The SNP Government have been accused of delaying controversial reports to spare them from embarrassment in the lead up to the referendum. http://www.sundaypost.com/news-views/scotland/independence-referendum/snp-stockpiled-bad-news-in-referendum-run-up-1.599207
Apart from the Middle East, there can have been few more depressing places to be in the world last Tuesday than the UN General Assembly in New York, where an endless queue of world leaders, including Barack Obama and David Cameron, treated an increasingly soporific audience to leaden little appeals Read more
More onshore wind turbines will be built than are needed under the Government’s own green energy targets http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/renewableenergy/11125908/Thousand-more-wind-farms-than-UK-needs.html
By David Kerr Plans for a 15-turbine windfarm in Sutherland have been rejected by the Scottish Government. Edinburgh-based developer Vento Ludens Ltd had lodged proposals for 396ft masts at Balnacoil Lodge, north-west of Brora. But yesterday government reporter Robert Maslin rejected the scheme, saying that the turbines would have a Read more
By Richard Watt Windfarm developers in Angus have appealed to the local authority over a contentious turbine application. Angus Council last month refused planning permission for a 77-metre turbine at Ingliston Farm, Eassie, due to a “significant” perceived loss of amenity. Locogen, agents for the applicant, William Shaw, have now Read more
Large windfarms can knock as much as 12% off the values of homes within a 2km radius, and reduce property prices as far as 14km away, according to research by the London School of Economics. The findings contrast sharply with a report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research Read more