| Government report gives new wind to green energy |
| Wind power is better than nuclear power stations for
tackling global warming, the Government's official environmental advisers
will tell Tony Blair this week. |
| Independent |
| Wind farm plan a real monster |
| Re the article on Dunmaglass wind farm, according to
RES, the company behind the development: "It is not wilderness and
has little biodiversity value and there are no government landscape
designations on this area." |
| Scotland
on Sunday |
| Country 'needs nuclear power' |
| Scotland’s chief scientific adviser has warned of the
"extremely high risks" to power supplies if the country is forced
to rely on wind farms and renewable sources for its energy. |
| Scotland
on Sunday |
| Revealed: the safety ‘failures’ at Dounreay |
| The nuclear complex at Dounreay has suffered more than
250 safety “failures” in the past six years, according to documents
released by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa). |
| Sunday
Herald |
| Call for wind farm plan ban |
| A concerned North-east MSP has called for a temporary
ban on planning permission being given for controversial wind farm
applications. |
| this
is north scotland |
| Village in limbo as firm pledges windfarm fight |
| The firm behind plans for a major windfarm next to
the A14 is trying to resurrect the controversial project after it
was turned down by planners |
| CEN
News |
| ‘Windfarm would blight area’s high scenic quality’ |
| A landscape expert has attacked claims that the proposed
Whinash windfarm site isn’t of national importance. |
| News
& Star |
| Giant turbines finally harvesting wind in Bunclody
|
| The giant wind turbines above Bunclody are turning
at last, over a year after they appeared on the horizon atop the hill
above the forests at Kilbranish. |
| Wexford
People |
| Not close to people's homes |
| In answer to Frank Turton (28.04.05), there are few
large UK wind farms now operating, with the height and size of the
one proposed near Grove. Where they exist, they are either off-shore,
or located in remote areas away from towns or villages. |
| this
is nottingham |
| Waste warning over plans to expand UK's nuclear power |
| No decision about building new nuclear power stations
in Britain should be taken until a solution to the problem of nuclear
waste has been outlined, a committee of scientists has told the Government.
|
| Independent |
| Nuclear power gains an edge |
| Alan Johnson, the new trade and industry secretary,
raised the prospect of an early a commitment to build a new generation
of nuclear power stations as he set a shorter than expected deadline
for the government to complete a review of energy policy. |
| FT.com
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