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Mary-Ann is a broadcaster, anthropologist and keen hillwalker. She’s the President of CPRE, the countryside charity, former hillwalking ambassador for the British Mountaineering Council and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

  • 5th December 2022

    The ‘perfect winter’ is increasingly rare. So why do we still dream of it?

    As the climate warms, snow in the hills is an increasingly hard thing to predict. Mary-Ann Ochota asks: is it time to stop dreaming of a white mountain Christmas?

    by Mary-Ann Ochota

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    3rd November 2022

    Should wind farms be built on hills, or get in the sea?

    In the first of a regular comment series, Mary-Ann Ochota ponders the dilemma of wind farms and where to build renewable energy infrastructure.

    by Mary-Ann Ochota

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