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United Kingdom: Solar farms 'blight on landscape'

2014-10-19 03:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: Environment Secretary Liz Truss has said large-scale solar farms are "a blight on the landscape" and confirmed plans to cut a taxpayer subsidy to farmers and landowners for the schemes. She told the Mail on Sunday the land could be better used for growing food. There is currently a 100-an-acre grant scheme in place, worth 2m a year. Ms Truss said: "I want Britain to lead the world in food and farming and to do that we need enough productive agricultural land." She described the rows of solar...

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