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Saving the Yorkshire Dales Costs Just 1–2p a Week

One of the main reasons for building wind farms onshore – rather than offshore – is cost. If the wind…

Why Fred Olsen’s wind farm couldn’t be built in their home country, Norway

Norwegians expect wild landscapes to remain wild. Fred Olsen is a Norwegian company. But they are planning to build an…

Why Fred Olsen’s ‘outside the Yorkshire Dales’ reassurance is disingenuous

When announcing the proposed wind farm development at Hope Moor, the BBC reported that the developer – Fred Olsen – …

Fred Olsen’s wind farm: the hidden mental-health cost

The title of this blog highlights a hidden cost of Fred Olsen’s proposed wind farm that is in danger of…

Fred Olsen’s Reputational Gamble: Yorkshire Dales Wind Farm

Fred Olsen — through its renewables division — is proposing to build an industrial-scale wind farm on an ecologically sensitive…

Why Opposing Hope Moor Wind Farm Isn’t NIMBYism

Ten years ago, there was a planning application for a single wind turbine that would have been closer to my…

When scale deceives: the misleading Hope Moor Wind Farm images

To support Fred Olsen Renewables’ proposed wind farm in North Yorkshire, they have produced a website with images that make…

Intermittent fasting and Parkinson’s disease

After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD), I developed a personal anti-PD strategy to slow down its progression. One component…

Parkinson’s Tulip badges for personal or fund-raising use

Several people have expressed interest in getting Parkinson’s Tulip badges - either for themselves or for fund-raising. This is surprisingly…

Slowing Parkinson’s progress without medication

Faced with a progressive, incurable illness, I chose not just to follow the standard path, but to ask: what else…