Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: A classic but of declaratory #politics from #MichaelGove: You'll recall his much ...
A classic but of declaratory #politics from #MichaelGove:
You'll recall his much heralded relaxation of David Cameron's effective ban on #onshorewind turbines (by removing the one person veto on planning applications)... but because he did little else, leaving planning for #Wind on land still pretty tough, there remain no on-going onshore wind generation projects.
It may be too early to conclude his action was completely useless but the indication(s) are not good
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/27/zero-onshore-wind-plans-submitted-in-england-since-de-facto-ban-was-lifted
You'll recall his much heralded relaxation of David Cameron's effective ban on #onshorewind turbines (by removing the one person veto on planning applications)... but because he did little else, leaving planning for #Wind on land still pretty tough, there remain no on-going onshore wind generation projects.
It may be too early to conclude his action was completely useless but the indication(s) are not good
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/27/zero-onshore-wind-plans-submitted-in-england-since-de-facto-ban-was-lifted