A county councillor can be heard on tape seeking a Stg£10,000 payment to assist a company with planning permission for a windfarm. http://www.sundayworld.com/news/councillor-filmed-asking-for-loads-of-money-during-secret-meeting
The world’s once-surging greenhouse gas emissions, blamed for global warming, may have gone into decline. Figures to be published this week will show that global emissions neared a plateau last year and could fall this year — even as the world economy is growing. http://www.thegwpf.com/sunday-times-claims-greenhouse-gases-to-fall/
WHEN I lived in East Kilbride, the Whitelee Wind Farm dominated the skyline. The turbines didn’t bother me. In fact, I saw something majestic in them. http://www.thenational.scot/comment/carolyn-leckie-objections-to-wind-farms-arent-all-just-hot-air.10865
An outspoken critic of windfarms has called for the resignation of Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, following a court’s criticism of the Scottish Government’s handling of a controversial planning application for one of the region’s biggest schemes. https://www.energyvoice.com/other-news/94947/windfarm-critic-calls-for-resignation-of-energy-minister-fergus-ewing/
This video concerning adverse health of Wind turbines is projected on a giant screen throughout the whole of the exhibition of historical wind mills of Paris at the Montmarte Museum http://epaw.org/echoes.php?lang=fr&article=n429 http://eolinfo.net/index.php?subid=57718&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=1137&mailid=213
Country representatives and green groups say French summit is more cordial and efficient than Copenhagen five years ago http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/05/paris-climate-change-talks-draft-french-summit
Energy firm SSE and MSPs will meet to discuss a key contract for the £3billion Beatrice offshore windfarm in the Outer Moray Firth amid concerns about fabrication yard closures if the work goes outside Scotland. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/north-of-scotland/771161/sse-and-msps-to-meet-and-discuss-3billion-windfarm-work/
The BBC tried to prevent climate sceptics from taking part in a Radio 4 programme about the Met Office – See more at: http://www.thegwpf.com/bbc-trust-condemns-bbc-for-failure-to-censor-climate-programme/#sthash.WW8ILyq2.dpuf http://www.thegwpf.com/bbc-trust-condemns-bbc-for-failure-to-censor-climate-programme/