More than thirty YES2WIND volunteers – many dressed as animals threatened by global warming – took to the streets of Doncaster in support of the proposed wind farm at Tween Bridge, near Thorne.

The campaigners talked to members of the public and handed out Yes2Wind leaflets, stickers and lollipops. In just over an hour and a half, they collected nearly 350 letters of support for the clean energy scheme. These will now be passed on to Doncaster Council, and takes the total number collected to over 1,000. The Tween Bridge farm will comprise 28 turbines and will generate power for a third of the homes in Doncaster Metropolotan Borough. It's projected to save more than 4.2m tonnes of CO2 over 25 years.

Organiser Richard Claxton said: "We’re delighted. It was an extremely positive and colourful rally and the response from members of the public was fantastic – they were very supportive, very friendly and very well-informed. There were a few who had concerns about large wind turbines but the vast majority fully understood the reasons why we urgently need more wind power. They know that climate change is the greatest threat we face in the world, and that we have to turn our backs on dirty energy and get behind wind farms.

"The endangered animals – polar bear, penguin, tigers, baboon, bluebird and owl – went down really will with the children and the volunteers in costume enjoyed the attention they got: lots of hugs, stroking and pats on the back! Who says campaigning can’t be great fun?"