Somerset, A Green and Pleasant ‘Energy Landscape’?

Synopsis

Historian Jill Payne explores two sides of Somerset: the rural landscape that includes Exmoor National Park and the Quantock, Mendip and Blackdown Hills (Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and yet also encompasses Hinkley Point nuclear power stations A and B, and, potentially C, as well as new supersized transmitter pylons, and wind- and solar-power projects. Payne asks to what extent are the two faces of Somerset in conflict with one another and how it is that inconsistencies between public expectations of landscape beauty and energy security have developed. [22 mins]

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Subjects

Energy; Environmental science

Keywords

energy; national parks; nuclear energy; nuclear power; Somerset; conservation

Online availability

URI

https://www.eh-resources.org/podcast-70/

Price

free

Delivery

Streamed

Credits

Contributor

Jill Payne

Distributor

Name

Exploring Environmental History Podcast

Web

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