#onshorewindfarms — Public Fediverse posts
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#Renewables firms already planning new #OnshoreWindfarms in #England
At least six energy companies prospecting for first windfarms in almost a decade after #Labour lifts limits
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/09/renewables-firms-already-planning-new-onshore-windfarms-in-england
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Labour lifts Tories’ ‘absurd’ ban on #OnshoreWindfarms
"These footnotes applied only to onshore wind, and no other type of infrastructure, and required such strong proof that there was no opposition locally that they made building turbines impossible..
In Labour’s new draft NPPF, these footnotes have been deleted in their entirety, meaning onshore wind projects are now on an even footing with all other forms of infrastructure."
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#Labour lifts #Tories’ ‘absurd’ ban on #OnshoreWindfarms
#RachelReeves says she will revise planning policy and decisions should be taken nationally, not locally
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/08/labour-lifts-ban-onshore-windfarms-planning-policy
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CW: UK Politics; Net Zero; Onshore Windfarms
Labour’s commitment to onshore windfarms is particularly notable on the day that the chair of the Committee on Climate Change, Lord Deben, told ITV that Govt must change its policy on onshore windfarms to achieve net zero
(Lord Deben is a former Tory party chairman & MP)
#NetZero #OnshoreWindfarms #RenewableEnergy #UKPolitics #ClimateCrisis
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CW: UK Politics; Net Zero; Onshore Windfarms
“A Labour government would rip up the planning rules restricting the expansion of #OnshoreWindfarms as part of a plan to make the UK a clean energy superpower”
This is in stark contrast to Sunak’s reinstatement of the ban on new onshore projects earlier this week
Good. We haven’t got time for NIMBYism