Franz Weber Foundation balks at building wind turbines
You may well have heard the name Franz Weber attached to various worthy causes. Since the early ’70s his environmental foundation has launched petitions to ban seal meat imports, ban noise pollution from fighter jets, save Swiss forests and stop urban sprawl—to name just a few. One might think the Foundation would be in favour of clean energy but in the case of windfarms, the overriding concern is the disfiguring effect they would have on the Neuchâtel landscape. Vera Weber is Franz Weber’s daughter and director of the Foundation: