Friday, July 26, 2013

The U-turn on wind turbines won't stop their march over every hill and valley


Once planning was the defender of the countryside. But with Cameron's lot in power, money talks and beauty is silent

There is no room for more wind turbines on the uplands of Britain. There are too many lobbyists fighting for money. Thursday's mild government U-turn on turbines may upset grant-soaked landowners, but is a lifeline to countryside campaigners. They have come to see David Cameron's planning ministers as akin to the pepper-spraying militia battling to build over Istanbul's Gezi Park.

See full Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jun/06/u-turn-wind-turbines-planning-beauty-silent