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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Campaigners fear government will drop onshore windfarm promise in England

Wind turbines in the southern Lake District.
Wind turbines in the southern Lake District. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Fears that the government is quietly planning to renege on promises to lift the ban on onshore windfarms in England have prompted a large group of green campaigners, business leaders and prominent figures to protest to ministers.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the chef and environmental campaigner, has led a letter to secretaries of state, signed by conservation groups, academics and business people who are concerned that the pledges to free up planning restrictions are being quietly subverted.

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