John Murphy, federal ALP MP for the seat of Reid (inner-western Sydney) made some extensive comments regarding the Landscape Guardians and other anti-windfarm groups in Federal Parliament on Wednesday 15 February. Independent Australia has republished his comments in full, here … Continue reading Federal MP blasts anti-windfarm groups
The following article is by Matthew Nott of Clean Energy for Eternity and has been published in the December 23 Bega District News. It follows up on our previous post on the community debate around Epuron’s proposed wind farm at Eden in southern NSW. ACCORDING to the Wind Energy Association, there are no Australian studies to substantiate the claim that wind farms will harm tourism. On the contrary, polls and anecdotal evidence in Australia indicate the opposite may be true – wind farms are more likely to attract tourists. In 2001, a poll in Victoria asked respondents “Specifically thinking about … Continue reading Wind farms don’t cut into tourism
The Eden Magnet has profiled a group opposing Epuron’s proposed seven-turbine wind farm which they are developing for the South East Fibre Exports site at Twofold Bay. Real Estate agent Fisk & Nagle report on their website: A growing group of local people are so concerned about the proposed development by EPURON of a mini-wind farm on the South East Fibre Exports (SEFE) site they are ready to fight it. Local builder and Kiah resident Neil Rankin is leading the fray. Mr Rankin is a founding member of Save Twofold Bay, a not-for-profit community organisation based in Eden whose goal … Continue reading Eden wind farm stirs community debate
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