Renewable Energy Foundation
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Critics such as Maria McCaffery, chief executive of [[RenewableUK]], a pro-wind [[trade body]], says the Renewable Energy Foundation's true purpose is diametrically opposed to the interests of the wind energy industry. "It is an anti-wind lobbying organisation," she told BusinessGreen. "I'd like to know where the renewable energy part of their remit is. They don't foster or promote or develop, they just try to undermine the case for wind energy all the time."{{cite web|url=http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/feature/2025862/renewable-energy-foundation|title=Who are the Renewable Energy Foundation?|author=|date=16 February 2011|work=businessgreen.com}} |
Critics such as Maria McCaffery, chief executive of [[RenewableUK]], a pro-wind [[trade body]], says the Renewable Energy Foundation's true purpose is diametrically opposed to the interests of the wind energy industry. "It is an anti-wind lobbying organisation," she told BusinessGreen. "I'd like to know where the renewable energy part of their remit is. They don't foster or promote or develop, they just try to undermine the case for wind energy all the time."{{cite web|url=http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/feature/2025862/renewable-energy-foundation|title=Who are the Renewable Energy Foundation?|author=|date=16 February 2011|work=businessgreen.com}} |
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In 2011 it was revealed that it had been in discussion in April 2008 with the [[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charities Commission]] about its possibly overly political nature.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2011/may/18/renewable-energy-foundation-wind-farm|title=Will the real Renewable Energy Foundation please stand up?|author=Hickman|date=18 May 2011|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Leo}} |
In 2011 it was revealed that it had been in discussion in April 2008 with the [[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charities Commission]] about its possibly overly political nature.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2011/may/18/renewable-energy-foundation-wind-farm|title=Will the real Renewable Energy Foundation please stand up?|author=Hickman|date=18 May 2011|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Leo|author-link=Leo Hickman}} |
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