CALL FOR PENICUIK RESIDENTS TO ATTEND PROFESSOR DAVID
BELLAMY'S PUBLIC DEBATE AT
BEESLACK SCHOOL PENICUIK AT 4PM ON SUNDAY MARCH 19TH 2006
Campaigners fighting plans by E.ON for a wind farm on the environmentally
sensitive Auchencorth Moss, Penicuik, near Edinburgh set fire to a 30
foot straw effigy of a wind turbine last night
to highlight their call for Penicuik residents to attend Professor David
Bellamy’s Public Debate at Beeslack School, Penicuik at 4 pm on
Sunday , March 19th 2006 - he has described the plans as environmental
vandalism.
John Thomson spokesperson for the Penicuik Environmental Protection
Association (PEPA) said: "We are calling for all Midlothian residents
who care about the environment to come along to the debate at Beeslack
School on 19 March at 4pm and hear the guest speaker Professor David
Bellamy on wind farms.In addition if people wish to visit PEPA's website
the address is
http://www.pepawind.org.uk
can read up on the campaign and object to the council directly from
the website"
