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Take them down

A couple have won a landmark legal battle to have 10 wind turbines taken down because they spoil the view from their dream home in France. In a judgement which could have widespread implication across Europe, including Britain, the husband and wife successfully argued that the 360ft high structures ruined their quality of life.

As well as agreeing that the turbines ‘spoiled the view’, judges noted the ‘groaning and whistling’ and ‘unsightliness of white and red flashing lights.

Read more at:   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2490820/Couple-win-landmark-battle-10-wind-turbines-taken-spoil-view-dream-home-France.html

More on the story:    http://www.connexionfrance.com/wind-farm-turbines-demolition-noise-nuisance-15090-view-article.html for another story on the court action.

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Wandering Words

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“We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert”. - J Robert Oppenheimer.