Is windfarm industry ripping off Clydesdale?
ARE Clydesdale’s villagers the victims of a rural rip-off by the windfarm industry?
Most of them are, claims a study by the countryside pressure group the Southern Uplands Partnership.
The Partnership, a registered charity with members throughout the Borders and the Clydesdale area, formed 12 years ago to act as a watchdog on rural issues, commissioned the study in response to the explosion in windfarm developments in this part of Scotland.
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