Friday 15 November 2013 An application for an offshore windfarm within view of Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf resort was mishandled by Government officials, his legal team has claimed. Gordon Steele QC suggested, at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, that if the windfarm project was not a “guinea pig” then Read more…
Stirling is to play host to Scotland’s first national conference exploring the cost of wind energy. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/scotland/stirling-conference-to-hear-wind-power-arguments-1.153795
Plans to create a major wind farm off the east coast of Scotland will boost electricity generation capacity within East Lothian. http://www.eastlothiannews.co.uk/news/local-news/cockenzie-s-powerful-case-boosted-by-offshore-wind-1-3188295
Controversial plans to build a pair of giant wind turbines at Peterhead Harbour have been blocked by the Scottish government. http://www.buchanobserver.co.uk/news/local-headlines/government-pull-the-plug-on-harbour-turbines-1-3190810
In an internal briefing paper, accessed by “The Hindu”, U.S. tells negotiators to delay emission cut commitments and not to agree on any time line for funds http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/us-wont-commit-process-for-loss-and-damage-at-warsaw/article5351162.ece
Japan has drastically scaled back its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, possibly complicating efforts to forge a global climate change pact. http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/japan-dials-back-climate-change-emissions-target/article5354300.ece
While I was away being Radley’s Provocateur-in-Residence (yes, it went very well, thank you) someone calling himself Sai Gon Seamus (an expatriate Irishman living in Vietnam, I’m guessing) Tweeted this at me: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100245988/do-climate-sceptics-really-deserve-to-be-executed-because-of-typhoon-haiyan/
Dumfries and Galloway Council has agreed a formal opposition to plans for new wind turbines in the Solway Firth as the deadline is reached for submissions as part of the Marine Scotland consultation. http://www.gallowaygazette.co.uk/news/local-headlines/council-oppose-luce-bay-plans-1-3189125