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1st May 2006
Ye Compleat Windde Warrior
"It's not Ground Hog Day. It's let's shoot a Wind-farmer Day !"
Photo taken at the Tug Hill mega-windplant, Lewis County, New York, USA.
Kindly submitted by an American anti-wind power campaigner.
The Independent UK online edition
Public backs law to enforce cuts in emissions (article - web link)
Hippopotamus among 26,000 new species on endangered list (article - web link)
The Times UK online edition
Cameron's green policies getting in the way, says Fox (article - web link)
Firms face new tax on staff e-mail to friends (article - web link)
90-day turnaround (letter - web link)
The Press & Journal UK online edition
Plans to ferry freight from road to waterway (article - web link)
Top lawyer to fight for action group (article - web link)
RSPB - Birds Magazine UK
Wind farms blamed for eagle deaths (article - .JPG file format 73.4 Kb)
Copyright © RSPB - Birds Magazine May 2006
Many thanks to E.M. for the above scan.
BBC News UK online edition
£1bn windfall from carbon trading (article - web link)
Click on the "How companies are expected to make a windfall profit" web link in the above article for a 2 minutes video & audio footage explanation.
The New York Times USA online edition
Sharp Reaction to G.O.P. Plan on Gas Rebate (article - web link) 30/04/06
"Scoop" Independent News New Zealand online edition
US Wind Energy President to head NZ Assoc (Press Release - web link)
San Francisco Chronicle USA online edition
Hydrogen fuel far from ready for prime time (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Survey shows West is not best for pollution levels (article - web link)
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2nd May 2006
Following on from yesterday's, "Ye Compleat Windde Warrior" photo, the following correspondence courtesy of D.J.E. has been received from America : -
(1) " ... and the fellow sporting the propeller beanie on his head is anti-wind power campaigner Dick xxxxxxx. (In case you're wondering, that is not a 1.5MW on Dick's beanie, but it does deliver the same amount of juice as a 1.5MW windmill. That is, the efficiencies are identical.)"
(2) Written by a visitor to Tug Hill mega-windplant: -
" ... it is worse than I imagined. I truly wanted to cry when I saw them. They are absolutely EVERYWHERE and just plopped wherever! And when those wind turbine people say they don't make noise....THEY MAKE NOISE...LOTS OF IT. We were lucky that we were there on a windy day. I could not imagine living the way these people are forced to live. We also saw many of the workers at this house they congregate at. All beautiful trucks and ALL out of state license plates... so much for Tug Hill people getting any jobs out of the deal! The place is still a mess, too. NOTHING has been cleaned up. It is an absolute crime!!!!"
(3) Calvin added: -
" ... I have always maintained the wind sharks carry a special license in their wallets. Next time you see your friendly wind shark at your town meeting, go ahead: ask to see his Non-Veracity License (NVL). He'll whip it out; they're proud of them. It's got his picture, and it's stamped by the New York Secretary of State, and it says the carrier of this license has permission from the State of New York to lie at will, with impunity. Yeah, they pay 50 bucks for these things. Come in handy."
The Scotsman UK online edition
Bolivia seizes gas fields (article - web link)
The Guardian UK online edition
Ministers urged to promote sustainable consumption (article - web link)
You think you're green? Don't make me laugh (article - web link)
US tops list of rogue states on congestion toll (article - web link)
George Monbiot: This is embarrasing, but I've become a fossil fuel supporter
(article - web link) 25/04/06
The Independent UK online edition
The birds that blocked 20,000 new homes (article - web link)
What about the wild birds in Wales like the red kite; lap-wings etc., who's lives would be threatened by wind farm installations?
Western Mail UK online edition
Ensuring our common future (Important Article - web link)
Ensuring our common future
Photo Copyright © Western Mail 02/05/06
Caption reads: - "RULE CHANGE Under the new legislation, common land will be managed by statutory associations, with powers to regulate grazing and other agricultural activities.
N.B. - To all supporters of SOCME; RAG; TAG; BMPG, and all protest groups threatened by wind power developments on common land : -
Please make special note of the words of UK Environment Minister Elliot Morley and make good use of them.He describes commons as.... "fundamental to the character of our countryside" and a "reservoir of biodiversity". Under new legislation, common land will be managed by statutory associations, with powers to regulate grazing and other agricultural activities.
(I personally don't believe that giant commercial wind turbines erected on common land can be classified as agricultural activies.) The article then states... "The Bill reinforces existing protections against abuse, encroachment and unauthorised development, and safeguards public access." Heed these words my friends and memorise them to heart, to ram down the throats of the likes of Andrew Davies AM and Carwyn Jones AM. This is a red letter day for those of us who cherish our common land heritage and its scenic beauty. We must never fail to emphasis, in the strongest possible terms, the words of the UK Environment Minister in any exchanges that we might have with wind power developers, or pro-wind power supporters.
Building a farm future for the whole family (article - web link)
Spalding Today UK online edition
'No noise' from wind turbines (article - web link)
globeandmail.com Canada
Canadian role in Kyoto appears losing steam since Montreal talks (article - web link)
The Herald Uk online edition
Why are these grotesque subsidies needed? (6 web pages of Letters to the Editor - web link)
European Nature Information System - EUNIS Database v2 online edition
Sites of Special Scientific Interest - UK (database - web link)
Many thanks to Pinky for the two above web links, who says of the EUNIS web site, "This might be of interest to people who live near an SSSI and who are fighting against wind farms. It is from the European Environment Agency."
Be warned : - the EUNIS database is an extremely large web site and will take some time to fully load, even on a Broadband connection.
The Daily Post UK
Anger as drivers pay £3m for fuel (3 page article - web link)
Oiling the wheels (letter - .JPG file format 75.7 Kb)
Copyright © Daily Post 02/05/06
Many thanks to A.D. for the above scan.
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3rd May 2006
Artists Against Wind Farms UK
Devon landscape artist Christine Lovelock will be swapping her paint brushes for her walking boots this May. Christine, who set up the Artists Against Wind Farms website in 2005 is taking to the road in a "mega" marathon walk that will take in nearly all the proposed, prospective or approved wind farm sites in Devon. Click on the 'Page Two' link at the foot of her web page to see the 6 web pages of countryside photograhs that Christine took during her preview walk.
Preview Walk (web link)
Burnham-On-Sea.com UK
Burnham-On-Sea wind farm protestors hit out at poster vandals (article - web link) 02/05/06
The Herald UK online edition
Eagerly awaiting the sight of more wind turbines (4 web pages of Letters to the Editor - web link)
ABC Regional Online Australia
Wind turbines plan creates fire worries (article - web link)
Weymouth News USA online edition
Empty sails: LNR consultant shows map which nixes wind farm at airbase (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Wind turbine con (letter - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 3rd letter.
Weymouth News USA online edition
Empty sails: LNR consultant shows map which nixes wind farm at airbase (article - web link)
Kilkenny Advertiser UK online edition
Renewable energy plans don't go far enough - Noonan (article - web link)
South Wales Evening UK online edition
Barrage is best for all (letter - web link)
Asbury Park Press USA online edition
Winds of change? Panel recommends building wind turbines off New Jersey coast
(article - web link)
South Wales Guardian UK online edition
Editor's Opinion (web link)
Carmarthen Journal UK online edition
Ministerial Treachery (letter - .JPG file format 75.7 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 03/05/06
Dr John also had another letter published in today's edition of the CJ entitled, "Sprouting wind turbines"; identical to his letter published in yesterday's Daily Post which can be read above.
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4th May 2006
BBC News UK online edition
Mini wind turbines for city homes (article - web link) 03/05/06
North Devon Gazette UK online edition
Artist's walk against wind turbines (article - web link)
Wind farm farce at Plough (article - web link)
Weston & Somerset Mercury UK online edition
Wind farm goes official (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Turbines protest gathers strength (article - web link)
BBC News UK online edition
Fresh call for wind farms inquiry (article - web link)
The Comet 24 UK online edition
School's wind of change (article - web link)
YubaNet.com
Slowdown in Tropical Pacific flow pinned on climate change (article - web link)
Renewable Energy Access online edition
Largest onshore European wind farm approved (article - web link)
WINDTECH International Netherlands online edition
Gamesa granted permission to install wind power in France (article - web link)
24dash.com UK
'Put wind farms on Buckingham Palace' to meet UK energy needs (article - web link)
Isle of Wight County Press UK online edition
Wind farm plans to be unveiled (article - web link)
The Herald UK online edition
Wind farms are entirely irrelevant in crisis caused by aviation (3 web pages of letters - web link)
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5th May 2006
The Scotsman UK online edition
Marquess opposes wind-farm plans (article - web link)
Blair to reshuffle after 'tough night' (article - web link)
Shell pockets £1.5m an hour as petrol costs near £1 a litre (article - web link)
Energy Business Review UK online edition
UK's newest offshore wind farm completes construction (article - web link)
BBC News UK online edition
Blair faces quit calls as Tories revive (article - web link)
Greens expect more election gains (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Clarke axed after election battering (article - web link)
Global warming fastest for 20,000 years - and it is mankind's fault (article - web link) 04/05/06
expressandstar.com UK
Residents meet to fight wind farm (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Barrage would be a world-beater (letter - web link)
A vision of tourism amid the industrial flames and smoke (article - web link)
'Missing out on oil deal has cost Wales £1bn' (article - web link)
Daily Post UK online edition
Turbines are waste of time and money (2 page article - web link)
Many thanks to Vikki for the above web link.
Environmental Data Interactive UK online edition
Offshore wind farm construction threatens dolphins (article - web link)
DEFRA UK online edition
Minister approves application for exchange of common land (News Release - web link)
FORCE - Friends of Rural Cumbria's Environment UK online edition
Planning application for two anemometer masts refused (article - web link)
Many thanks to A.K. for the two above web links.
There is one of "those" e-polls on wind power on this web page.
globeandmailcom Canada
Scientists chart plankton in the sea (article with global warming content - web link)
Isle of Wight County Press UK
Wind farm plans to go on show (article with global warming content - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK
The nuclear way to go (letter - web link)
It seems Andrew Davies is.... (letter - .JPG file format 46.3 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 05/05/06
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Saturday 6th May 2006
Hawke's Bay Today New Zealand online edition
Keep wind farm off 'waka', Unison told (article - web link)
CBC News Canada online edition
Lack of wind idlesCreststreet turbines (article - web link) 05/05/06
Wind power strategy called unfair (article - web link) 05/05/06
Cambridgeshire Times UK online edition
Wind power isn't hot air (article - web link)
Cape Cod Times USA online edition
White House opposes move to scrap Cape Wind (article - web link)
BBC News UK online edition
'Devil's Advocate' backs campaign (article - web link)
The Guardian Canada online edition
Private wind power corporation finds itself unable to compete (article - web link)
Energy rates slated for huge jump (article - web link)
News 10 Now USA online edition
New wind turbine design (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Power Wales first (letter - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 2nd letter
Greener homes & buildings show 2006 UK online edition
Renewable Energy; Energy Efficiency etc. (advertisement - web link)
Many thanks to Caroline E. for the above web link.
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Sunday 7th May 2006
The Independent on Sunday UK online edition
Ice-capped roof of world turns to desert (article - web link)
The garden tax (article - web link)
Good old New Labour Party, what's next -eh?
Housing need not destroy birds' homes (letter - web link)
Scroll down the Indy web page to the letter.
That's a bright one, coming from the RSPB, who support bird mincing wind turbines!
The Sunday Telegraph UK online edition
The great council revolt begins (Christopher Booker's notebook - web link)
The ice cream man cometh... to save the world (article - web link)
How spin doctors sexed up global warming (3 letters - web link)
The Observer UK online edition
UK atomic agency boss plots £450m buyout (article - web link)
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8th May 2006
The Times UK online edition
Firm to generate support for giant €20bn wind farm (article - web link)
Windtech International Netherlands online edition
GE Energy to study impact of wind power on California grid (article - web link) 05/05/06
Stuff.co.nz
Residents to fight wind Manawatu farm (article - web link)
Radio New Zealand online edition
Architect, farmers condemn planned wind farm's effect on landscape (article - web link)
Hindu Business Line India online edition
Re-inventing energy (article - web link)
A fictitious meeting between Einstein, Achimedes, Edison, Babbage & others.
The Independent UK online edition
Listen carefully and you can still hear the nightingale's song (article - web link)
Electronic smog (article - web link) 07/05/06
So what would be the consequences of the electrical fields that would be created around large clusters of wind turbines?
Wind power is the energy of a new era (2 letters - web link)
Scroll down the Indy's web page to the letter from Christian Kjaer, CEO of EWEA & Marcus Rand, CEO of BWEA and the following contradictory letter from Dr Stephen Blow.
Mud-slinging defines new era of open warfare as Labour unravels (article - web link)
Anti-immigrant UKIP leader hires Polish builders (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Labour got it wrong - Hain (article - web link)
Ex-Mayor denies computer misuse (article - web link)
My £650m Severn Barrage dream (article - web link) Wales on Sunday 07/05/06
The Scotsman UK online edition
Lights, cameras and finally a bit of action (article - web link)
Billings Gazette USA online edition
Guest Opinion: Limitations of wind energy concern electricity providers (article - web link)
REF UK
Press Release (.JPG file format 89.8 Kb)
Copyright © REF 08/05/06
Many thanks to E.M. for the above information.
House of Commons Hansard Debates 4th May 2006 (pt 2) (web link)
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9th May 2006
Lancashire Evening Telegraph UK online edition
Wind farm OK (article - web link)
This is sad news indeed, and might well become the precedent to the demise of common land to wind power developers.
MIT Technology Review USA online edition
Giant wind turbines (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Don't just slow down carbon emissions - reverse them (letter - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Britain's first AONB saved Gower 50 years ago today (article - web link)
Protecting this treasure has paid off for Wales (article - web link)
The SOCME group wish to take this opportunity to thank the original Gower campaigners for their determined and hard fought stance against large scale commercial development aimed solely for financial gain.
Volunteer warden at site for 30 years presented with Woodland Trust award (article - web link)
Not energy matters, or an AONB - but a smaller essential service for the preservation of our natural countryside.
'People need to realise we can provide solutions not problems' (article - web link)
Free workshop for sheep farmers (article - web link)
Welcome for tallow fire U-turn (article - web link)
Burnham-On-Sea.com UK online edition
Actor John Cleese backs Burnham-On-Sea wind farm protestors (article - web link)
Wind farm protestorsclaim scheme would hurt Burham's tourism trade (article - web link)
Barrage scheme still on track after 'constructive' DTI meeting (article - web link) 06/05/06
Green Building Press UK online edition
Planning refused for domestic wind turbine (article - web link)
expressandstar.com UK
Battle plans on wind farm (article - web link)
This is Wiltshire.co.uk UK
Deal aims to reduce people's energy bill (article - web link)
The Times UK online edition
Greed for energy threatens to dam legendary gorge (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Plans unveiled for new £4 billion tidal barrage which could power city (article - web link)
Time to pipe up on plans (letter - web link)
Bridlington Today UK online edition
Wind farm stirs up mixed feelings (article - web link)
Wind farm (letter - web link)
Consider our views (letter - web link) 08/05/06
Belfast Today Ireland online edition
Energy firm powering ahead with undersea 'Supergrid' (article - web link)
Tivy-side Advertiser UK online edition
Stop whining about wind turbines (letter - web link)
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10th May 2006
BBC News UK online edition
Council objects to wind farm plan (article - web link)
The Engineer UK online edition
Wind power is a gas (article - web link)
Daily Telegraph UK online edition
Kelly declares war on Nimbies as she 'climbs aboard bulldozer' (article - web link)
It makes one wonder whether it would have been 'better with the devil we knew' in Prescott rather than this Ruth Kelly character.
The Shetland News UK online edition
SIC forking out for wind farm (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Bird 'hotspots' at risk as pressure for new homes and industry grows, RSPB warns
(article - web link)
RenewableEnergyAccess.com
Pan-European Wind Energy Grid Proposed (article - web link)
The Guardian UK online edition
Green Politics: Wind of change (article - web link)
Lakeland Radio UK online edition
Wind farms to increase by half (article - web link)
The Journal: Today's Voice of the North UK online edition
Democracy is blown off course (article - web link)
VNUNET.com UK
Energy waste from PCs costs UK firms £60m (article - web link)
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11th May 2006
tvnz.co.nz NZ
NZ energy policies condemned (article - web link)
expressandstar.com UK
Wind farm monsters (letter - web link)
Berwick Today UK online edition
Belford villagers defy government over wind farms (article - web link)
Delight at pro wind farm meeting (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Kelly wants to 'root out' Nimbys - now, though, it turns out she is one (article - web link)
Washington File Washington, DC, USA online edition
Energy Department signs wind-to-hydrogen research agreement (article - web link) 08/05/06
Canada.com
Wind farm noise too much for N.S. family (article - web link)
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12th May 2006
The Washington Post USA online edition
Offshore wind farm approved (article - web link)
Private Eye UK
How you can save the planet the Cameron way (satirical article - .JPG file format 87.4 Kb)
Copyright © Private Eye May 2006
Many thanks to JM for the above scan.
Western Mail UK online edition
Barrage worries (letter - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 2nd letter
Stormy outlook for decades for Wales (article - web link)
Salmon stocks dive as 'climate change bites' (article - web link) 10/05/06
ABC Australia online edition
Heemskirk wind farm mothballed (article - web link)
The Age Australia online edition
Wind farms halted as help dries up (article - web link)
expressandstar.com UK
Wind farm still up in the air (article - web link)
The Cumberland News UK online edition
Wind turbine and solar panels for school looking to go green (article - web link)
Times & Star UK online edition
Willow farm to fuel power station (article - web link)
Test mast decision shows people can make a difference (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Don't forget our anthem (letter - web link) 11/05/06
Isle of Wight County Press UK online edition
New group backs wind turbines (article - web link)
Powys County Times UK online edition
93 percent say no more turbines in Mid Wales (article - web link)
Wind farm petition lodged at Senedd (article - web link)
globeandmail.com Canada
Ottawa wants Kyoto softened (article - web link)
Forecasters predict hotter-than-normal summer (article - web link) 11/05/06
defra UK online edition
Miliband calls for contract for climate change (News Release - web link)
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Saturday 13th May 2006
South Wales Evening Post UK 12/05/06
Gas line threat to farm owners (article - .JPG file format 143 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 12/05/06
The Times UK online edition
Pipeline blast kills 200 (article - web link)
Bridlington Today UK online edition
Wind farm donation (article - web link)
Digg Technology online edition
Floating Wind Farms: Giant Energy Turbines ( - web link)
A blog site with 30 pages of blogger comments of varying mentality.
EE Times UK online edition
Arrow helps school with wind power project (article - web link) 12/05/06
The Independent UK online edition
Why global warming is to blame for Britain's hay fever epidemic (article - web link)
Ministers 'are failing to live up to their green rhetoric (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Pretty as a (article - web link)
The Guardian UK online edition
Five British firms to sue EC over CO2 allowances as price falls (article - web link)
It is interesting to read that one of these five companies is non other than RWE nPower who want to build 32 giant wind turbines on Mynydd-y-Gwair. Granted they do produce fossil fuel electricity elsewhere, but at their presentation in Felindre, Swansea, they were adamant that they wanted the wind turbines to save the world from climate change, but admitted reluctantly that they wouldn't even entertain the project if it wasn't for hefty subsidies.
So much for nPower's 'green credentials.'!!
The Buffalo News USA online edition
Wind farm to be built on migratory bird route (article - web link)
The Record Canada online edition
Harvesting the wind (article - web link)
The Journal UK online edition
Speak freely - but not too loudly (article - web link)
Climate champion David (article - web link) 12/05/06
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Sunday 14th May 2006
South Wales Evening Post UK 13/05/06
Gower is a true love affair for this society campaigner
(2 page centre page article + photos - .JPG file format 726 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 13/05/06
A large file to download because it was a double page centre piece article but well worth reading because it is such a worthy tribute to a campaigner who is dedicated to preserving the Gower's landscapes and seascapes for others to enjoy.
On an alarming note comes the following news...
Officer breezes in (press announcement - .JPG file format 39.4 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 13/05/06
Many thanks to R.S. for the above information.
BWEA mug shots (web link)
Sunday Telegraph UK online edition
Bath has to battle 'Nimby' Kelly for its green belt (Christopher Booker's Notebook - web link)
A shocking mess Mr Prescott left (Christopher Booker's Notebook - web link)
Scotland on Sunday UK online edition
How Jack of clubs came up trmps for Donald (article - web link)
After reading in the above article that the Green Party are involved, it makes one wonder if the powers behind the proposed wind farm development that Donald Trump objected to, is behind it?
The Sunday Times UK online edition
Airtricity looks for €1bn in fundraising (article - web link)
Revealed: minister's links to nuclear lobby (article - web link)
The nuclear lobbyist plugged into Labour (2 page article - web link)
BBC - Countryfile UK online edition
Severn Estuary Barrage (short article - web link)
The New York Times USA online edition
Military plans tests in search for an alternative to oil-based fuel (article - web link) 13/05/06
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15th May 2006
Wales on Sunday UK 14/05/06
News in focus ~ "Barrage tide up in knots"
Page one (article - .JPG file format 293 Kb)
Copyright © Wales on Sunday 14/05/06
Page two (diagrams - .JPG file format 146 Kb)
Copyright © Wales on Sunday 14/05/06
With regard to the huge.... (letter - .JPG file format 62.7 Kb)
Copyright © Wales on Sunday 14/05/06
Western Mail UK online edition
Barrage distraction
Electrical Fields (2 letters - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 3rd & 7th letters
I notice that my 'Electrical Fields' letter has been edited from my original submission, but not too severely.
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Public was consulted (letter - web link)
Can't have it both ways (letter - .JPG file format 86.3 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 15/05/06
Ecotricity UK online edition
Michelin Tyre Factory, Dundee (article + downloads - web link)
Many thanks to Vikki for the above web link
The Shetland News UK online edition
Executive boost to wind farm hopes (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
West's failure over climate change 'will kill 182m Africans' (article - web link)
The Times UK online edition
'It was an absolute insult. I would rather someone had spat at me' (article - web link)
The Telegrah UK online edition
UK exceeded carbon emissions quota (article - web link)
Chinese plans undermine war on CO2 (letter - web link)
Driffield Today UK online edition
Wind farm sets up charitable fund (article - web link)
BBC News UK online edition
Plans to improve UK gas supplies (article - web link)
BBC TV UK online edition
A new BBC TV series entitled "Climate Chaos" starts on 24th May, which should of interest to those among us with opinions on climate change issues. Undoubtedly the likes of the Green Party and the FoE will be quoting from this new series, with more calls for wind power to combat CO2 emissions.
Climate Chaos Season (web links)
BBC 4 Documentaries ~ Reports from the Front Line of Global Warming
(web links to 8 short audio/video footage documentaries)
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16th May 2006
The Scotsman UK online edition
Community offered shares in wind farm (article - web link)
The Guardian UK online edition
New figures reveal scale of industry's impact on climate (article - web link)
Governments accused of giving industries permission to pollute (article - web link)
In theory, only the virtuous are rewarded (article - web link)
Europa - European Commission - Climate Change online edition
CITL admin report on member states verified emissions and surrendered allowances
(Pess Release - web link) 15/05/06
The Independent UK online edition
Climate change will be catastrophe for Africa (article - web link)
Global warming turns pristine coral into rubble (article - web link)
The Times UK online edition
Anger over shortfall on carbon emissions (article - web link)
The Press & Journal UK online edition
Green light for expansion of windfarm near Dounreay atom plant (article - web link)
Windfarm promoters are hailed for taking chance (article - web link)
Protester to address campaign against climate change (article - web link)
Radio New Zealand online edition
Falling NZ dollar could stifle further wind farms (article - web link)
Gulf Times Qatar online edition
Wind farms sell bonds as oil surges (article - web link)
The Herald UK online edition
Community aims to cash in on £15m wind project (article - web link)
24dash.com UK online edition
Hull councillors to decide fate of 125-metre wind turbine plan (article - web link) 15/05/06
Western Mail UK online edition
Climate change might have little to do with anything humans have done (article - web link
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17th May 2006
The Independent UK online edition
PM backs new wave of nuclear power stations (article - web link)
Inflation rises on soaring energy bills (article - web link)
The Big Question: Why do we have water shortages in a country with as much rain as Britain?
(article - web link)
Water industry comes under fire as 3.6 billion litres are lost every day (article - web link)
Letters: Fighting climate change (letter - web link)
The Guardian UK online edition
Blair presses the nuclear button (article - web link)
Ex-minister Morley says figures are a fix (article - web link)
Blair decision challenges Cameron's green agenda (article - web link)
Ministers order green revamp of developers' planned new town (article - web link)
The Times UK online edition
Britain goes nuclear to beat energy crisis (article - web link)
Blair claims two powerful reasons for atomic future (article - web link)
Water company bosses plan to tow icebergs up Thames (2 page article - web link)
I realise that it isn't April 1st today, but between nuclear power and climate change and wind power and now icebergs being suggested to be towed up the Thames, it does appear that the UK is in one hell of a mess.
The 'Greens' should have a field day on this iceberg story -- Icebergs hijacked by the UK.!!
Unfortunately it appears that with the 'powers to be' that we have in control in the UK government and in the boardrooms of industry; there might well be some truth in this?
Anyone for a lollipop?
Just slip over to the Thames iceberg and serve yourself; but don't forget to take along your own stick!
From source to tap (Graphic - web link)
Click on the 'thumbnail' to enlarge the graphic.
Letters to the Editor - Drought in the crowded South (2 pages of letters - web link)
Power station's dirty secret (article - web link)
Nuclear waste issue must be resolved, industry says (article - web link)
The Daily Telegraph UK online edition
Blair backs the nuclear option to deal with power cris (article - web link)
Letters - Stop relying on rain and start solving the water shortage (5 letters - web link)
ABC News Australia online edition
Wind farm objections outweigh submissions of support (article - web link)
The Herald UK online edition
Airtricity plans to move HQ base to Inverclyde location (article - web link)
This Is Lancashire UK online edition
Inspector in visit to wind turbine site (article - web link)
E-Composites, Inc. USA online edition
Innovative wind blade for low wind speed regions (article - web link) 16/05/06
North-West Evening Post UK online edition
Enterprise Agency wants commitment from wind firm (article - web link) 15/05/06
Swindon Advertiser UK online edition
Why Honda is getting the wind up (article - web link) 16/05/06
Western Mail UK online edition
Councils lead the way in cutting carbon emissions (article - web link)
Wake up to the LNG pipe route in Wales
Don't rush barrage (2 letters - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 1st & 7th letters
South Wales Guardian UK online edition
The next two items have nothing directly to do with wind power or energy matters but they do highlight known problems within the structure of the County Council.
Chainsaw massacre is 'council vandalism' (article - web link)
Chief planner addresses concerns (article - web link)
Carmarthen Journal UK
It's time to be counted (letter - .JPG file format 86.5 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 17/05/06
In the dark over pipeline (letter - .JPG file format 150 Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 17/05/06
BBC News - Wales UK online edition
Someone please correct me if I am mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that most of us already pay for refuse collection through our Council Tax bills.
What little game is the WAG up to now?
Bin collection charge considered (article - web link)
Wind farm proposals go on display (article - web link)
King's Lynn Today UK online edition
Wind turbines for Marshland St James? (article - web link)
this is hull and east riding UK online edition
It's back to the drawing board (article + readers comments - web link)
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18th May 2006
Energy Policy and Renewables in Wales UK
Increasing concern about industrialisation of the landscape, and public oppositon to the scale of wind turbine proposals.
Wales Regional Event - Meeting Flyer
(Public Notice - .JPG file format 71.8 Kb)
Many thanks to Caroline E. for this information and for her accompanying words...
"James Smith is organising an event in Cardiff on the above topic that is taking place on Tuesday May 23rd, 6.00 for 6.30, in the Angel Hotel in Cardiff. He says if anyone is interested then a place can be booked through IEMA. Details are on the attached flyer. James Smith spoke against the Blaengwen development - he is an expert on Environmental Surveys."
Burnham-On-Sea.com UK
Wind farm protesters celebrate after Burnham planners back them (article - web link) 16/05/06
Pro-wind farm group hits back after Burnham planners decision (article - web link) 18/05/06
Western Mail UK online edition
Environmental cost of barrage too great
A dam too far (2 letters - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 1st & 2nd letters
Minister rejects controversial eco-charge (article - web link)
Liberty stadium is powering ahead (article - web link)
World's biggest Airbus to fly to Britain (article - web link)
Hello, Hello, Hello. I wonder how many extra wind turbines the politicians will say we require to have installed to offset all the extra carbon emissions from these little babies?
'LNG is safe' MPs assured (article - web link)
Former airports leader handed tourism role (article - web link)
Daily Post UK online edition
Hopes fading for Wylfa extension (article - web link)
Air search as rallying Hain runs out of fuel (article - web link)
Perhaps Peter Hain should consider having a wind powered rally car?
New airbus will be a great success... no doubt about it (2 page article - web link)
Asbury Park Press USA online edition
Topic of the day: wind energy (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Brown endorses Blair's plans for more nuclear power stations (article - web link)
The Times UK online edition
Nuclear industry plans to build new reactors on site of old ones (article - web link)
Energy is bigger than nuclear versus the rest (letter - web link)
The Scotsman UK online edition
Labour opens door for new Scots nuclear plants (article - web link)
The Daily Telegraph UK online edition
Going nuclear is a half-baked strategy (Leader article - web link)
Nuclear generators are perilous but river power is safe (4 letters - web link)
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19th May 2006
The Sydney Morning Herald Australia online edition
Campaign to discredit wind blows to NSW (article - web link)
The Guardian UK online edition
How much will you pay? (article - web link) 17/05/06
Canada NewsWire online edition
Enmax begins construction on Taber wind farm (Press Release - web link) 18/05/06
Sur Spain online edition
Ecologists protest at danger to vultures from wind parks (article - web link)
Stuff.co.nz New Zealand
Wind-farm income in the fine print (article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Europe's giant of the sky lands at Heathrow (article - web link)
Flying in the face of green concerns (article - web link)
Lib Dems: 4x4 drivers face £2,000 tax (article - web link)
The Times UK online edition
Why nuclear energy produces hot air (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Barrage needed (letter - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 3rd letter
Wylfa closure on target for 2010 (article - web link)
Nuclear plants reveal one fire and leaks (article - web link)
British Gas loses 350,000 customers (article - web link)
The Shetland Times UK online edition
Cable study may find key to unlock wind power dream (article - web link)
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Saturday 20th May 2006
The Guardian UK online edition
At Hinckley, the director is gleeful. Then an alarm warns: 'Contamination' (article - web link)
Meanwhile, another unfashionable fuel is ready for comeback (article - web link)
Blair's nuclear posturing is a red herring - other choices matter more (article - web link) 19/05/06
Western Mail UK online edition
SIR - The Environmental Group WWF Cymru.... (letter - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 3rd letter.
Gas supplier Centrica leaks 350,000 customers since household bills soared 22% (article - web link)
Chronicle Herald Canada online edition
Turbines stir up debate - (Low-frequency sound) (article - web link)
San Angelo Standard-Times USA online edition
Cost a downside of turbines (article - web link)
Rocky Mountain News USA online edition
Xcel seeks NCAR's help (article - web link)
BWEA Wales - real power UK
"BWEA reinforcements to help meet Welsh Assembly Government targets"
Ellyn's "friend"? - BWEA's 'Mr Nice-Guy'
(Page 8 of the 'real power from BWEA' publication, Issue 5, Jan - April 2006 - .JPG file format 139 Kb)
Copyright © Energy Review Special - BWEA
Many thanks to Dave V. for the above information and for his accompanying comments...
"This weasel Llewellyn Rhys, that Ellyn found sneaking around, works for the Welsh Assembly. It would be interesting to find out the dates of his employment. Was he working for the Welsh Assembly when he carried out his weasel snooping activities? If he was then it could be quite embarrassing for the WAG."
'real power from BWEA' (BWEA publication Issue 5 - file format .PDF 1.41MBytes) Downloadable to your computer
Among other interesting articles in this 24 page BWEA publication, there is on page 23 an article entitled,
"Technical Spotlight - Grid Code Compliance - Voltage Aspects"
which states, "Changes in both the Irish and GB Grid Code in 2005 have brought additional technical requirements for wind parks, which include reactive power and voltage control. These particular requirements have brought about a fair amount of concern and frustration to wind farm developers. etc. etc.....
Page 7 of this publication gives the latest statistics of wind farms in the UK.
This next item is the history of the growth of a typical quango in Wales, which started out in life with very laudable ideals but sadly decayed into a money-grabbing quango, feeding off the mad wind-rush gravy train.
Arts Factory to Power Factory (article - web link)
Many thanks to M.B. for the above web link.
G.P. van den Berg's PhD thesis dissertation is now published on the web site of the University of Groningen, Netherlands.
It would seem that G.P. van den Berg is the only scientist, and with the necessary qualifications, who has actually done the hard yards and gone and meticulously measured wind turbine noise, day and night continuously, over a period of many months.The turbines are the modern, tall, variable-speed variety, of the supposedly quiet, state-of-the-art kind.
The thesis details his exhaustive study of the noise emanating from a windfarm on the Dutch/German border. It contains a description of his method of investigation, and his understanding of the meteorological phenomena which affect sound propagation.
The day/night differences in these phenomena often mean that there are major differences between day and night propagation distances of wind turbine noise, and the character of the noise as perceived by the hearer.
For those of us who don't claim a scientific background, do not be put off by the fact that it is a scientific thesis.
It is relatively easy to read.
For those having access only to narrow-band dial-up Internet connections, please note that it is a large download - so it will take a while to download.
The thesis can be downloaded as a complete version .PDF file (4.4Mbytes) or in separate chapters varying from 80.7Kbytes to 965Kbytes .PDF files. Wind Turbine Noise Dissertation (web link)
Dissertation - The sounds of high winds
Photo Copyright © Groningen University, Netherlands
Many thanks to A.K. of Country Guardian for the above information.
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Sunday 21st May 2006
Cambridge Evening News UK online edition
'Best site' found for wind farm (article - web link) 20/05/06
The Sunday Times UK online edition
Trump golf course back on track after wind farm moved (article - web link)
Focus: How Blair made nuclear power green (4 page article - web link)
Many thanks to Caroline V. for this next web link and for her accompanying comments of...
"Love him or hate him this article had me falling about this morning, he's not a bad bloke, after all he hates wind farms !"
Listen to me, I'm the drought buster (Jeremy Clarkson Opinion - web link)
The Sunday Telegraph UK online edition
Christopher Booker's notebook (4 notes - web link)
Local heroes (Opinion - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Don't rush to nuclear power, warns Blair's environment adviser (article - web link)
Energy: Going nuclear (article - web link)
Where have all the icebergs gone? (article - web link)
WindTech International Netherlands online edition
Siemens to supply 17 wind turbines for repowering projects in Germany (article - web link)
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22nd May 2006
Many thanks to Dave V. for the following .PDF file and photo and for his accompanying comments of...
"I think Donald has been well and truly 'Trumped'. If he thinks that photomontages tell the real story, then he should read the attached document. The other attachment shows the reality of nearshore windfarms."
Visual Perception versus Photomontage
(4 page .PDF document 242 Kb)
Downloadable to your computer
Scoby Sands
Photo Copyright © Marine Bill Newsletter
News & Star UK online edition
Work starts on wind turbine generators (article - web link)
Europa Belgium online edition
Wind powered electricity generating capacity increased by over 150% in the EU25 since 2000
(Press Release - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
AMs are not giving value for money says Assembly chief (article - web link)
TVs 'could be affected by giant turbines' (article - web link) 20/05/06
The Times UK online edition
Nuclear energy and the future of the planet (letter - web link)
Grampian TV UK online edition
Wind farm planners deny bowing to Trump's demands
(article - web link)
Neath Port Talbot Borough & County Council UK
Planning & Development Control Committee 17/05/06
Planning Decisions for :
Wind Monitoring Mast on Mynydd Margam (3 page .DOC file 32Kb)
Downloadable to your computer
Wind Monitoring Mast on Forestry Commission Land north of Glyncorrwg (4 page .DOC file 37Kb)
Downloadable to your computer
Access road to proposed wind farm site on Mynydd y Betws (10 page .DOC file 63Kb)
Downloadable to your computer
Seattle Post Intelligencer USA online edition
EU says wind energy capacity growing fast
(article - web link)
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23rd May 2006
BBC News UK online edition
Giant wind turbine given approval (article - web link)
Greenhouse gas increase in Wales (article + web link to BBC video, "Climate change is happening now...")
Asbestos picket at LNG terminal (article - web link)
Artists Against Wind Farms UK online edition
Christine Lovelock's epic three week campaign walk around Devon wind farm sites (web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Smart energy move
Gas pipe madness (2 letters - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 3rd and 7th letters
Farmers urged to stop burning and burying waste (article - web link)
The Daily Telegraph UK online edition
Salt water treatment plant inquiry opens (article - web link)
Western Morning News UK online edition
Windfarm sums don't add up (letter - web link)
Western Daily Press UK online edition
Go-ahead for Mendip turbine plan (article + Reader comments - web link)
Cold comfort as lights go out (letter - web link)
Globe and Mail Canada online edition
Ottawa seeks help finding Kyoto alternative (article - web link)
Renewable Energy Access USA online edition
Wind turbine manufacturers ramp up business (article - web link)
Rhondda Today UK online edition
Leighton Andrews, Rhondda AM Blog site
Strategic windfarm area (updated) (blog site - web link)
"Arts Factory to Power Factory" An insight into how a Welsh valley quango has fed off the wind-rush gravy-train
CAfE - Ferndale wind farm & 2 other case studies
.PDFs Downloadable to your computer
CAfE - Community Action for Energy
Many thanks to David L. for this information and for his accompanying comments..."Continuing to enjoy the SOCME website and so glad you kept it going.
Thanks for the Ferndale Arts Factory Gen..........showed a very gullible reaction from the local community with the usual blatant misinformation and attempt at bribery by United Utilities.
The attachment shows the history but the later exclusion of the Rhondda from TAN 8 ..........as per above Leighton Andrews ( Rhondda AM )website link...........appears to be a direct result of CCW, CADW and others applying the pressure..............shows that strings can be pulled if willpower and common sense prevail.
The "old town" almost looks the same. The high ground in the pic is known locally as BRISTOL TUMP...............you can see the Bristol Channel from there on a rare clear day.
Re Scarweather.........the protection of harbour porpoises and the escalating costs of offshore windfarm development are grounds for optimism but the fight continues.
Best regards
David"
Ethical Corporation Magazine UK online edition
Sustainable energy: Renewed vigour in energy planning (article - web link)
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24th May 2006
The Register UK online edition
Administrators go in at Supanet (article - web link) 23/05/2006
Supanet savages Downing Street (article - web link) 19/09/2000
The UK fuel crisis: all thanks to the Internet (article - web link) 13/09/2000
Many thanks to J.M. and her daughter for the above web links.
The Guardian UK online edition
Where the dream of harnessing the sun's power could come true (article - web link)
Many thanks to Caroline V. for the above web link.
A very warm welcome from CO2 central (article - web link) 23/05/2006
No number of sackings can salvage this broken system (Simon Jenkins Comment - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Blair attacked over 'secret nuclear agenda' (article - web link)
Attenborough: Climate change is the major challenge facing the world (article - web link)
BBC Television UK online edition
Climate Chaos Season - What's on? (web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
650 jobs if power plant goes ahead (article - web link)
More green jobs needed to win energy campaign (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Mobile cinema sets feathers flying (article - web link)
I wonder if the RSPB film will feature any wind turbines?
Don't leave us ignorant (letter - web link)
The Scotsman UK online edition
Bird colonies threatened by golf course and wind farm (article - web link)
SSE ready to move on Thames Water (article - web link)
South Wales Guardian UK
WAG notice of Local Inquiry into appeal for Mynydd Gwrhyd wind farm planning application
(Public Notice - .JPG file 68.5Kb)
Carmarthen Journal UK
Turbines just a lot of wind (letter - .JPG file 44Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 24/05/06
Assembly urged to suspend pipeline & On route to England (2 articles - .JPG file 252Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 24/05/06
LNG pipeline route - graphic (graphic - .JPG file 170Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 24/05/06
Political Opinions (opinions - .JPG file 86.3Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 24/05/06
Carmarthen Journal Comment - .JPG file 90.1Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 24/05/06
Answers plea on pipeline letter - .JPG file 159Kb)
Copyright © Carmarthen Journal 24/05/06
Grampian TV UK online edition
Aberdeen wind farm scaled down (article - web link)
Welsh Rambler UK
Ramblers and Renewables (2 articles - .JPG file 154Kb)
Copyright © Rambler Association Spring 2006
Many thanks to J & I H. for the above scan.
londonse1 community website UK
Solar panels and wind turbines for Palestra (article - web link)
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25th May 2006
Daily Mail UK online edition
Energy profits are up...and bills will be too (article - web link) 24/05/2006
Renewable Energy Access online edition
UK's newest offshore wind farm gearing up (article - web link) 24/05/2006
Construction & Maintenance News online edition
New 60-metre Tilt-Up Himast (article - web link) 24/05/2006
The Herald UK online edition
Pursuit of power may be stalled (4 page article - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Climate change blamed for fall of mountain bird (article - web link)
TV ads that doubt climate change are 'misleading' (article - web link)
EU warned it will miss target on biodiversity (article - web link)
Attenborough: Climate change is the major challenge facing the world (article - web link)
The Times UK online edition
Summit set for angry clash over energy (article - web link)
The Scotsman UK online edition
Giant grass to get larger role in energy supply (article - web link)
Energy self-sufficiency targeted (article - web link)
Burnham-On-Sea.com UK
Defiant Sir David Bellamy gives his backing to wind farm protesters (article - web link) 23/05/2006
Glasgow Daily Record UK online edition
£20m to go even greener (article - web link)
All-Energy'06 UK
The Renewables Show - Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference (web link)
Day Two Programme (web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Wood you believe there's an easy way to cut costs? (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition 24/05/06
Second Senedd?
Who'll follow Forth? (2 letters - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 4th & 7th letters
Western Mail UK online edition 25/05/06
Committee love (letter - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 7th letter
Gwaun Cae Gurwen Meeting of the South Wales West Regional Committee UK
Letter of Invitation to Gwaun cae Gurwen Meeting (.JPG file 110Kb
Web links mentioned in the invitation letter:-
Regional Committee's web site (web link)
June 9th Meeting, Gwaun cae Gurwen (web link)
Assembly's web site (web link)
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26th May 2006
BBC News UK online edition 25/05/06
Baywatch - on tour - "Spurious voodoo" (article - web link)
Many thanks to Caroline V. for the above web link.
Weston & Somerset Mercury UK online edition 25/05/06
Council votes to fight wind turbine plan (article - web link)
The Herald UK online edition 25/05/06
The power struggle ahead (2 page article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Would last nimby please turn out the ights? (article - web link)
Photo from above article (.JPG file 136Kb
Copyright © Western Mail 26/05/06
It's the wettest drought in history (article - web link)
Coal is the future (letter - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the last letter
Llanelli Star UK online edition
Councillor booted off planning panel (article - web link)
Good old British democracy - eh?
The Times UK online edition
Tropics expand by one degree (article - web link)
The New York Times USA online edition
Ignorance claim did not sway Enron jury (2 page article - web link)
Isle of Wight County Press UK online edition
Council wind energy 'ban' a mistake (2 page article - web link)
Bid to make IW Energy Centre (2 page article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK
Hain throws weight behind wind farms (article + mugshot -.JPG file format 101Kb)
Lengthy letter from Peter Hain MP in support of wind farms (letter -.JPG file format 266Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 26/05/06
thisismoney.co.uk UK
Soaring cost threat to wind farm plan (article - web link)
ModernPowerSystems
Horns rev reveals the real hazards of offshore wind (article - web link) Octber 2004
Bending with the wind (article - web link) November 2002
Many thanks to Dave V. for the three above web links.
ePolitix.com UK
Hain criticised for wind farm comments (article - web link)
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Saturday 27th May 2006
The Scotsman UK online edition
Alert over flying ice at wind farms (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Support for wind farms (P Hain letter + reader comment - web link) 26/05/06
Aberdare Online UK online edition
Recipe for a wind farm Part 2 (web link)
This web site caused a hiccup today when it was found that a pro-wind power LibDem prospective candidate's forum on this web site had linked into SOCME's news pages. This link is now broken.
Rockford Register Star USA online edition
Wind-farm OK ruled illegal (article - web link)
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Sunday 28th May 2006
The Sunday Times UK online edition
Warning: don't hug a wind turbine (article - web link)
Global warming might not be so bad, if we keep our cool (2 page opinion - Simon Jenkins - web link)
Climate of doubt (letter - web link)
The Sunday Telegraph UK online edition
Christopher Booker's Notebook (article - web link)
How wind farms can destroy a community (letter - web link)
Green Futures Issue 58 UK online edition
Energy revolution (article - web link)
Elmira Star-Gazette Issue 58 USA online edition
Wind is not the answer to energy dilemma (letter - web link)
The Independent UK online edition
Wind farm is held up over threat to rare Australian parrot (article - web link)
The dead sea that sprang to life (article - web link)
Rare species fight back on Britain's M-way verges (article - web link)
First drought order comes in (article - web link)
Energy groups seek greenlight to pump carbon under the sea (article - web link)
The New York Times USA online edition
2 industry leaders bet on coal but split on cleaner approach (3 page article - web link)
Renewable Energy Access USA online edition
New study on intergrating wind into the power grid (article - web link) 26/05/06
The Guardian UK online edition
Al Gore on Climate Change at the Hay Festival (article - web link)
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29th May 2006
The Guardian UK online edition
The Iceberg cometh (article - web link)
The Times UK online edition
Blair adviser pushes nuclear fuel (article - web link)
Backbenchers in open revolt over Prescott's croquet party (article - web link)
BBC News UK online edition
Germany's wind farms challenged 28/05/06(article - web link)
Yorkshire Post Today UK online edition
Anger over moor wind farm plan (article - web link)
The Scotsman UK online edition
Call for new nuclear plants to create 30% of UK's energy (article - web link)
MSNBC USA online edition
'Alternate energy' increasingly mainstream (article - web link) 28/05/06
WindtechInternational Netherlands online edition
PPM secures more turbines for expanded wind business growth (article - web link)
Clear Skies certifies Magnetek Aurora wind inverters (article - web link)
CBC Newfoundland & Labrador Canada online edition
Ventus pushes on with Labrador wind farm (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK
Wind farm fears grow (article - .JPG file 66.3Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 29/05/06
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30th May 2006
KARE 11 USA online edition
Tilting at turbines: Talk swirls of Great Lakes windmills (article - web link) 29/05/06
Hartford Courant USA online edition
Battling for a Mighty Wind (article - web link)
Western Mail UK online edition
Gore's doomsday warnings go down a storm (article - web link)
Bellamy scorched for rejecting solar panels (article - web link)
Leaders must take control of climate
Turbines not green
Nimby nonsense
Wind just not wise
Wind won't cut CO2 (5 letters - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th letters
The Times UK online edition
I will not quit, says Prescott, despite friendly fire... (article - web link)
Green power (letter - web link)
It takes all sorts to make a world
The Telegraph UK online edition
Quest for a nuclear waste sign that goes beyond words (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Hain says he won't replace Prescott (article - web link)
New York Times USA online edition
The Greener Guys (2 page article - web link)
Renewable Energy Access USA online edition
"Perceived Problem" for wind power undergoes research (article - web link)
Contra Costa Times USA online edition
Sheep may save birds from turbines(article - web link)
Globeandmail.com Canada
Provinces can pay Kyoto tab, PM says(article - web link)
Spalding Today UK online edition
Hundreds flock to view wind turbines (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK
Future's green for the Liberty (article + mugshot - .JPG file190 Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 30/05/06
Green, yet in the red (letter - .JPG file 65.5Kb)
Copyright © South Wales Evening Post 30/05/06
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31st May 2006
Western Mail UK online edition
Wildlife's no winner
Wales sunk by wind
Benefits of barrage
Science is lacking (4 letters - web link)
Scroll down the WM web page to the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 7th letters
Green show generates £500,000 trade (article - web link)
South Wales Evening Post UK online edition
Land of the wind turbines? (letter - web link)
Out of touch (letter - web link)
Thanks for reply (letter - web link)
Real public opinion poll (letter - web link)
Activists are ignorant (letter - web link)
Why desecrate our land? (letter - web link)
Start listening (letter - web link)
Facts are wrong (letter - web link)
Decision already made? (letter - web link)
Utter nonsense (letter - web link)
Say no to monstrosities (letter - web link)
Chicago Tribune USA online edition
FAA takes the wind out of wind farms (article - web link)
"The federal government has stopped work on more than a dozen wind farms planned across the Midwest, saying research is needed on whether the giant turbines could interfere with military radar......"
Cambrian News UK
No halt to windfarms (article - .JPG file 68.2 Kb)
Copyright © Cambrian News 31/05/06
Many thanks to Pinky for the above scan.
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