Talla meeting

The meeting at Talla against the wind turbine depurtation of the hills around us was packed; people from all the affected villages, towns and farms were there, as well as individual firms like restaurants, bed and breakfasts and aziende agricole.
Lenna's was represented by the Avocato, who spoke to the meeting as a technical advisor as well, on legal aspects of the challenge.
The meeting began with a group accusing the organisers of representing landowner and business interest only, and failing in their responsibility to reduce global warming and encourage alternative clean power sources for the sake of their profits. Their view was met very well by the various members of the committee, a specialist on alternative energy sources (particularly bio-mass), and an account of the inappropriate siting of the wind turbines simply on the lack of wind grounds outlined by Fred, originally.
The head of the provincial Green party, who was there, offered to organise an assemblea where the irrelevance of these proposals to any Green agenda could be set out for all the ecologically minded, who are being deliberately misled by the Spanish-based multinational whose sole agenda is to farm tax and other funding sources from the European Union and member states. It is hoped this will be a travelling assemblea that will set up in the large number of population areas damaged by these proposals.
The former sindaco from here whose back garden is to be underneath one of the 90 metre high turbines was there, fit to be tied. The Avocato has a new client.
There were also representatives from comunes, including the provincial capital, who had suceeded in refusing sites for the dangerous refuse and recycling dump that is looking for a corrupt enough administration to give it a home. There were exchanges of contacts and advice taken, even though, currently, the comune here has written twice to the opposition group on the council denying any plans or negotiations of any kind with any group planning such a plant. This is a lie but people working inside the comune are on the quivive and call the opposition at once whenever activity on this front, even phone calls, starts up.
I am not aware of what next steps were decided, but the Region has had to open a formal procedure which permits all kinds of properly organised legal and other challenges, and follows a strict timetable with all deadlines properly notified; that is in good hands.
Comments,suggestions, and further information will be posted by us all as and when we can.

tilting at Talla

A report on how the meeting went this evening would be interesting to everyone. When there is a moment. Then we can all say our bit and turn round.