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play0:00 / 3:40Two current controversies, with judicial interventions serve to highlight the dangers of appearing to act as if the consulttaion was a do...
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Tcinewsbyaudio The High Court decision on the feed-in tarrifs came this afternoon and Friends of the Earth has won! We first raised this as a potential problem over a month ago - look for our audioboo - "The feed-in tariffs consultation risks breaching the Code of Practice" maybe linked as a 'Related Boo' to the bottom right of this page. This is yet another wake-up call to those who organise public consultations ...
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play0:00 / 3:35Powys County Council has decided against a major windfarm development. But if you listen to the webcast of the planning meeting, it raise...
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mheuter I don't think this is a procedural or legislative issue at all. I have just returned from a week's visit to my native Germany and learned that in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate all of the 4m residents have their electricity supplied through ... windfarms. In addition, the regional parliament approved a further 2,000 wind turbines to generate more electricity (presumably to be fed into the national grid). My thinking is that this is a general attitude (alternatives to carbon) and a planning system that is less in favour of small interest groups than in the UK
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play0:00 / 3:50Everyone seems happy! About Planning! Incredible! But that is what seems to have happened following the Government's announcement of its...
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Tcinewsbyaudio Audioboo finishes approx 3.13mins. Rest is silence/inaudible! Sorry!
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johnpc_ltd Hi Mark, I thought this (and the following boo concluding the interview) was really insightful. Can't help thinking that "cut waste, increase I.T and let the "citizen" do more sound pretty similar to lots of stuff rolled out in previous budgets though Thanks for the boo John
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play0:00 / 4:58At the suggestion of Carol Hayward of Auckland Council, New Zealand, Elizabeth Gammell and Rhion Jones have put together a short summary ...