Red tape thwarts wind revolution

26/02/2007

Wind farm projects that could supply power to one in six homes in the UK have been stuck in Britain's controversial planning system - prompting warnings that renewable energy has effectively been 'stopped in its tracks'. The latest blow to the government's energy and environment record comes as ministers are expected to admit within weeks that emissions of carbon dioxide rose again last year despite repeated pledges to cut the main gas blamed for global warming.