The Government has privately admitted that Ed Miliband’s wind turbines and solar farms are bad for the environment – but is pushing ahead with Net Zero plans anyway. The Mail has the story.

Bureaucrats admit the plans may destroy “nationally recognised sites, landscapes and historic environments” as well as damaging “biodiversity and water resources”.

Officials also confess his schemes may increase “air emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, noise and vibrations, light pollution, dust and soils”.

They also say these negative effects could “occur repeatedly” and “have impacts over the short, medium to long term”, as well as during construction.

The internal dossier, revealed in Freedom of Information requests seen by the Mail on Sunday, raises serious questions about Britain’s food security.

It says their changes will “remove some restrictions on green belt land… This could include agricultural land”.

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