BOLT
BIRDSEDGE AND DISTRICT OPPOSITION TO
LARGE WIND TURBINES
Links to Books, Websites and Media Articles available on the Web
The Wind Farm Scam by John Etherington (book)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wind-Farm-Scam-John-Etherington/dp/1905299834/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267621246&sr=8-1
Wind Turbine Syndrome by Nina Pierpoint (book and website)
http://www.kselected.com/?page_id=6560
Blade snaps off Wind Turbine in Scotland
BBC News 23rd march 2010
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8582554.stm
Feeble windfarms fail...
Times Online 22nd March 2010
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7069938.ece
Exclusive: Wind power doubts as cold snap brought turbines to standstill
Yorkshire Post: 11th February 2010
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Exclusive-Wind-power-doubts-as.6063378.jp
Cold Realities of Wind farms that Won't Work when it Snows
Yorkshire Post, 11th February 2010.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/Cold-realities-of-the-wind.6062117.jp
Noise complaints about one in six windfarms
Telegraph, 6th March 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/7377641/Noise-complaints-about-one-in-six-wind-farms.html
Wind farms can cause noise... and make some people ill
Telegraph, 28th January 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/7085086/Wind-farms-can-cause-noise-problems-finds-study.html
Windfarm battle (over noise) goes to high court
Telegraph 16th September 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6195145/Wind-farm-battle-to-go-to-High-Court.html
Homeowners living near windfarms see property values plummet
Telegraph, 26th July 2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3348084/Homeowners-living-near-windfarms-see-property-values-plummet.html
Wind Farms risk becoming redundant symbols
Telegraph, 24th July 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/5901165/Wind-farms-risk-becoming-redundant-symbols-warns-CPRE.html
People in the country told to accept many thousands of new windfarms
Telegraph 16th July 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/5837561/People-in-the-countryside-told-to-accept-many-thousands-of-new-wind-turbines.html
Labour prepares to tear up ten years of energy policy
The Times, Robin Pagnamenta, Energy Editor, 1st February 2010
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article7010355.ece
Villages unite to battle latest windfarm plans.
Huddersfield Express & Chronicle, Huddersfield, 9th January 2010
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/express-and-chronicle/2010/01/09/villages-unite-to-battle-latest-windfarm-plans-86081-25550921/
Problem with Wind Power
http://www.aweo.org/ProblemWithWind.html
Romans Join Fight Against Wind Turbine Plans
http://heritage-key.com/blogs/lyn/romans-join-fight-against-wind-turbine-plans
Pdf download from the Centre for Policy Studies
'Wind Chill' Why wind energywill not fill the UK's Energy Gap
http://www.cps.org.uk/cps_catalog/CPS_assets/685_ProductPreviewFile.pdf
Country Guardian
http://www.countryguardian.net/
List of groups campaigning against windfarms
http://www.countryguardian.net/Campaign%20Windfarm%20Action%20Groups.htm
Further information from Steve Ashley, the secretary of BOLT.
01484 606533 or boltaction2009@yahoo.co.uk |
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