Wind farms study will be published

A study examining the impact of wind farms on the countryside will be published, the Environment Secretary has pledged.

Owen Paterson said that work is ongoing on an official study that officials at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have attempted to block.

Coalition sources have said that officials in the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) – run by Ed Davey, a Liberal Democrat – have attempted to stop the report being written over fears that it could provide confirmation that turbines can harm rural areas.

Mr Paterson has made clear that he intends to make the document public as soon as it is ready. Continue... The Telegraph