Ed Miliband's wind turbines and solar farms ARE bad for environment, Government privately admits

By GABRIEL MILLARD-CLOTHIER, POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 00:19, 17 May 2026 | Updated: 00:28, 17 May 2026 The Government has privately admitted Ed Miliband's wind turbines and solar farms are bad for the environment. Astonishingly, it shows for the first time that Labour realise the rush for Net Zero will come at the expense of the environment, but are pushing ahead anyway. Bureaucrats admit the plans may destroy 'nationally recognised sites, landscapes and historic environments' as well as damaging 'biodiversity and water resources.' Officials also confess his schemes may increase 'air emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, noise and vibrations, light pollution, dust and soils.' They also say these negative effects could 'occur repeatedly' and 'have impacts over the short, medium to long term', as well as during construction. The internal dossier, revealed in Freedom of Information requests seen by the Mail on Sunday, raises serious questions about Britain's food security.  It says their changes will 'remove some restrictions on green belt land… This could include agricultural land.' The revelation will infuriate farmers, who are still reeling from Labour's inheritance tax changes. It comes as 'Red Ed' Miliband rams through mega solar farms across the country, to the fury of residents who live near these enormous projects. The Government has privately admitted Ed Miliband's wind turbines and solar farms are bad for the environment An aerial view of wind turbines and energy infrastructure on February 26, 2025 in Runcorn, England Mr Miliband, the Doncaster North MP, celebrated his 25th 'large scale' green energy project last month. Ministers are expecting fierce opposition after they approved 157 more solar farms to be built by 2030. He has repeatedly deployed draconian planning powers that allow him to overrule local voices when a project is deemed 'nationally significant'. Until now, the climate secretary, who is among the favourites to succeed the PM, has been pressing on under the guise of environmentalism.  These findings raise serious questions about how good these projects really are for the environment. Claire Coutinho, Tory energy spokesman, said: 'Ed Miliband cannot keep preaching about protecting the environment while covering Britain's countryside with concrete, pylons and industrial infrastructure.  'Time and again, he has chosen net zero dogma over common sense — and the public can now see the consequences.' The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.