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Front Page News: UK Minister Signals End Of The Wind Farm by Matt Chorley and James Chapman
Article Tags: Front Page News, Headline Story, Windfarms
Coalition row erupts with Lib Dem Energy Secretary slapping down Tory minister who declared ‘enough is enough’ on onshore wind farms
#Onshore wind farms give other renewable energy sources a bad name, Energy Minister John Hayes tells the Daily Mail
#Existing and planned sites are enough to meet environmental goals
#Research into effects on house prices, noise levels and military radars has been commissioned, said Mr Hayes
#Comments spark a furious coalition row, with Lib Dem Energy Secretary Ed Davey insisting ‘I’m in charge’
A furious coalition row erupted today after a junior Tory minister declared that the relentless march of onshore wind farms is at an end.
Insisting ‘enough is enough’, energy minister John Hayes said turbines had been ‘peppered around the country’ with little or no regard for local opinion.
He said existing sites and those in the pipeline would be enough to meet green commitments with no need for more.
‘Even if a minority of what’s in the system is built we are going to reach our 2020 target,’ he said. ‘I’m saying enough is enough.’
Source: dailymail.co.uk
2012-10-31 16:30:48
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