CEIRIOG VALLEY ACTION GROUP

Residents of the Ceiriog Valley united against proposals to blight one of North Wales’ most beautiful rural landscapes with industrial wind turbines

Release date: Wednesday July 3 2002

Ceiriog Valley anti-turbine

campaign goes on the net

THE CEIRIOG VALLEY Action Group which is fighting to stop the indiscriminate siting of some of Britain’s biggest wind turbines in one of North Wales’ most unspoiled beauty spots, goes live today with its own website.

Anyone calling up http//www.cvag.campaign.btinternet.co.uk will be able to learn the facts about how the proposed application for three giant 300ft high wind turbines at Cefn Coed, Glyn Ceiriog, threatens to turn the beautiful Ceiriog Valley into an ugly science fiction landscape.

‘The Campaign Against’ details the disastrous impact the turbines would have on the surrounding environment, bird, animal and plantlife, cause disruption to the water table, reduce property values and threaten the tourism trade which provides a lifeline to small businesses in the Valley.

Copies of press releases issued by the CVAG, and contact details of campaign officers are also included.

Said CVAG Chairman Kyron Lawford: “The website helps give the people of this Valley a voice in our fight to be heard. We stress again – we are not against ‘green’ energy or wind-generated power – but there are places for wind turbines, and one of the most unspoiled and beautiful Valleys in North Wales is not one of them.

“The Government has targets to meet in reducing dependence of conventional coal-fired power stations – but that doesn’t give local authorities carte blanche to nod agreement to any or every application to put up wind turbines. They need to be in the right place – and from just about every environmental standpoint, this is the wrong place.”

Editors: For further information, please contact CVAG Chairman Kyron Lawford on 01691-718756, Secretary Chris Futcher on 01691-718602, or Press Officer David Wilcock on 01691-718351.