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“The French government muzzles the protest”: opponents of wind farms counterattack at European level

2022-09-28T11:01:05.595Z


INFO FIGARO - Several environmental NGOs have filed a joint complaint with the European Court of Justice. Through this unprecedented recourse, they intend to strike at the wallet of the entire wind power sector and achieve its brand image, usurped according to them.


While wind power is praised by the government and nuclear power is back in favor due to the war in Ukraine and climate change, their opponents do not let go.

The chorus of praise around the blades and power plants even seems to reinvigorate the protest.

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Thus, on the side of the fight against wind power, several environmental NGOs have, according to our information, filed a joint complaint before the European Court of Justice.

Through this unprecedented action, the Sustainable Environment Federation (FED), Vent de Colère, and two other German and Belgian structures, intend to strike at the wallet of the entire sector and achieve its brand image, usurped according to them.

To do this, they want wind power to come out of the list of virtuous energies where they have been unfairly classified, they say.

By losing this label, the promoters in charge of these projects would lose billions in subsidies.

For these activists, this would thus put an end to…

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Source: lefigaro

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