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Anger at windfarm in Sir Walter Scott's wilderness; Protesters attack turbines plan as an act of 'international vandalism'.

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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20051216
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Byline: KIZZY TAYLOR

A ROLLING landscape immortalised by Sir Walter Scott will be 'wiped out' by a huge windfarm, campaigners warned yesterday.

They claim the unrivalled rugged beauty of the Auchencorth Moss, near Penicuik, will be destroyed if proposals for 18 giant turbines are given the go-ahead.

Pressure group Penicuik Environmental Protection Association (PEPA) is demanding that planning officials scrap proposals for the unspoilt land which moved one of Scotland's greatest novelists.

Backing them is veteran environmental expert Professor David Bellamy, who ...

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