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					<description><![CDATA[As you can see, this is another big one. But it&#8217;s made up of five separate reports: Hendy wind farm, recent events in Swansea and Llanelli which may &#8211; or may not &#8211; be linked, the Bodnant Welsh Food Centre, the redevelopment of the Tower opencast site, and finally, the leadership election in a non-existent &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/pot-pourri-12-12-2018/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Pot Pourri 12.12.2018</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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					<description><![CDATA[People contact me regularly asking, &#8216;Why don&#8217;t you write about wind energy, Jac, and about saving the planet, because we&#8217;re all doomed, doomed!&#8217; To which I usually respond, &#8216;Sod off.&#8217; But one recent request to look into wind energy was different, and after an hour or so of digging I realised I just had to write about &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/corruption-in-the-wind/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Corruption in the wind?</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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