Tory MPs may be digging in over onshore wind farms, but support for renewables remains rock solid

James Murray
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New industry-backed poll suggests 78 per cent of Conservative MPs opposed to onshore wind farms, but across all parties strong support for renewables remains

Conservative opposition to onshore wind farms appears to be becoming steadily entrenched, after a new poll suggested almost four out of five Tory MPs would oppose onshore developments in their constituencies....

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