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Wind turbine emoji request ends in sad face for climate campaigners

By Adam Vaughan

15 February 2021

Wind turbine

A wind turbine in Cornwall, UK

John Baran / Alamy

The body in charge of creating new emojis has rejected a bid for a wind turbine version, leaving climate campaigners sad faced.

There are a handful of emojis relating to energy and climate change, including a high voltage one and an oil drum, but despite calls from individuals and companies including , there is no wind turbine symbol to represent

UK charity Possible and trade body RenewableUK applied last March to the Unicode Consortium, the body that controls which…

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