THE controversial US businessman will attempt to overturn Scottish Government’s approval of turbine project off Aberdeenshire coast. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/donald-trumps-legal-challenge-offshore-2783539
THE CAMPAIGN group fighting the planned Viking Energy wind farm in Shetland is trying to raise more than £30,000 from its supporters to fight its latest legal battle. http://www.shetnews.co.uk/news/7605-appeal-launched-as-viking-row-reaches-lords
MSPs are being urged to recognise the value of Scotland’s mountains, and to protect a vital national asset. Members of the Scottish Parliament will today receive a leaflet from the Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) reminding them of the huge benefits of Scotland’s mountains – and the threat posed by Read more
Ed Davey, the Environment Secretary, says there will be no cap on wind farms, as he insists that Green levies must stay and might have to be paid through taxes By Tim Ross, Political Correspondent New taxes to pay for environmental schemes are being considered as part of a Read more
THE latest stage of construction is under way to improve the electricity network on the Kintyre peninsula. A sub-station is being built at Crossaig on Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, to connect the peninsula via an underwater cable. Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission (SHE Transmission), part of the SSE Group, says the Read more
MSPs are being urged to recognise the value of Scotland’s mountains, and to protect a vital national asset. http://www.mcofs.org.uk/news.asp?s=2&id=MCS-N11298&nc=Landscape%20Matters
Fund managers controlling billions of pounds invested in UK energy companies have warned that they are considering pulling out of the sector because of political interference in the market. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/investors-threaten-to-abandon-big-six-over-political-interference-in-pricing-8931492.html
MSPs are being urged to recognise the value of Scotland’s mountains, and to protect a vital national asset. http://www.northern-times.co.uk/News/Mountaineers-urge-MSPs-to-recognise-threat-from-too-many-wind-farms-11112013.htm