One of the Labour party’s biggest donors is facing questions over his tax affairs after he was accused of avoiding tax on a multi-million pound company loan The most senior business leader to back Ed Miliband has been accused of avoiding tax over a multi-million pound company loan. Dale Vince, Read more
Scottish Water has been branded as one of Scotland’s biggest polluters after government figures revealed that it has been guilty of 51 pollution offences in the last ten years. The public water company has been fined more than £240,000 for 47 spills, leaks and discharges between 2005 and 2014. It Read more
Homeowners who think the price of their house would be hit by a nearby windfarm development should be able to claim compensation, the Scottish Conservatives have said. http://www.scottishconservatives.com/2015/02/rural-action-plan-calls-windfarm-compensation-homeowners/
A developer wants to increase the height of turbines at a Caithness windfarm. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/489336/developer-bids-to-increase-the-height-of-caithness-turbines/ >
We are all individual, but for some who never leave the comfort zone their concept of place and perspective is completely different to some who prefer and who enjoy being in the outdoor environment and in the more remote areas of Shetland, places such as the hills and Read more
Mark Latham Deputy Business Editor New ways to slash the costs of offshore wind based on a two-year programme of research by the Glasgow-based Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (OREC) are set to be unveiled in a report to be published later this month. The report, which makes use Read more
Tom Gordon Scottish Political Editor A CONTROVERSIAL windfarm which could bag the Scottish Tories’ Environment spokesman £8million would be visible across more than 25 miles of iconic landscape, planning files have revealed. All 15 turbines proposed for Ardchonnel windfarm above Loch Awe in Argyll, which is on land Read more
The leaders of the UK’s three main political parties have pledged a cross-party fight against climate change. http://renews.biz/84154/uk-leaders-make-climate-vow/