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1. UK's windfarm sceptics descend on Saddleworth
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 19 March 2004SADDLEWORTH is to host a national conference on the threat of wind farms to our countryside.
2. Big guns join fight against windfarms
Oldham Advertiser, Thursday 8 January 2004MARGARET Thatcher's former press secretary, Sir Bernard Ingham, and scientist Dr David Bellamy have joined the campaign against Saddleworth wind turbines.
3. Green campaigner joins windfarm protest rally
Oldham Advertiser, Thursday 15 January 2004OLDHAM Council's planning chiefs had better prepare for a deluge of objections against the planned Denshaw Moor windfarm if the latest protest meeting is anything to go by.
4. Bronze Age may halt modern fad for wind power
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 11 February 2004THE PROPOSED site for seven huge wind turbines on Denshaw Moor is home to more than 200 archaeological remains, with many more, including a Roman road, still waiting to be discovered.
5. Walk on the wild side against windfarms
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 16 April 2004THE long-awaited decision day on the fate of the proposed wind farm on Denshaw Moor has been postponed indefinitely.
6. Wind farm D-Day looms
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 7 April 2004EARLY last year rumours were rife that United Utilities was set to build a huge wind farm on Denshaw Moor and now, 14 months on, the big decision day is looming.
7. Snub for wind farm protesters
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 22 October 2004A ROW has broken out after Oldham Council was awarded a European grant to consult local groups on how to develop renewable energy in Oldham but didn't involve Denshaw wind farm protesters.
8. Wind decision delayed again
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 22 October 2004A DECISION over plans to build seven giant wind turbines on the moors above Denshaw will not be made until early new year at the earliest, according to a protester.
9. Wind farm ‘will still go-ahead’ despite sell-off
Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 18 August 2004THE company behind the controversial Denshaw wind farm has pledged the project will continue, despite plans to sell-off its renewable energy division for up to £80 million.
10. Keeping up the pressure
Oldham Advertiser, Friday 18 June 2004THERE is still no end in sight with regards to the long-awaited decision on the Saddleworth wind farm - but that isn't about to deter the protesters.