Labour would lift block on onshore windfarms, says Ed Miliband
by Alex Lawson from Environment | The Guardian on (#6JXW3)
Tory government has ducked' difficult decisions, leading to higher bills, says shadow energy secretary
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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