Welsh wind farm project accused of “misleading claims”

Countryside charity CPRW has filed a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority against Bute Energy’s subsidiary companies

Watchdog says green group leaflet on fracking was misleading

A green campaign group has reportedly made a series of unsubstantiated claims about the impact of fracking. The Times claims the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has issued a draft ruling that Friends of the Earth failed to back up potentially misleading claims that fracking could cause cancer, contaminate water supplies, increase asthma rates and send house […]

Wind business ticked off for cheeky leaflet

A Welsh wind power developer has been ticked off by the Advertising Standards Agency for a naughty claim on a leaflet. The Agency agreed with a complaint about West Coast Energy’s leaflet which suggested wind turbines don’t lower house prices. The fliers were dished out at a meeting for local residents about wind power projects […]