Useful Links

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Useful Websites
Country Guardian	A UK-wide conservation group which has warned about wind turbines for nearly 20 years, since the first UK windfarms appeared in the Lake District. Initially they campaigned mainly about landscape damage, but it soon became clear that a) the technology of wind turbines is seriously flawed and b) the environmental damage extends far beyond the landscape
The Renewable Energy Foundation	The Renewable Energy Foundation is a registered research and education charity encouraging the development of renewable energy and energy conservation whilst emphasizing that such development must be governed by the fundamental principles of sustainability.
Sustainable Energy - without the hot air	Written by Professor David Mackay
More than 200 other small rural communities have opposed or are opposing the inappropriate development of industrial wind power stations. Some are listed below.
Denbrook Valley
Moorsyde Action Group
Clowd
Stop Aston Wind Farm
No Whinash Wind Farm
Knoll to Wind Farm
Soul On Line
Save Maer Hills
Flat Group
Fells Info
Vortex
Blot On Line
Matlock Moor
Stop Lenchwick Wind Farm	Vale Villages against Scottish Windpower (VVASP)

Quotes & Articles:

"A windfarm is not the answer"
Paul Kingsnorth, The Guardian, 31st July, 2009

"Living near a wind farm can cause heart disease, panic attacks and migraines"
Daniel Martin, The Daily Mail, 3rd August, 2009

"Wind power is a complete disaster"
Michael Trebilcock, National Post Canada, April 8th, 2009

"Wind farms risk becoming 'redundant symbols' warns CPRE"
Louise Grey, Environment Correspondent, The Telegraph, 24th July, 2009

".. wind represents an illusory technology — a cul-de-sac that will prove uneconomic and a waste of resources in the battle against climate change."
Professor Jack Steinberger, Director of the CERN particle physics laboratory in Geneva and a Nobel prize-winnner, The Times, May 27th 2009

"... even if all the wind turbines the Government (and the Opposition) wants are built, they will make not even a tiny dent in the carbon concentration in the atmosphere."
Dieter Helm, Professor of Energy Policy, Oxford University, The Times, July 17th, 2009

"How can wind turbines generate so much lunacy?"
Christopher Booker, The Sunday Telegraph, 19th July, 2009

"... turbines are a political slap in the face of the landscape"
Simon Jenkins, The Guardian, Thursday 16th July 2009

"When wind power blows, jobs will fall"
Dominic Lawson, The Sunday Times, 19th July 2009

"Renewable Energy Strategy is Inconsistent and Implausible"
Dr John Constable, The Renewable Energy Foundation,15th July, 2009