WIND energy firms were yesterday accused of trying to hoodwink locals by deliberately choosing obscure names for Highland windfarms. German firm ABO Wind UK has made up a Gaelic name – Allt Carach – for its 25-turbine project near Beauly. http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3481519
Germany is seeking to force Britain and other European countries to commit themselves to building many more wind and solar farms under a new European Union target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Berlin is demanding that the 2030 emissions target, which the EU is negotiating as its contribution to a Read more
In 2007, a team of Met Office scientists predicted there would be 0.3°C warming during 2004-2014. This prediction has turned out to be wrong. We are almost into 2014 and there has been no warming at all since 2004. Smith et al (2007): 0.3°C in 10 years In 2007, a Read more
Scotland will become the first state in the world to put a price on the value of its natural environment and the benefits it provides, in a pioneering project which could transform the way it makes decisions on planning. Academics have estimated that nature is worth between £21.5bn and £23bn Read more
A leading Liberal Democrat suggested David Cameron was ‘full of c**p’ last night for wanting to ditch green levies on energy bills. The Coalition feud over environmental issues boiled over after the Daily Mail revealed that the Prime Minister has privately told ministers to ‘get rid of all this green Read more
Three people were hospitalised following a fire at the Tata Steel site in Scunthorpe. A small fire broke out at 2am at the company’s plant in Scunthorpe. Three casualties were taken to Scunthorpe Hospital with “radiated burns” but have since been discharged. The incident was initially reported as an explosion Read more
A LEADING north anti-windfarm campaigner has described a new multi-million pound, pan-Highland community benefit fund, unveiled in Sutherland this week by energy giant Scottish and Southern Electricity (SSE), as “blood money.” Stuart Young, chairman of Caithness Windfarm Information Forum, made the comment following the high-profile launch of the new Sustainable Read more
David Ross Islanders have voted overwhelmingly to turn their backs on what would have been Scotland’s first hostile community buyout, and pursue instead the amicable purchase of the Pairc Estate on Lewis for £500,000. A breakthrough is in prospect after nine years of near deadlock, which saw the Scottish Government’s Read more