“Calls to press for turbine ‘blight’ payouts”/Protect Wild Scotland
Calls to press for turbine ‘blight’ payouts http://www.protectwildscotland.org/wind/wind-news/calls-to-press-for-turbine-blight-payouts/
Rosyth kids face playing under 27-metre wind turbine/Dunfermline Press
ROSYTH families have slammed Fife Council’s plans to stick a wind turbine at Park Road Primary/Rosyth Public Park as “ludicrous”. http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/rosyth/articles/2014/04/09/494223-rosyth-kids-face-playing-under-27metre-wind-turbine/
Time we had an energy regime driven by our national interest – The Herald
I READ the Scottish Government’s “demolition” of the Westminster Government’s ramshackle and dysfunctional electricity generation policy (“SNP: give us big say on energy or lights will go out”, The Herald, April 7) as did Sir Donald Miller, but I find his intervention (Letters, April 8) on the report a red Read more
Minister sought to dissuade MSP from role in EU inquiry inquiry – Herald
David Leask and Michael Settle The UK has moved to block Scotland taking part in a European Commission investigation into No 10 plans to subsidise a new nuclear plant in England. A UK minister has warned his opposite number at Holyrood that any representation to Brussels on controversial plans to Read more
Wind turbines are no longer ‘environmentally friendly’, says Tory chairman/The Telegraph
It is no longer “environmentally friendly” to have “giant” turbines in the countryside, a Conservative minister has said, as he indicated that the Tories will pledge to curb onshore wind power in their manifesto. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/10752424/Wind-turbines-are-no-longer-environmentally-friendly-says-Tory-chairman.html
Ed Davey: Scottish independence will add hundreds of pounds to energy bills/The Telegraph
Household energy bills would increase by hundreds of pounds in an independent Scotland to cover the cost of subsidising the country’s wind farms, the UK Government will warn. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/10751780/Ed-Davey-Scottish-independence-will-add-hundreds-of-pounds-to-energy-bills.html
Energy price freeze will see 150 jobs go at SSE headquarters in Perth/The Courier
It has emerged that 150 jobs are likely to be lost at energy giant SSE’s headquarters in Perth. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/energy-price-freeze-will-see-150-jobs-go-at-sse-headquarters-in-perth-1.307120
IPCC report proposes sucking carbon out of the air as climate fix/The Guardian
Technique of burning biomass then pumping released carbon underground included in leaked draft from UN climate panel http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/07/ipcc-report-sucking-carbon-air-climate-report-biomass