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Today peaceful demostrators again stopped the govt. from clearcutting the forest for a huge industrial park/windmill test center..

This time the local citizens(many of them pensionists) succeeded to stop the machines from cutting the trees... link is in Danish but you get the idea I hope..

http://nordjyske.dk/billedgalleri/forside.aspx?hjulid=13280

http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/article.php/id-41907812:skovmaskine-stoppet-af-aktivister.html

Just now the Danish government is trying to cut down 266 hectacres of national forest in order to put up a test center for giant offshore windmills that are 250 meters high! This will destroy the largest nature reserve in Denmark by basically cutting it in two. This project was approved by the Danish Parliament in just 6 weeks!! and quite simply is a case of Big Business(Vestas & Siemens) influencing the politicians in order to achieve their goals,at the expense of nature and the wildlife that will be destroyed.

Right now there are peacefull activists in the forest trying to prevent this from happening,but the police will move in now to remove them with force.

In 3 weeks the Danish distict courts will decide if this is legal to do(cutting down the forest),and there is also a case in the EU courts.We ask in the name of democracy that they wait for that decision before destroying the forest,but the companies behind the project(Vestas & Siemens) are not interested in waiting for the court's decision.

We are not against wind energy at all,only the placing of this test center,and viable options exist so the nature will not be destroyed.

below is the reference material on this atrocityto the nature in Denmark

more updates soon...links below in English

www.nationalttestcenter.dk hourly updates on the Facebook link on this site

http://klimabedrag.dk/Engelske-indlag/possible-stop-for-wind-turbine-test-center-in-denmark

http://roots.dk/MEGA/

Dear environmentally aware citizen of the world!                               

Copenhagen, December 2009

The Danish government plans to clear forests and destroy unique nature for the benefit of industry.

The Danish environment minister Troels Lund Poulsen decided, on  behalf of the government, on 30th September 2009, that the clearing of  15 km2 of forest in the north west of Denmark will take place. A test  centre for the development of offshore windmills is planned to take up  30 km2 of land in the Thy region, near Østerild. This deforestation will  create an increase of 400,000 tonnes of CO2 emission, the equivalent of  the CO2 emission of 100,000 people per year.

The government will force the local population out of their homes.  The reasoning behind this is said to be for the benefit of the Danish  windmill industry, which will in turn create more Danish jobs. The  regulations to finalise the evictions goes against Denmark’s  constitution and is therefore clearly illegal.

In current plans, the area is categorised as a recreational area, where the set up of windmills is prohibited.

The region is one of Denmark’s most beautiful areas. With its rugged  landscapes and grand views, as well as many rare species of animals,  birds and plants, the area is representative of authentic Danish nature.  There are very few areas of Denmark left, where one can experience  darkness at night and complete silence.

The windmills, which are 250 meters tall, are planned to be along a 6  km linear south/north stretch. This will prevent birds in the  international Ramsar-area, Vejlerne, which is situated to the east of  the test centre, from flying west to the EU-habitat area Vullum Sø and  to Thy National Park just south of Hanstholm.

The Danish government has not consulted properly about the plans. The  Danish citizens had little time to put forward comments of the project.  The hearing has only been 11 days long, with 9 of those being a  national holiday.

The environment minister has decided that a report on this projects  impact on nature and the wildlife will be completed by early December  2009. The consequence of this is that it is impossible to produce a well  documented scientific report, to act as the foundation for a political  decision.

The local population has formed an association, “Landforeningen for  Bedre Miljø” (The Association for an Improved Environment) with the aim  to inform about the environmental consequences for both the society and  nature, if plans for the national test centre are followed through. So  far, “Landsforeningen for Bedre Miljø“ has tried, in vain, to persuade  the Danish government to produce a more thorough investigation of the  project’s impacts on the surroundings.

The association is discontented with the planning process so far,  because they have neglected ordinary, well-known, democratic principles,  which Denmark otherwise uses every opportunity to talk about across the  world.

If you, as an environmentally aware citizen of the world, thinks that  questions ought to be asked concerning this unjust conduct towards our  future generations inheritance of the nature, please spread the word  about this planned national test centre.

Here you will find a selection of english articles and letters to the editor which has come to our attention.

Not all articles and letters to the editor are used by the  newspapers. Therefore, you are more than wellcome to post your letter to  the editor as a comment in the section below.

12.09.2010, Andrew Gilligan: “An ill wind blows for Denmark’s green energy revolution” The Telegraph (read online)

01.09.2010, NRK nett-TV: “Angels with dirty wings” (watch online)

17.08.2010, Fiona Macrae: “More than half of Britain’s wind farms have been built where there is not enough wind” (read online)

24.7.2010, Peter Skeel Hjort: “Neighbours on the barricades against wind turbines in Denmark” (read online)