Written by: Tom Laws
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Large Scale Hydro – Unsustainable

Dan Wilkinson adds his take on large scale hydro schemes. At the moment within the kayaking community there is a real rush to travel to iconic destinations in order to undertake last-chance descents of classic …
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November 12, 2018
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Tales from Wild Europe – Bethesda – Weds 19th Decemeber

Once again we are teaming up with the Snowdonia Society for another evening of talks and films about the places we love and the people who protect them. The National Parks and wild spaces …
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November 11, 2018
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Help stop hydro without the need for planning permission

At the start of the summer the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG), launched a consultation on proposals to allow Permitted Development Rights PDR for “small scale, low risk hydro schemes”. I.e allowing some hydro schemes to be …
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September 5, 2018
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Why we oppose micro-hydro in designated areas

Save Our Rivers is opposed to the development of wild and free flowing streams and rivers for hydro power, especially those that sit within designated areas. We believe that the minute amounts of power …
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September 5, 2018
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Glen Etive Under Threat

With FIT payments for small scale hydro due to end in April 2019 we a seen a rush of applications for new hydro schemes with developers trying to beat the deadline for these lucrative …
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July 20, 2018
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Gwydir Trails – Trash Free Trails

Trash Free Trails in the brain child of Dom, one of the main dudes at Surfers Against Sewage, and when he said he was after some venues to trial a bike version of their …
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May 24, 2018
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Blue Heart – Film Premieres

Patagonia’s new film Blue Heart by Farm League documents local activists in the Balkans fighting to save their rivers — some of the last pristine, free-flowing waterways in Europe. Check out the trailer: Save …
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April 10, 2018
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Save the Blue Heart of Europe

The Balkans Peninsula is home to the last truly wild river systems in Europe. In a land largely untouched by modern industry lies a little-known paradise. Within forested mountains still inhabited by lynx, wolves …
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March 18, 2018
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Plastic Free Angleysey – Video

Single use plastic is damaging our environment and harming wildlife. Sian from Psyched paddleboarding explains what everyone can do to help and how making small adjustments in your every day life will make a …
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February 21, 2018
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A Breathing Space for Welsh National Parks ?

Following the publication of the worrying Future Landscape Wales (FLW) document earlier this year much has change at the Welsh Assembly. Your letters and emails to AMs along with direct correspondence from both traditional …
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December 16, 2017