Nick Dowson

London, Newcastle upon Tyne

Co-Editor @NewInt | Public services, climate crisis, tech, investigations | Bylines inc @Guardian, @FerretScot, @MoscowTimes | Bluesky: https://t.co/bwSRbEnNAN

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Articles

Green Face, Old Tricks

Dec 21, 2023 | znetwork.org | Nick Dowson

Two films I’ve seen over the past year both dealt with human consequences and lives against the backdrop of new, largely faceless renewables projects at opposite ends of Spain. Alcarràs is a heartbreaking story of a family of peach farmers in Catalonia who are being evicted to make way for solar panels, while As Bestas (The Beasts) is an altogether darker thriller about extreme interpersonal conflict triggered by divisions over whether to accept a new wind farm in the Galician hills.
Green face, old tricks

Dec 18, 2023 | newint.org | Nick Dowson

Two films I’ve seen over the past year both dealt with human consequences and lives against the backdrop of new, largely faceless renewables projects at opposite ends of Spain. Alcarràs is a heartbreaking story of a family of peach farmers in Catalonia who are being evicted to make way for solar panels, while As Bestas (The Beasts) is an altogether darker thriller about extreme interpersonal conflict triggered by divisions over whether to accept a new wind farm in the Galician hills.
Green face, old tricks

Dec 18, 2023 | newint.org | Nick Dowson

Two films I’ve seen over the past year both dealt with human consequences and lives against the backdrop of new, largely faceless renewables projects at opposite ends of Spain. Alcarràs is a heartbreaking story of a family of peach farmers in Catalonia who are being evicted to make way for solar panels, while As Bestas (The Beasts) is an altogether darker thriller about extreme interpersonal conflict triggered by divisions over whether to accept a new wind farm in the Galician hills.