Protecting the Scottish Landscape Inverness 23rd March 2013 On a bitterly cold day in Inverness, individuals, campaigners, and environmental protection groups converged at the SNP conference in Inverness to hand over a petition to urge the Government to Stop the reckless siting of wind turbines in Scotland’s scenic landscapes. The Read more
The organisor of a petition signed by over 4400 people from 44 different countries has sent a final plea to Alex Salmond, asking him to receive the document at the SNP Conference in Inverness on Saturday as campaigners express disbelief at the First Minister’s “disdainful attitude” to popular concerns about Read more
Alex Salmond has refused an invitation to accept a petition from Rhona Weir, the 94-year old environmental campaigner and widow of Tom Weir. The petition which contains close on 4500 signatures from people in 43 different countries calls on Alex Salmond to ‘Stop the Reckless Siting of Wind Turbines in Read more
The escalating row between an anti-windfarm campaigner and the Scottish Government about “willful misinformation” about the cost of wind energy to consumers has now reached the First Minister The row was triggered by an assertion at Holyrood by SNP MSP Mike Mackenzie that subsidizing renewables was only costing consumers £21 Read more
“Get UP, get OUT, get ON THE TRAIN, and GET TO INVERNESS!” That’s the message from anti-wind farm campaigners organising a mass protest on Saturday for the SNP Spring conference. Over 4300 people from over 42 countries have signed a petition calling on Alex to ‘Stop the Reckless Siting of Read more