Anti-wind group plunged into PR crisis

James S Murray
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Senior PR exec resigns as chairman of new anti-wind group after sending out press release from his Weber Shandwick email account

Just days after its launch earlier this month, The National Alliance of Wind Farm Action Groups (NAWAG) has been plunged into a leadership crisis after the resignation of chairman Jon McLeod. McLeod,...

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