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Pre-Easter
The pre-Easter tranquility was broken by announcements that 4 new wind farms were proposed in Cantabria, 3 of which would directly impact areas which were either in our previous or current permit areas. The sites are
• Moncubo (3 generators - affecting the areas around Monte Llusa, Cierrolinos, Garzón, Villanueva and El Rincón in the municipalities of Hazas de Cesto, Solórzano, Ribamontán al Monte and Meruelo)
• Sierra de Sel (10 generators - affecting areas around Ogarrio and San Miguel in the municipalities of Ruesga and Voto)
• Fuente Pico (3 generators - affecting areas around Llueva and San Miguel in the municipality of Voto)
Detailed responses on behalf of Matienzo Caves Project concentrated on the inadequate Environmental Impact Studies. In these documents (each over 1000 pages) virtually no mention was made of karst or damage to the underground ecosystem. Misleading statements (i.e. a pack of ill-informed lies) were also made about decommissioning: "The restoration of the area to its pre-project conditions will have a positive impact on the relief."
Local opposition to the 'polígonos eólicos' appears very strong. Two vecinos de Ruesga were interviewed on a Cantabrian Internet tv station (11 tv), March 26th.
There is only a month (from March 10th) allowed to make formal objections. Our three documents have been submitted to the
Federación Cántabra de Espeleología and sent to town halls and other organisations with an invitation to use the presented information in their own objections as they wish. It is also hoped to send in the documents as formal 'alegaciones'.
Easter
Introduction
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