " The Today Programme."
On the web page linked to above, you are able to listen 'live' to professor Ian Fells discuss the issue, in which he mentions that last year, the wind power industry received subsidies of £700,000,000
Once you are on the 'Listen Again' web page... click on the letter "T" in the programme A-Z and then on "The Today Programme Listen" link.
Fast Forward to the 1:33:56 hrs position for the start of the 7 minute transmission.
If you have Real Player software, this is achieved easier if you select the "Listen using stand-alone Real Player" option on the BBC Player page.
UK Research Council's Energy Programme UK online edition
More about the Energy Programme (web link)
Bennington Banner USA online edition
Wind corp. ripped by regulators (web link)
Bloomberg.com
Australian Govt rejects A$220 mln wind farm to save rare parrot (web link)
ABC News Australia online edition
Fed Govt blocks wind farm plan (web link)
The Charleston Gazette USA online edition
Grant landowners to argue against proposed wind farm (web link)
Burlington Free Press USA online edition
My Turn: Wind turbines on Mansfield? (Opinion - web link) 4/04/06
Western Mail UK online edition
SIR - To every amount of energy....
SIR - Isn't it good to see.... (2 letters - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 5th & 6th letters.
Minister accused of 'farmer bashing' (article - web link)
Passion and commitment in the middle of a nightmare (2 page article - web link) 04/04/06
Biofuels mentioned in the above article.
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Approval looks likely for wind mast (article - web link)
Well said 'Tegs' - Good on you girl!
East Anglian Daily Times UK online edition
Wind farm bid near world-famous reserve (article - web link)
Lynn News UK online edition
Walpole St Andrew Wash wind farm link (article - web link)
The Scotsman UK online edition
What Scotland must do to help save planet in peril (article - web link)
Carmarthen Journal UK
Double standards? (letter - .JPG file format 56.2 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 05/04/06
Hunting out the facts (letter - .JPG file format 47.5 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 05/04/06
Come and see for yourselves (letter - .JPG file format 135 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 05/04/06
South Wales Guardian UK
Council monitor's little black book! (letter - .JPG file format 45.1 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Guardian 05/04/06
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6th April 2006
UKERC UK online edition 05/04/06
UK Energy Research Centre Dispels Myths Surrounding Intermittent Renewable Energy
(Press Release - web link)
UKERC Launches Intermittency Report (Download Full Report - web link)
The Age Australia online edition
Feathers fly over wind farm ban (article - web link)
Minister defends wind farm veto (article - web link)
The Sunday Times Australia online edition
Wind farm industry 'Puzzled' (article - web link)
North Devon Gazette & Advertiser Barnstaple, England, UK online edition
Desperate about climate change (letter - web link) 05/04/06
Have your say! (web link)
Canada News Wire online edition
Minister of Energy celebrates wind farm opening (Press release - web link)
The Upper Cape Codder USA online edition
Veto plan worries wind farm backers (article - web link)
Berwick Today Berwick-Upon-Tweed, UK online edition
Residents join to voice wind farm support (article - web link)
The Shetland News UK online edition
Wind power no problem for grid (article - web link)
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7th April 2006
The Advertiser Adelaide, Australia online edition
Wind farm ban 'won't deter investment' (article - web link)
The Age Australia online edition
Legal action threat on wind farm (article - web link)
The London Free Press Ontario, Canada online edition
Towering turbines harvest the wind (article - web link)
The Irish Examiner Cork, Ireland online edition
Wind power provides negligible electricity (letter - web link) 06/04/06
Richard S Courtney, the author of the above letter in The Irish Examiner newspaper, is a member of the European Science and Environment Forum (ESEF) and acts as a technical advisor to several UK MPs and UK MEPs.
The URL address given in the letter is incorrect, and should have been Correct URL Address
This is a downloadable, 530KB .PDF file of his paper - "Wind Farms Provide Negligible Useful Electricity - March 2006"
Many thanks to Vikki for spotting and correcting the error.
The Scotsman UK online edition
Wind power for Michelin's Dundee plant (article - web link)
Many thanks to Vikki for the above web link.
Gamesa makes 13.8 mln euros on service units sale (article - web link)
Bird Flu: Answers to the key questions (article - web link)
(A Precautionary Measure)
COWRIE UK online edition
What is COWRIE? (web site)
Isle of Wight County Press UK online edition
Wind turbines could be taller (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
2,000 join protest at giant turbines (article - web link)
Tivy-Side Advertiser UK online edition 04/04/06
Residents fight against windfarm (article - web link)
Burnham & Highbridge Weekly News UK online edition
Knoll wind farm details "missing" (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Blair prediction proved foolish (5 letters - web link)
Scroll down The Indy web page to the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th letters
Nice one, Dr John. Return to dates
8th April 2006
Herald Sun Australia online edition
Storm brews over wind farm fears (article - web link)
All Headline News USA online edition
Wind farm facing stiff Congressional opposition (article - web link)
The Boston Globe USA online edition
Recess stalls action on wind farm bill (article - web link)
The Times UK online edition
Letters to the Editor
Keeping sceptics in the climate change debate (2 pages - web link)
Many thanks to Brian C. for the above web link.
The Scotsman UK online edition
Shetlanders plan to reap the wind (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Our energy challenge (article - web link)
Return to dates
Sunday 9th April 2006
The Sunday Telegraph UK online edition
Ministers urged to bulk-buy gas and electricity (article - web link)
There IS a problem with global warming... it stopped in 1998 (opinion - web link)
A breath of air from 100,000 years ago (letter - web link)
How Labour dodges the question (letter - web link)
Oceania Indymedia Australia online edition
Feds ban wind farm - but push climate change to full power (article - web link) 07/04/06
Sunday Tasmanian Australia online edition
Wind farm ban baffles (article - web link)
The Boston Globe USA online edition
Her pollution solution may finally be blowing in the wind (article - web link)
Famous Mistakes
Copyright © B.Roberts
(Microsoft PowerPoint slide show - .pps file format 277 KB)
Courtesy of a North Wales Campaigner.
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ITV News UK online edition
Report draws up energy plans (article - web link)
Deutsche Welle Germany online edition
Nuclear Energy causes heated debate in Europe (article - web link)
The Sunday Times Scotland online edition
Unions set to back nuclear power stations (article - web link)
MyWestTexas.com USA online edition
Wind power blows past South Dakota (article - web link)
Sunday Express UK
Outcry over wind turbine plan for Bronte country (article + photos - .JPG file format 267 Kb)
Copyright © Sunday Express 09/04/06
Plan puts wind up moor folk (SE Opinion - .JPG file format 127 Kb)
Copyright © Sunday Express 09/04/06
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10th April 2006
ABC News Australia online edition
Ruling crushes wind farm hopes (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
How smallest city aims to be the UK's greenest (2 page article - web link)
The Boston Globe USA online edition
Wind farm issue put to test on Nantucket. Year-round residents set to vote tomorrow (article - web link)
People's Daily Online Beijing, China
Xinjiang to build China's biggest wind farm (article - web link)
Press & Journal UK online edition
Windfarm horror film sent from US to politicians (article - web link)
Great Falls Tribune USA online edition
Wind energy projects dot horizon (article - web link)
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11th April 2006
Herald Sun Australia online edition
Rethink wind farm, Premier tells PM (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Rhodri faces anger over Severn energy plan (article - web link)
Many thanks to Dave V. for the above web link
It's time to consider a Severn Barrage (WM Comment - web link)
Wind energy 'trivial' (letter - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 6th letter.
Manage your energy needs (article - web link)
Energy Savers Report UK online edition
A free personalised Energy Savers Report unique to you and your home (web link)
BBC News UK online edition
Concern over Severn barrage plan (article - web link)
ABC News Australia online edition
Wind farm rejection creates industry concerns (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Diversity of species faces 'catastrophe' from climate change (article - web link)
The Times UK online edition
Cameron on his bike is not enough (article - web link)
Burnham-On-Sea.com UK 10/04/06
Wind farm protesters issue fresh challenge to developer's figures (article - web link)
Tivy-Side Advertiser UK
Support residents' wind fight (letter - web link)
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12th April 2006
The Standard Australia online edition
Wind farm project revealed (article - web link)
North Devon Gazette UK online edition
Wind farm 'blight' (letter - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Businessman reveals plans for Severn barrage (article - web link)
Firms fail to explore energy efficiency (article - web link)
Wind political sop
Global chaos looms
Power for profit (3 letters - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 4th, 6th & 8th letters.
Press & Journal UK online edition
Final protest on giant pylons (article - web link)
University makes appeal over fuel (article - web link)
The Press & Journal newspaper is running an on-line poll on wind farms in Scotland.
The options of the 3 questions asked to vote on are:
(A) Good all round?
(B) Good for the environment, bad for the view?
(C) Bad all round?
This morning, the results stood at: A.... 66.8% B.... 15.1% C.... 18.1%
Press & Journal Opinion Poll (web link)
WINDTECH International Netherlands online edition
REpower participates in first offshore wind farms in Germany (article - web link)
Aloys Wobben has taken out a writ against Vestas Wind Systems A/S (article - web link)
Jointly development of wind power projects (article - web link)
Carmarthen Journal UK
Battle on wind bid (article - .JPG file format 167 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 12/04/06
Bechfa Forest News (article - .JPG file format 132 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 12/04/06
It's our money you're wasting (letter - .JPG file format 52 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 12/04/06
Money talks louder (letter - .JPG file format 88.7 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 12/04/06
Environmental Data Interactive UK online edition
Wind farm sails past milestone (article - web link)
Renewable Energy Access USA online edition
UK Offshore Wind Energy needs funding, Study reveals (article - web link)
The Mountain Mail Colorado, USA online edition
Renewable energy equals opportunities (article - web link)
Cape Cod Times USA online edition
Nantucket voters reject wind farm project (article - web link)
Power Line USA online edition
Climate of Fear (Blog - web link)
Return to dates
13th April 2006
The American Thinker USA online edition
The climate of fear in climate studies (Blog - web link)
The Age Australia online edition
Licence to kill parrots: a wind farm anomaly (article - web link)
icCheshireOnline UK
PM urged to use renewable energy (article - web link)
Daily News - Galveston County USA online edition
Wind Farm poses no danger to wild birds (letter - web link)
24dash.com UK
Rising household fuel bills 'bigger source of worry than health' (article - web link)
Yorkshire Post - Today UK
Consumer concern as Energy bills soar (article - web link)
Burnham & Highbridge Weekly News UK online edition
Showdown on new wind farm plans? (article - web link)
And another infernal wind farm poll.
Manchester Evening News UK online edition
Clean-coal power plant plans probed (article - web link) 12/04/06
Western Mail UK online edition
Hain backs Severn barrage (article - web link)
Environmental News Network - ENN USA online edition
Oslo's sewage heats its homes (article - web link)
Many thanks to Dave V. for the above web link.
The Chronicle Herald Canada online edition
Answers blowin' in the wind (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
'Minister for air miles' clocks up 100 tons of emissions (article - web link)
'Carbon tax' to compensate for G8 presidency aviation (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Strategy Unveiled (article - web link)
It would appear that our dear old Andrew Davies AM, failed to mention his beloved wind turbine "parks" that he is so determined to use to cover the beautiful landscapes and seascapes of Wales.
Western Telegraph UK online edition
Not wind turbines, BUT....
How could they? (article - web link) 12/04/06
Return to dates
Good Friday,14th April 2006
The Guardian UK online edition
Nuclear power is not energy solution, says MPs (article - web link)
On a lighter note:
The Times UK online edition
Wind surfer's epic voyage runs into troubled water (article - web link)
The Daily Telegraph UK onlne edition
A breath of air from 100,000 years ago (letter - web link)
How Labour dodges the question (letter - web link)
Daily Express UK onlne edition
Nuclear energy decision 'made' (article - web link)
Bloomberg.com Europe online edition
Blair's decision on U.K. nuclear power may cost popularity (article - web link)
BBC News UK online edition
Stark warning over climate change (article - web link)
Village water power scheme launch (article - web link) 12/04/06
Healthy competition (article - web link) 13/04/06
Corning Leader USA online edition
Lawsuit filed against wind farm developer (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Letters
Scroll down the WM web page to read the letters. (letters - web link)
The New York Times USA online edition
Forget computers. Here comes the sun (article - web link)
Barnstable Patriot USA online edition
Cloakroom politics may kill wind farm (article - web link)
And with that little lot, it is now time for some "Rest & Recuperation" completely away from this mad - mad, wind power business.
"We shall meet anon and speak of these matters."
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15th April 2006
The Scotsman UK online edition
Three billion lives hang on three degrees, warns scientist (article - web link)
SSE opens markets to Orkney power (article - web link)
Flying geese could delay building of wind farm (article - web link) 14/04/06
The Independent UK online edition
So, do you really have to get on board that plane? (article - web link)
3 degrees: Chief scientist warns bigger rise in world's temperature will put 400 million at risk
(article - web link)
Government close to approving nuclear stations (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Letters to the Editor (2 letters - web link) Scroll down the WM web page to the 1st & 2nd letters.
Hospitals switch on to greener electricity supplies (article - web link)
Senedd gets it right with sustainable approach (article - web link)
Fuel price is 'robbery' (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Turbine's set to fuel community (article - web link)
Let's have a real debate (letter - web link)
Destination Nantyglo (poem - web link)
Daily Mail UK
The woman who's tilting at windfarms (article - .JPG file format 221 Kb)
Copyright © Daily Mail 12/04/06
The Daily Post UK
Only £100m (letter - .JPG file format 87.3 Kb)
Copyright © The Daily Post 07/04/06
Cambria Magazine UK
Turbine Realities (letter - .JPG file format 69.6 Kb)
Copyright © Cambria Magazine March/April 2006
Many thanks to Vikki for the 3 above scans.
Cambria Magazine: Issues in Wales - COMMENT (various dates - web link)
Oneonta Daily Star USA online edition
Some Delaware towns close doors to wind-farm plans (article - web link)
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EASTER SUNDAY 16th April 2006
The Sunday Times UK online edition
Home wind turbines dealt killer blow (article - web link)
Loose talk from Dagenham Des that could wreck Blair's legacy (article - web link)
Scotland on Sunday UK online edition
Police probe 'government contracts for donations' (article - web link)
Coming from a coal mining community, I know of, and have experienced the devastation that occurred under "maggie" when she wrought her vengeance on the coal industry for what the NUM had done to recreational sailor 'Ted Heath'.
When 'New Labour' came into power afterwards, there was quite a lot of talk of 'sleaze' in the previous Tory government.
It appears however that each political pary is as guilty as the other when it comes to sleaze.
We all know how much in £'s, one certain wind power industrialist donated in sideling up to New Labour... don't we?
The Telegraph UK online edition
Feathers ruffled by block on wind farm to save rare parrot (article - web link)
White voters are deserting us for BNP, says Blair ally (article - web link)
Incidentally, believe it or not, I am not racisist, other than to say:"Every morning when I wake up
I thank the Lord I'm Welsh
~
To be born Welsh
Is to be born privileged.
Not with a silver spoon
In your mouth,
But music in your blood
And poetry in your soul."
Sunday Business Post Dublin, Ireland online edition
Energy firms vie for wind interconnector (article - web link)
The United Kingdom Parliament online edition
Welcome to the Environmental Audit Committee (article - web link)
Many thanks to E. Mann for the above web link.
MSNBC - Newsweek USA online edition
A rooftop windmill of your very own (article - web link)
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EASTER MONDAY 17th April 2006
The BWEA UK online edition April 2006
BWEA's response to the UK Government's Energy Review (article - web link)
The Age Australia online edition
Is this a flight of fancy? (article - web link)
The Independent on Sunday UK online edition 16/04/06
'Doing nothing isn't an option - Britain's in the mood to go green' (article - web link)
What happened to wind power? (article - web link)
Offshore wind farms blown off schedule by two years (article - web link)
Green chic: At last top celebrities wake up to plight of planet (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition 17/04/06
Blair warned of 'energy gap' (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Letter to the Editor (letter - web link)
1st letter on the WM web page.
The Telegraph UK online edition
Gas-fired power stations 'needed to stave off blackouts' (article - web link)
Yorkshire Post - Today UK online edition
Keeping Britain's lights burning (article - web link)
Powys County Times UK online edition
93 percent say no more turbines in Mid Wales (article - web link) Oddly enough, while the Powys County Times newspaper runs this story, the e-poll on their web site showed this afternoon; YES 60.01% NO 39.99%to the question, "Do you think more wind turbines should be built in Powys?
Many thanks to Vikki for the above web link.
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18th April 2006
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Grass fire arsonists cost taxpayers £2.3m (article - web link)
God forbid it, but after reading the above article, can you possibly imagine the devastation that would occur to the upland grasslands of the like's of Mynydd-y-Gwair, Mynydd Betws and Mynydd Gwrhyd, if an incident occurred similar to what happened to the wind turbine at Nissan's factory near Sunderland, on 24th December 2005.
The photo below is a stark reminder of the flames and burning fragments falling off the turbine.
Car plant windfarm fire forces motorists off A19 (article - web link)
Councillors face probe (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Dragon rampant (letter - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 5th letter.
MPs join opposition to nuclear move (article - web link)
Bloomberg.com UK
U.K. opposition to nuclear power shrinks, study says (update1) (article - web link)
Chanel 4 News UK online edition
Cameron's 'go green' pledge (article - web link)
Daily Post UK online edition
Offshore turbines 'may be shelved' over funding fear (article - web link)
The Guardian UK online edition
Greenpeace: Chernobyl toll may top 90,000 (article - web link)
Return to dates
19th April 2006
BBC News UK online edition
North wind farm sites blown away (article - web link)
Fife Today UK online edition
Hopes of wind farm jobs for Levenmouth (article - web link)
The Herald UK online edition
Massive wind parks scheme still a blight, claims expert (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Blow to argument
Don't tilt at the wind (2 letters - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 3rd & 7th letters
Nuclear-free Wales MPs take war to No.10 (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Cameron considers abandoning Tory support for nuclear power (article - web link)
Return to dates
20th April 2006
The Independent UK online edition
Scientists condemn US as emissions of greenhouse gases hit record level (article - web link) 19/04/06
Battle for green vote hots up with Brown turning fire on Cameron's 'spin' (article - web link)
Gordon Brown: 'The environment must be centre of policy worldwide' (article - web link)
David Cameron: ''We need a greater sense of urgency on climate change' (article - web link)
Wind power cannot stop climate change (letter - web link)
Scroll down the 'Indy' web page to the letter.
The Telegraph UK online edition
Glaciers advance as well as shrink (letter - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Energy cost becoming main threat to manufacturing jobs, says union (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Man of many faces (letter - web link)
Daft Green Agendas (letter - web link)
Reuters UK online edition
Scottish "wind rush" whips up enthusiasm and anger (article - web link)
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press UK online edition
Sizewell fuels British Energy (article - web link)
Cape Cod Times USA online edition
FAA to probe turbines' risk to radar (article - web link)
Western Telegraph - This is Pembrokeshire UK online edition 19/04/06
Euro law may fuel energy bill cuts (article - web link)
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21st April 2006
Lancashire Evening Telegraph UK online edition
Wind farm inquiry set for final day (article - web link) 20/04/06
Powys County Times UK
Iolo joins big 'no' vote on more wind farms (Front page article - .JPG file format 232 Kb)
Copyright © Powys County Times 20/04/06
Salient facts about wind farms and threat of global warming (letter - .JPG file format 160 Kb)
Copyright © Powys County Times 20/04/06
Strangest of facts on turbine efficiency! (letter - .JPG file format 71.7 Kb)
Copyright © Powys County Times 20/04/06
Nice try on wind farms, but no cigar (letter - .JPG file format 107 Kb)
Copyright © Powys County Times 20/04/06
Shropshire Star UK
Output from nuclear power plants goes up (Business report + photo - .JPG file format 127 Kb)
Copyright © Shropshire Star 20/04/06
Global warming - are we to blame? (article + photo - .JPG file format 221 Kb)
Copyright © Shropshire Star 20/04/06
Many thanks to Vikki for the six scans above.
OilVoice UK online edition
Shell begins construction at Egmond aan Zee offshore wind farm (Press Release - web link) 20/04/06
Altoona Mirror USA online edition
Bedford visitors bureau against wind turbines (article - web link)
ABC Regional Australia online edition
Residents to oppose wind farm plans (article - web link)
National Post Canada online edition
Review the science (2 page article - web link) 20/04/06
Many thanks to E. M. for the above web link.
Western Mail UK online edition
Stop global warming
Nuclear back-up (2 letters - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 2nd & 3rd letters.
The Independent UK online edition
Cameron calls for new taxes to save the planet (article - web link)
Letters to the Editor (7 letters - web link)
Scroll down the 'Indy's' web page to 'Parties vie for the green vote'.
The Daily Telegraph UK online edition
Cameron turns blue to prove green credentials (article - web link)
A Postcard from Norway
Cartoon - Copyright © The Daily Telegraph 21/04/06
Energy buzz (letter - web link)
Ocean fm Donegal, Ireland online edition
Sligo and Leitrim "ideal" to benefit from wind energy production (article - web link)
EUobserver.com Belgium
EU warned against dependency on Russian energy (article - web link)
Irish Examiner.com
Energy forecasts - Radical shift in energy usage needed (article - web link)
The Scotsman UK online edition
Standby for action as Brown sees red on home energy waste (article - web link)
True cost of PM's holiday flights (article - web link)
Cherie's election hair bill: £7,700 (article - web link)
BBC News Uk online edition
Cameron would scrap climate levy (article - web link)
If you should wish to see the intrepid "Cameron of the Arctic" driving a dog-sled on a glacier, there is a video and audio link in the above article.
Click on the web link - "See David Cameron on the glaciers of Norway".
Have Your Say: Is politics going green? (article - web link)
Backing for Severn barrage power (article - web link)
Fossil gives clue to big chill (article - web link)
National park decision on pylons (article - web link)
'Amazing' Beacons win top honour (article - web link)
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Saturday 22nd April 2006
The Australian Sydney, Australia online edition
Wind energy drops off the perch (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
A Severn barrage is long overdue & Redrawing dragons (2 letters - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 1st & 3rd letters
Would a Wylfa disaster affect you? (2 page article - web link)
Map accompanying the above article (.JPG file format 108 Kb)
Copyright © Western Mail 22/04/06
Is a Severn barrage Wales' best energy option? (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
'Halt wind farms' says AM (article - .JPG file format 58.1 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 22/04/06
North-West Evening Mail UK online edition
Wind farms face danger of bombs on the seabed (article - web link) 21/04/06
SNP UK online edition
SNP question Brown's Energy morals (Press Release - web link)
Glasgow Evening News UK online edition
Energy bosses got £10m pay-off (2 page article - web link) 21/04/06
The Independent UK online edition
Letters: Wind power - Wind power offers major economic benefits to the UK (letter - web link) 21/04/06
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Sunday 23rd April 2006
Bangor Daily News USA online edition
Sacrifice in behalf of wind power (Viewpoint - web link) 22/04/06
The Observer UK online edition
Planning delays 'put UK energy supplies at risk' (article - web link)
Britain 'making poor job' of nuclear waste (article - web link)
@IrelandOn-Line
PDs: Farms should turn to energy crops (article - web link) 22/04/06
Sunday Business Post Ireland online edition
Windfarm energy 'is the key to alternative power' (article - web link) 22/04/06
The Independent on Sunday UK online edition
Surfers vs the Severn dam (article - web link)
Green Dave takes his new eco-car for a spin (and tells his environment spokesman the Porsche must go) (article - web link)
Chernobyl 'still causing cancer in British children' (article - web link)
The Sunday Telegraph UK online edition
"Christopher Booker's notebook"
How the Deputy Prime Minister pulled off his silent revolution (article - web link)
Once again, John Prescott's "PPS22" gets exposed for what it is... the scandal of the demolition of democratic power in Local Authority Planning Departments.
But the one that really takes the biscuit for me is:
"in the name of "safety", introduced a new "European" system of colour coding, so that a black electric wire can now be either live or neutral, while a blue wire may be live, neutral or earth, according to when it was installed."
I'd be extremely surprised if this crazy scheme doesn't cause far more deaths from domestic electrocutions.
The blight on the British landscape that our new green' Tories opt to remain silent about (article - web link)
"Are we wise to be ramming through plans for thousands of wind turbines, which will make such an insignificant contribution to our energy needs at such ludicrous financial and environmental cost?"...... I wonder what you would think folks?
David Cameron: I'm going to put Britain on a green highway (article - web link)
MATT Cartoon - Copyright © The Sunday Telegraph 23/04/06
41 scientists debunk global warming alert (4 letters - web link)
The Sunday Times UK online edition
"Cynics ask if this is the same Cameron who denounced wind farms as bird blenders."
David Cameron: New race for the polls (3 page article - web link)
Wave parks can power towns (article - web link)
Former Shell boss to tap free energy (article - web link)
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24th April 2006
Many thanks to E. M. for the following web link, plus the message of, "Fisher German are chartered surveyors, now jumping on the renewables bandwagon by informing land owners that the majority of their income for the next 25yrs could come from wind power."
Fisher German Chartered Surveyors (web site)
The Independent UK online edition
CBI sends stark warning over nuclear future (article - web link)
Cameron's new green credentials under fire (article - web link)
Bruce Anderson: The big green debate should be over nuclear power (article - web link)
The above article is an "Independent Portfolio Article" and as such has been purchased for 1 day's viewing only.
The Times UK online edition
At $3 a gallon, the Americans are squealing (article - web link)
Britons are facing £1 a litre (article - web link)
Daily Express UK online edition
Cameron pledge on carbon emissions (article - web link)
Press & Journal UK online edition
Energy Magazine April 2006 (e-magazine - web link)
Interactive 32 page magazine of Energy & Renewable articles such as Tidal generation on page 4; Renewables R&D on page 10; Offshore wind power on page 19; Politics & wind power on page 24, and many other issues.
Use the navigation & magnification buttons within the e-magazine to read through it.
Reuters online edition
Powerless OPEC to meet during global energy talks (article - web link)
BBC News UK online edition 21/04/06
Q&A: Climate change levy (article - web link)
PR Web Newswire USA online edition
OurEnergy.us marks Earth Day with free wind energy for consumers (Press Release - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK
Plague of wind farms (letter - web link)
Powerplay for barrage (article + photo - .JPG file format 161 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 24/04/06
Find the whale in West Wales (article + photo - .JPG file format 226 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 24/04/06
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25th April 2006
The Australian Sydney, Australia online edition
Minister freezes wind farm funds (article - web link)
Burnham-On-Sea.com UK
Burnham wind farm protestors challenge Ecotricity boss to meet them (article - web link) 24/04/06
Green Consumer Guide UK online edition
India targets wind energy boost (article - web link)
Yorke Peninsula Country Times Australia online edition
Pacific Hydro committed to Vincent North Wind Farm (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Rebel MP Peter Law dies (article - web link)
Website wiped (article - web link)
NFU chief on his way to Wales (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Shell urged to abandon $20bn Siberian pipeline that could drive whale species to extinction
(article - web link)
The £40m election: what they spent it on (article - web link)
The Times UK online edition
Voters want more than huskies and cleaner cars (article - web link)
Gazprom denies gas supply threat (article - web link)
BBC News UK online edition 24/04/06
Wind turbine plan for island port (article - web link)
Many thanks to C.V. for the above web link
South Wales Evening Post UK
Residents fed up with lights (article - web link)
Veggie car damaged (article - .JPG file format 56 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 25/04/06
River turns orange in pollution mystery (article + photo - .JPG file format 215 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 25/04/06
Could this possibly happen to the river Cathan, Garnswllt, if 16 wind turbines and their foundations are constructed on top of the flooded old workings of the Mount colliery on Mynydd Betws?
A Carmarthenshire County Council planning official who visited the site has noticed similar coloured pollution seeping out of the old mine workings into Cwm Cathan.
Ignorance isn't bliss (letter - .JPG file format 62 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 25/04/06
No gain for our climate (letter - web link)
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26th April 2006
This is Lancashire online edition 24/04/06
Plan for wind farm rapped (article - web link)
The Windsor Star Canada online edition 25/04/06
Gov't looking at joining U.S. led Kyoto rival (article - web link)
Many thanks to Dr John for the above web link.
The Boston Globe USA online edition
Wind plan needs airing (article - web link)
Western Mail online edition
AMs want renewables not nuclear (article - web link)
Tower of hope tarnished by row over miners' redundancy pay (article - web link)
Barrage could trigger powerhouse (article - web link)
Barrage would boost region (article - web link) South Wales Evening Post online edition
Surprise visitor flies in (article - web link)
Store gives back a little bit extra (article - web link)
Keeping the shelves green (article - web link)
Real threat is gas pipe (letter - web link)
Economical with truth (letter - web link)
The Boston Globe USA online edition
Wind plan needs airing (article - web link)
Holyhead Mail UK online edition
Turbine plan for harbour (3 page article - web link)
The Guardian UK online edition
Estuary energy plan makes waves (article - web link)
Many thanks to Vikki for the 2 above web links.
South Wales Guardian UK
Separating turbine spin from truth (letter - .JPG file format 124 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Guardian 26/04/06
Carmarthen Journal UK
Biggest con of the century (letter - .JPG file format 55 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 26/04/06
Hare-brained ineptitude (letter - .JPG file format 130 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 26/04/06
Petitioning for rare birds (letter - .JPG file format 89.6 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 26/04/06
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27th April 2006
Burnham-On-Sea.com UK
Wind farm boss hits back in row over power generation claims (article - web link) 26/04/06
The Scotsman UK online edition
Trump golfing team tees up talks to resolve wind farm plan concerns (article - web link)
The Times UK online edition
Black Wednesday (II) (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
The big question: Should we fear Kremlin control of Europe's energy supply? (article - web link)
Forbes UK online edition
India more attractive to renewable energy investors than UK - survey (article - web link)
Business Weekly UK online edition
Wind farm in Cambs goes ahead (article - web link)
Weston & Somerset Mercury UK online edition
Wind farm signs ordered down (article - web link)
Daventry Express UK online edition
MP breezes in for wind power tour (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Row over biofuel 'waste' (article - web link)
Scotland Today - Scottish TV UK online edition
Europe's biggest on-shore wind farm scheme gets go-ahead (article - web link)
BBC News UK online edition
Lewis wind farm plans scaled back (article - web link)
Massive wind farm gets approval (article - web link)
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28th April 2006
NewScientist Weekly 29/04/06
Whirling turbines send wildlife diving for cover (article + photo - .JPG file format 93.4 Kb)
Copyright © NewScientist Weekly 29/04/06
The Scotsman UK online edition
Pylon planners should warm to the idea of underground cables (article - web link)
Biggest wind farm gets go-ahead and will be able to power 280,000 homes (article - web link)
First Minister stalls nuclear decision until after election (article - web link)
Brown drives hole through green targets (article - web link)
The Times UK online edition
Green Mr Cameron and his chauffeur-driven shirt (article - web link)
Imagine enough nuclear waste to fill five Albert Halls ... Where will you store it? (article - web link)
Graphic: The Finnish solution (Graphic - web link)
Click on the small graphic to see the Finnish solution
The Independent UK online edition
Nuclear waste may be buried in caverns (article - web link)
Campbell issues green tax challenge (article - web link)
The Daily Telegraph UK online edition
Blair should block any Gazprom bid (Opinion - web link)
King's Lynn Today UK online edition
Wind of change brings a storm (article - web link)
This is Lancashire UK online edition
Wind inquiry is due to end next month (article - web link)
Forbes Spain online edition
Gamesa to install 3 new wind farms in France with total 32 MW output (article - web link)
The Herald UK online edition
Missing wind farms 'real Achilles' heel (2 page letter - web link)
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Saturday 29th April 2006
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner UK online edition
Power problems in perspective (article - web link) 28/04/06 The Australian Sydney, Australia online edition
Scots farm wind but Ted blows up (article - web link)
Bush feels the heat as oil fuels anger (article - web link)
Albuquerque Tribune USA online edition
Neighbours complain of wind farm nuisances (article - web link) 28/04/06
Residents living up to a mile away from wind farm installations in the USA have highlighted wind farm problems on the excellent "Save Upstate New York" web site.
By clicking on their web site links you can hear and watch residents discuss problems such as... "Property Values"; "Tourism"; "Quality of Life"; "Jobs"; "Noise"; etc.
Save Upstate New York
(web site)
N.B. If you aren't on a Broadband connection, allow some time for the audio/video presentations to download.
The Scotsman UK
Wind-farm business is a huge political mess (article - .JPG file format 198 Kb)
Copyright © The Scotsman 29/04/06
Ingenious ways to scrape bottom of energy barrel (article - .JPG file format 166 Kb)
Copyright © The Scotsman 29/04/06
Caveat: Please note that both of the above articles are not available for free on the Internet because they come from The Scotsman newspaper's "Premier Subscription Service" and as such, SOCME requests that all considerations as to copyright law and distribution are honoured until such time that The Scotsman newspaper deems the articles to be available for free on the Internet.
Any rows and you're fired, Scotland! (article - web link)
The Guardian UK online edition
From traders to tankers: who makes a mint out of $70-barrel oil (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Cameron's image as green leader goes up in smoke (article - web link)
Keep your hair on! Trump blows into town with attack on wind farms (article - web link)
The real cost of a bag of salad: You pay 99p. Africa pays 50 litres of fresh water (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Eurocrats could sink the Severn Barrage (article - web link)
Harbour porpoises are listed on the European red list of endangered species, yet a dead porpoise were washed ashore at Sker Beach Porthcawl, shortly after the "VOS BALTIC" vessel had been conducting ground investigation tests using a Roson Seabed Cone Penetrometer and High Performance Corer for the Scarweather Sands Offshore wind farm proposal during August 2005.
VOS BALTIC message from Scarweather Sands Campaigners
Is there one type of EU Habitats Directive for wind power proposals and another type for everything else?
Businessman's planning application (article - web link)
The Tories vision for our countryside (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Wolf looking after sheep (letter - web link) expressandstar.com UK
Wind farm row grows (article - web link)
Sky News UK online edition
Exclusive - Wind farm off the Irish Sea (video/audio footage; 2mins 16secs - web link)
Copyright © BSKYB 29/04/06
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Sunday 30th April 2006
The Sunday Times UK online edition
Green energy goal has been 'fudged' (article - web link)
The Sunday Telegraph UK online edition
To keep the garden green this summer, lay off the mower (article - web link)
What next? Perhaps we'll have to stop breathing for one hour in every three to suit the "Greens" wishes?
CO2 consensus (2 letters - web link)
"Christopher Booker's Notebook"
Why the wind-merchants feed us sky-high figures for their machines (web link)
Cameron must think we are as green as he is (web link)
The Press & Journal UK online edition
Trump chips in with a windfarm warning (article + readers comments - web link)
The Observer UK online edition
Now drivers have to pass green test (article - web link)
How green a driver are you? (Quiz - web link)
A battle for oil could set the world aflame (Comment - web link)
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