A new campaign has been launched by the Solar Trade Association and Renewable UK opposing the Government’s plans to cut financial support to small-scale renewables, including wind turbines and solar panels. http://www.scottishenergynews.com/new-industry-campaign-urges-govt-rethink-over-cuts-to-small-scale-renewables/
Developers have appealed against the decision to refuse an eight-turbine wind farm in Dumfries and Galloway which attracted nearly 600 objections. Falck Renewables is behind the plans at Mochrum Fell, west of Corsock and north-east of Parton. Dumfries and Galloway Council refused the application in June this year. The decision Read more
A group of campaigners took a stroll in the countryside to raise funds for Save Straiton for Scotland . http://www.carricktoday.co.uk/what-s-on/walkers-raising-funds-for-windfarm-group-1-3895645
A group of campaigners took a stroll in the countryside to raise funds for Save Straiton for Scotland . Over £760 was raised at the Straiton Stroll to support the campaign protecting the stunning landscape and communities around Straiton from what the walkers called ‘inappropriate industrial development’. The campaign, organised Read more
SNP energy minister Fergus Ewing was on the brink of resigning after being told to announce a moratorium on fracking, one of Holyrood’s most high-profile MSPs has claimed. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13785772.SNP_energy_minister_was__on_brink_of_resigning__over_fracking_policy/?ref=ebln