URGENT action must be taken to ensure communities affected by large wind-farm developments can reap long-term benefits.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said in a new report that more must be done to ensure growing wind-farm expansion is matched by help for neighbouring communities.
Its research looked into the impact on the environment, the unequal distribution of economic impact and the concentration of developments in disadvantaged communities.
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