'Entirely inadequate': Campaigners warn de facto ban on new onshore wind farms could remain in place

James Murray
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'Entirely inadequate': Campaigners warn de facto ban on new onshore wind farms could remain in place

Over 100 business leaders, campaigners, and academics call on Ministers to ensure new planning rules genuinely ease barriers to new onshore wind farm projects

A group of business leaders and environmental campaigners have today written to the government, calling on it to fully deliver on its promise to lift the de facto ban on new onshore wind farms, amidst...

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