Alan Taylor Writer LAST summer, on the day that Germany walloped Brazil in the World Cup semi-final, I travelled by ferry from Aberdeen to Shetland in order to gauge what the islanders were making of the forthcoming independence referendum. It was my fourth visit and I was not Read more
By Emily Beament, Press Association Environment Correspondent A “LOOPHOLE” allowing some wind power schemes to claim overly generous subsidies costs hundreds of millions of pounds which could be spent on more clean energy, a report has claimed. Under the “feed-in tariff” payments system for small-scale wind schemes, operators Read more
By Leeza Clark The Scottish Government has been accused of ignoring its own experts in determining the development of large-scale windfarms. Rural and conservation bodies have come together to ask the Government to listen to its own advisors. The Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland, the Mountaineering Read more