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Wind farm applications – Hull Daily Mail (Hull, UK)

EAST YORKS: Two controversial wind farm applications are due to go before East Riding planning councillors today. The two schemes, by different turbine energy companies, are earmarked for sites close to the village of Spaldington, near Howden. One is located at the former Spaldington airfield,

Big Oil Still Likes Cellulosic Ethanol

This week saw two major partnerships between large energy companies and smaller cellulosic biofuel producers.

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Turbines stir cottagers ; n LAKE HURON: Offshore wind farms fan fears – St. Thomas Times-Journal

Lake Huron cottagers from Goderich to Kincardine fear their
famed sunsets and tourism- based economies will be eclipsed by
energy companies looking to build wind turbines offshore. Residents are organizing to fight an enemy whose face and plans
aren’t entirely clear: Bureaucrats at Queen’s Park

Battle over wind farms about to break out ; n lake huron: Residents claim there’s a shroud of secrecy – Stratford Beacon-Herald

Lake Huron cottagers from Goderich to Kincardine fear their
famed sunsets and tourism-based economies will be overshadowed by
energy companies looking to build wind turbines offshore. Residents are organizing to fight an enemy whose face and plans
aren’t entirely clear: Bureaucrats at Queen’s Park

Ill wind blows over turbines ; LAKE HURON: Cottagers say brilliant sunsets and tourism would be blown away by plans to build wind-turbine operations in the open lake nearby – The London Free Press

Lake Huron cottagers from Goderich to Kincardine fear their
famed sunsets and tourism-based economies will be overshadowed by
energy companies looking to build wind turbines offshore. Residents are organizing to fight an enemy whose face and plans
aren’t entirely clear: Bureaucrats at Queen’s Park

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; – The Peterborough Examiner

NIMBY is right approach to so-called ‘wind farms’ I recently had a conversation with a friend about my concern over
the prospect of an industrial wind turbine project in my immediate
vicinity. These large-scale developments are referred to by energy
companies as “wind farms” or “wind parks.” The

U.S. gas firms broke environment rules

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Energy companies drilling for natural gas in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale have violated environmental laws 1,435 times since the drilling boom began in early 2008, according to a survey published on Monday by an environmental group.

Wind farm owners face stricter controls to cut noise pollution – The Daily Telegraph

ENERGY COMPANIES could face new restrictions on wind farms after ministers launched a review of the way noise pollution is taken into account by planners. The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has admitted noise regulations are applied inconsistently by councils and planning

Community firms to join the Grid – The Herald (Glasgow, UK))

SIX community-owned energy companies based in a remote part of Scotland have been given permission to connect 11 wind turbines to the National Grid. It is hoped the turbines will generate profits of pound(s)2.5 mil- lion a year for the economy in the Western Isles. The turbines – to be sited in