| Country |
Address (URL) |
Organisation |
Comments |
| Denmark |
www.naboertilvindmoller.dk |
Neighbours of windmills |
Keep up to date on the fate of the Danish wind energy industry. Contains a section in English |
| France |
http://ventdubocage.net |
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"Pays Mélusin" near Poitiers |
| Netherlands |
www.nkpw.nl |
Fighting windfarms in the Netherlands |
Has links with about 50 action groups in Holland |
| France |
www.eoliennes.net |
Bien Vivre en Pays de Caux |
In French. Normandy villagers threatened with
turbines 250 m from their houses. |
| Germany |
http://wilfriedheck.tripod.com |
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| Italy |
http://www.comitatonazionalepaesaggio.it/
English/homecnp_english.htm
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The Italian equivalent of the Ramblers |
Questioning Italy's strategy for windfarms |
| Sweden |
www.landskapsskydd.nu
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Good image of a hammer smashing a turbine, and articles in English, including birds. |
| Australia - Victoria |
www.promcoastguardians.org |
Promcoast Guardians |
Protecting some of the most scenic areas of Victoria |
| New Zealand |
www.makaraguardians.orcon.net.nz |
Makara Guardians |
The small town of Makara on the coast near
Wellington is threatened by a windfarm |
| Spain |
www.page.to/mesa-eolica
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Based in Castile, but national in scope |
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| UK General |
www.wind-farm.org |
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Good source of news, also has interactive comments |
| UK General |
www.windfarmnews.org.uk |
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'Windfarms and alternatives in the British Isles - updated daily' |
| UK |
www.countrylife.co.uk/turbinedebate_form.php |
The UK magazine Country Life's petition against onshore windfarms |
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| UK, Scotland |
www.viewsofscotland.org |
Views of Scotland |
A Region-wide windfarm group based in Scotland. Contains some very useful reference material. Dr David Bellamy is President. |
| UK, Scotland |
www.saveourhills.org
www.scottishwindwatch.org |
Scottish Wind Watch |
Scottish Group fighting windfarms in Scotland |
| UK, Scottish Islands |
www.islay.com/description/windfarm.htm
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New threat to the Isle of Islay |
| UK, Scotland Islands |
www.sw-ag.org |
Skye Wind Farm Action Group |
Isle of Skye - another threat to Scotland's wild places. The site has a downloadable objection document. |
| UK, NE Scotland |
http://mcwag.members.beeb.net |
Meikle Carew Windfarm Action Group |
Interested in Aberdeenshire generally |
| UK, Scotland, Mull |
www.windup.org.uk |
Mull, Ardnamurchan and Morvern Group |
Proposed 500 turbines in one of the last remaining wilderness areas in the UK |
| UK, SE Scotland |
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hodgson.copshaw |
SOBS - Save our Borders Scenery |
Contains very extensive and informative links including USA and Europe. |
| UK, Central Scotland |
www.clydebelt.org.uk/windfarm.html |
Clydebelt |
Clydebelt was set up in 1990 to protect the green belt heritage in the Kilpatrick Hills and is opposing the development of a windfarm there. |
| UK NE England |
www.wind-farm.co.uk |
The Barningham Coalition |
Famous victory which went to the High Court |
| UK NE England |
www.wind-farms.co.uk |
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Wind turbines in Northumberland |
| UK, NW England |
www.nowhinashwindfarm.co.uk |
Whinash Group |
Fighting a windfarm in the Lake District |
| UK, NW England |
http://garsmeth.members.beeb.net |
FELLS (Friends of Eden,Lakeland and Lunedale) |
Concerned about windfarm threats in the Lake
District and surrounding areas |
| UK, NW England |
www.windfarm.fsnet.co.uk |
MAIWAG (Marton, Askam, & Ireleth Windfarm Action Group |
Fighting an existing windfarm. Contains extensive links |
| UK SW England |
www.savethevale.org.uk |
Save The Vale |
Blackmore Vale, on the Devon / Somerset border |
| UK -Wales |
www.cefncroes.org.uk |
Cefn Croes Campaign. Featured on this site |
Proposed development in wild open mountains, with strong political angles. Recommended |
| UK -Wales |
www.tairgwaithactiongroup.co.uk |
Tairgwaith Action Group |
Community fighting a "community" project |
| UK - Wales |
www.cprw.org.uk/aspNet/selectTurbines.aspx |
Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales |
The main conservation group in Wales, which actively campaigns against inappropriate windfarm development |
| USA |
www.misplacedwindpower.com |
Opposition group in Addison, Wisconsin |
Contains a lot of information on environmental
damage, and links to other sites. |
| USA |
www.darrylmueller.com/alarm.html |
Altamont Landowners Against Rural Mismanagement |
More detail about the bird strikes in this part of California. See also The Case against Windfarms, section L. |
| USA |
www.saveoursound.org/getin.html
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Proposed offshore windfarm in Nantucket Sound, NE USA(130 x 417 ft turbines) |
| USA |
www.kingdomcommonsgroup.org |
Kingdom Commons Group, Vermont |
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| USA - Nationwide |
www.wind-watch.org |
National Wind Watch |
New US countrywide group questioning the value of windfarms |
| USA |
www.protecttheflinthills.org |
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Protecting the last landscape Tallgrass Prairie in theworld |
| USA |
www.Springwaterpreservation.org
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Springwater NY |
Springwater Preservation Committee |
| USA |
www.stopillwind.org |
Maryland |
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