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Protests have been staged against three controversial wind farm applications as they were discussed by councillors in Powys.
The applications for Llanbrynmair, Llaithdu and Llandinam will be decided by the UK government because they are set to generate over 50 megawatts.
The council cabinet decided to formally oppose all three planning applications.
RenewableUK Cymru said the decision was a blow to many businesses that stood to benefit from the developments.
Protests are being staged against three controversial wind farm applications which are being discussed by councillors in Powys.
The applications for Llanbrynmair, Llaithdu and Llandinam will be decided by the UK government because they are set to generate over 50 megawatts.
Powys council is debating the plans as a statutory consultee at a meeting being broadcast on the web.
Campaigners are demonstrating outside the meeting in Llandrindod Wells.
Opposition to wind farms has grown in Powys since plans were announced to build a 19-acre electricity sub-station in the county.
The leader of Plaid Cymru expects party candidates in next year’s council election on Anglesey to oppose a new nuclear power station.
Leanne Wood said Plaid will work to create jobs on the island but preferred renewable technologies over nuclear.
It puts her at odds with ex-party leader and local AM Ieuan Wyn Jones, who supports Wylfa B.
Welsh Secretary David Jones also says a future for Wylfa is “critical” to the economy.
The preferred site for a controversial electricity substation in Powys and the route for over 100 high voltage pylons will be unveiled later.
Opponents say the substation and the pylons, to service wind farms, will disfigure the countryside.
It’s extremely cold here in the UK at the moment (coldest winter for over 30 years apparently), so what better way to warm yourself up than to have a lovely bowl of homemade soup!
‘Food miles’ is the popular term for the distance your food travels from farm to fork. It has become an issue for debate because it is reckoned that the global scale of the food industry today means that our food now travels fifty per cent further than it did twenty years ago, often literally travelling half way across the planet to reach us.
I don’t normally deep fry food but sometimes it makes a lovely change to have a proper homemade fried delight. Here is my version of this classic and delicious dish.
Up to 300 people have turned out for a protest march against wind farms on Anglesey.
Campaign group Anglesey Against Wind Turbines says there are plans for two “industrial scale” wind turbine on the edge of the village of Llanddona.
Biodynamic agriculture is a sustainable approach to farming and gardening which also involves a spiritual understanding of nature. It builds on the pioneering work of the philosopher and social reformer Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925). He also inspired new approaches in medicine, education, economics and the arts.
Wales will “industrialise” some of its most sensitive beauty spots with turbines dwarfing the nation’s tallest buildings if bids for 25 new wind farms are backed, say protestors. The bids are being made by green energy …
