Organic Wales Features

The protest came as Environment Minister John Griffiths wrote to energy companies and planning authorities in an attempt to clarify any confusion surrounding the Welsh Government’s approach towards onshore wind farm development. …

THIS is the month to harvest seaweed from our oceans if the plant is to achieve its potential as a viable biofuel, Welsh scientists believe. Researchers at Aberystwyth University say kelp seaweed could provide an …

Around 1500 anti-wind farm protesters lobbied ahead of the council meeting at Welshpool livestock market. The council unanimously supported a motion urging the Welsh Government to request a moratorium on all wind farm applications. …

COUNCILLORS in Powys are demanding an urgent review of the Welsh Government’s wind farm policy. It follows widespread protests against plans for almost 100 miles of giant pylons – and a 19-acre substation – to connect wind …

THE Welsh Government’s wind farm policy could be open to a legal challenge and should be given detailed consultation from countryside agencies, an MP has claimed. Conservative MP for Montgomeryshire, Glyn Davies, …

Four pieces of Mid Wales land were handed to Welsh Assembly members as a “living reminder” of what will be destroyed if a substation and hundreds of pylons across the countryside are built. More than 1500 protesters travelled from Montgomeryshire to …

… field at Hazel Farm, Langstone, at a meeting on Friday. But applicant Silicon Vineyard Limited will have to wait to see if the Welsh Government has any objections, after those against the plans asked for ministers to make the decision instead. …

The Welsh Assembly’s plans to install 800 giant wind turbines in mid-Wales make no economic sense, says Christopher Booker. By Christopher Booker 7:00PM BST 21 May 2011 On Tuesday the Welsh Assembly in Cardiff will see the biggest demonstration so far …

Hundreds of campaigners fighting multi-million pound plans which may see hundreds of pylons and a substation built in Mid Wales will march on the Welsh Assembly on May 24. The date was revealed today by Montgomeryshire MP Glyn Davies, who is urging as …

“When we look at food growing and allotments, can we encourage local authorities to create more allotment spaces? The work through Keep Wales Tidy and Tidy Towns has created the equivalent of 1000 new allotments.” But it’s not all about encouraging …