Why dismissing local opponents to clean energy as 'NIMBYs' and 'blockers' is unhelpful

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Simply characterising local opponents to clean energy infrastructure as 'NIMBYs' and 'blockers' risks stoking further opposition and slowing the renewables rollout, explains Climate Barometer's Dr Adam Corner

The Labour government wasted no time in reinvigorating Britain's renewables rollout. After a decade-long ‘de facto' ban on onshore wind, Ed Miliband, Labour's Secretary for State Energy and Net Zero,...

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