Over 200 complaints have been made to one councillor about giant wind turbines installed near Torwood. http://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/local-news/torwood-wind-turbines-generate-fresh-complaints-1-3560647
David Ross Highland Correspondent SERIOUS concerns have been raised over the future of green energy projects in the Western Isles following the decision of a developer to pull out of a £200 million turbine scheme. The French energy giant GDF Suez blames delays in the laying of a subsea cable Read more
Consumers have been left to pick up the bill for “poorly conceived and managed” contracts worth £16.6 billion for renewable energy, MPs have said. Contracts for eight renewable energy projects were awarded early and without exposure to competitive bids to avoid delays in investment as the Government brought in the Read more
I sometimes wonder about so-called environmentalists’ judgment in particular about the proposed wind turbines around the Moor of Rannoch (“I detest way wind farms besmirch landscape”, Alan Taylor, The Herald, October 1). During my long career in exploration geophysics around the world I have had, on too many occasions, to Read more
Ms Turner writes that living close to wind turbines could cause hearing damage and make you deaf. I have been working for wind farm objectors and for Councils for fifteen years trying to prevent people’s amenity being compromised by excess noise from turbines and it is just this sort of Read more
The BMJ says has called global warming a ‘public health emergency’ And said that it will make the deaths from ebola seem insignificant Critics have described the articles as ‘alarmist’ and ‘desperate’ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2777192/Fury-medical-journal-joins-green-bandwagon-Think-tank-slams-BMJ-s-alarmist-global-warming-claims.html
Economic development agency Scottish Enterprise is putting £450,000 into an international fund which supports renewable energy projects. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-29450411
A leading Fife environmental consultancy is encouraging communities to sign the Big 60 000 project petition and to contribute to the environment and stop spiralling energy bill rises. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/fife-firm-says-small-scale-wind-turbines-will-help-tackle-spiraling-energy-costs-1.604997