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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Alex Lawson

Labour would lift block on onshore windfarms, says Ed Miliband

Whitelee windfarm on Eaglesham Moor near Glasgow
Whitelee windfarm on Eaglesham moor near Glasgow. No plans for new projects were submitted last year. Photograph: Alex Ramsay/Alamy

Labour has claimed a “culture of inertia and stasis” has blocked renewable energy projects under the Conservatives and says the party will overturn a de facto onshore wind ban “at the stroke of a pen” if it wins the general election.

The shadow energy secretary, Ed Miliband, told energy industry executives at a conference in London on Tuesday that Labour would immediately rip up a decade-long effective block on large onshore wind developments in England if elected.

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