Over 600 associations across Europe composing the the European Platform Against Windfarms (EPAW) are hailing a ruling by the European Court of Justice as a first victory in their fight towards holding the European Commission accountable for what it says are the ‘catastrophic’ results of its energy policy. The rights Read more
IN recent weeks it has become clear that we are sitting on mind-boggling reserves of gas on a scale never before suspected. They are locked in black rock known as shale, from which the latest technology, developed and now widely in use in America, can extract the gas safely and Read more
The future of offshore wind power generation in the UK is in serious doubt, as the government’s plans to encourage new windfarms are over-expensive and flawed, a new thinktank study has found. The left-leaning Institute for Public Policy Research has found that the government has done too little to attract Read more
THE glacial process of making the National Grid feasible for renewable energy producers in Scotland’s remote regions is gathering pace. The energy regulator Ofgem announced its plan to bash heads together in an effort to sort out the high cost of pumping renewable energy into the UK transmission network back Read more
After months of angst and debate over the omission of the term “climate change” from the draft version of the new geography curriculum for key stages 1-3, the Department for Education has today released the new wording. The two versions remain virtually word-for-word the same, except for this section of Read more
Mining company Hargreaves has been accused of cherry-picking the best bit of Fife’s opencast mines. Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie made the claim after it was announced that the company had opted out of buying Blair House mine near Oakley even though it had purchased three other interests in Read more
TWO wind turbines the height of Dunfermline’s clock tower are planned for a Cairneyhill farm. Edinburgh-based Fine Energy has applied for permission for the 34.6-metre (113ft) turbines, as well as an access track and associated infrastructure, to be built at Remiltoun Farmhouse at Sunnyside http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/roundup/articles/2013/07/08/463498-two-wind-turbines-the-height-of-dunfermline-city-clock-planned-for-cairneyhill/
Scotland Against Spin is pleased to announce a major national anti-wind protest which will take place on October 19 2013. Building on last year’s successful march and protest outside the SNP conference hall during Alex Salmond’s keynote speech, this year’s event will be bigger and better than ever. In the Read more