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British group pans wind farm compensation
2013-01-07 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: Environmentalists in Britain's West Country say a government proposal to compensate local communities for new onshore wind farms won't quell protests. Bob Barfoot, North Devon chairman of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, told the (Plymouth, England) Western Morning News last week opposition to the "blighting" effects of wind turbines in southwestern England won't be mollified by increased payments to local cities and towns. Proposals from Britain's Department of Energy and Climate Change...