It is true that people in the centuries- old village of Beckingham, three miles from the bird reserve, did fear an environmental menace – but it wasn’t fracking. It was the wind turbines so beloved of the protesters in Balcombe. Read more
Plans have been submitted to erect four masts in Kielder Forest which could pave the way for a windfarm. http://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/local-news/proposal-for-masts-could-lead-to-100-turbine-windfarm-1-5953574
RSPB objects to fracking in Sussex. Swans and Pink Footed Geese may be affected. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/10249079/RSPB-in-fracking-objection-over-bird-reserve-fears.html
For my summer holidays I have been mostly reading Atlas Shrugged. Ayn Rand has her faults but, boy, was she prescient. One of the things she foresaw was the current nonsensical, dishonest, canting campaign against shale gas http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100231459/shale-gas-is-reardon-metal/
The Church of England has likened vocal opponents of fracking to scaremongers who spread misinformation about the MMR vaccine, leaving children at risk of a measles epidemic. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10248468/Fracking-protesters-like-MMR-scaremongers-says-Church-of-England.html
Conservative councillors have called for an urgent study into the potential impact of wind farms on the Northumberland tourism industry http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/call-study-potential-impact-wind-4722686
By Kaye Nicolson PLANS for a controversial windfarm on a Moray hillside have been scrapped – and replaced with proposals for a scaled-down scheme. The revised Vento Ludens Ltd development at Brown Muir near Elgin would feature fewer turbines than Read more
Tim Yeo, chairman of the Commons Energy and Climate Change Select Committee, said the compensation would ensure the most affected communities would reap the benefits of the contentious projects, instead of being forced to watch as a “vague payment” by Read more