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Article: Official: the public want wind farms; Opponents slam 'barmy' Scotland, but poll shows people are happy living near turbines

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August 24, 2003
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The vast majority of people who live near wind farms think they have caused no environmental problems, according to a comprehensive new opinion poll due to be released by the Scottish Executive today.

Three times as many people say a wind farm has had a positive impact on their area as say it has had a negative impact. And the closer they live to the wind machines, the more positive they think their impact has been.

These findings have delighted the wind power industry, which is in the middle of a rapid expansion aimed at cutting pollution. But they have been dismissed by the anti-wind-power lobby, which accuses Scotland of being "barmy" and the Executive of being "utterly loopy".

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