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~ Joint Nature Conversation Committee

»Joint Nature Conversation Committee

»Council Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds

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~ Giant British wind farm plans blown away

»Giant British wind farm plans blown away
ξ the Scottish government has rejected plans to build one of Europe's biggest onshore wind farms
ξ what it said was the "significant adverse impacts" on the local environment
ξ Ministers in Edinburgh decided that the 500-million-pound (one-billion-dollar, 625-million-euro) project
ξ would have threatened rare and endangered bird populations and damaged peatland on the remote Isle of Lewis, northwest of the Scottish mainland.
ξ The proposals were turned down on the grounds that they did not comply with European Union law protecting sensitive environments.
ξ The Scottish government has a number of powers separate from the British government in London, including planning and environment policy.
ξ Lewis Wind Power, a consortium of AMEC and British Energy, had proposed constructing 181 turbines, with a capacity of 651.6 megawatts
ξ -- enough to meet the average domestic electricity requirement of more than 20 percent of Scotland's population.
ξ "The Lewis wind farm would have significant adverse impacts on the Lewis Peatlands Special Protection Area,
ξ which is designated due to its high value for rare and endangered birds," said Scottish Energy Minister Jim Mather.
ξ "This decision does not mean that there cannot be onshore wind farms in the Western Isles.
ξ That's why we will urgently carry out work on how to develop renewable energy in the Western Isles,
ξ in harmony with its outstanding natural heritage."
ξ The Lewis peatlands are regarded as one of the most extensive and intact such areas on Earth.
ξ Golden eagle, merlin, red throated diver, black throated diver, golden plover, dunlin and greenshank populations in the area
ξ are subject to special protection under a European birds directive
ξ Stuart Housden, director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland
ξ called it Tuesday "an extremely commendable decision" that was "absolutely right for Scotland".
ξ Lewis Wind Power said it was "bitterly disappointed" and
ξ would consider the government's verdict in detail before deciding their "next move".

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~ the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland

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ξ Stuart Housden is the director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland

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