Baffled, bemused, but not windswept.

WHAT are we planning for? A nice nest and global warming, or a green future with Grimsby as an example to UK plc and the world?
North East Lincolnshire Council planning committee's decision to refuse an application by Novartis to build wind turbines to part-power its plant leaves me asking just that.
Once again the cruel twist of fate that makes Britain's most important port and chemical complex a site of specific scientific interest to Natural England has sided with the birds. The food chain is long gone as the deciding factor, now feathers come before futures.
There's a growing tide of feeling that all this has gone rather too far. Outgoing chief executive George Krawiec is one, many other business leaders are on the same boat. True they have a vested interest, but we really need a reality check.
Jobs, economic prosperity, long term commitment to the town...
This specific application would have drastically cut Novartis' external energy needs and therefore overheads. What a signal to an international blue chip company that this is exactly where they should continue to invest. But no, the golden plover and his mates win again. I beg Novartis to appeal, waste my council tax and win.
As reported in Humber Gateway( http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=258891&command=newPage ), our recent ports and logistics special publication, new Grimsby & Immingham port director John Fitzgerald is baffled by the fact that there is only one wind turbine on all of ABP's port estates.
Perhaps he found his answer in today's paper.