Government says carbon storage technology not cost-efficient, while critics say U-turn will double cost of tackling climate change https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/20/treasury-cut-carbon-capture-storage-cost-uk-30bn
Kevin Scott THE HERALD is helping to keep the lights on in Scotland by teaming up with Edinburgh-based aggregator, Flexitricity. Titles in the Herald and Times Group have become the first newspapers to partner with the firm, which gives the National Grid access to the publisher’s back-up generators during times Read more…
PLANS for a windfarm at Scotland’s largest nature reserve have been axed and a raft of others have been legally stalled in a victory for campaigners and conservationists. The Court of Session has ruled in favour of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in its challenge against the Read more…
“We welcome your review because, despite mounting anecdotal and academic evidence, for too long mitigation against adverse health effects following the construction of wind turbines has been absent from planning guidelines and noise pollution regulations in many European countries, especially with respect to sound below 200 Hz.” http://en.friends-against-wind.org/health/open-letter-to-the-who