HAS the RSPB really helped safeguard the environment? I note that the RSPB
is celebrating that they have stopped the progressing of wind farms which
could “provide enough power for 1.4 million homes” (“RSPB wins fight over
wind farms”, The Herald, July 20).
The RSPB’s argument is that “consideration was not given to rare wildlife”
and that there was a lack of consultation “regarding environmental concerns
surrounding the project”. When making their argument has any consideration
been given regarding the wildlife, some of which could be rare, which will
die as a result of the fossil fuels or nuclear power which will be
providing the alternative energy source to provide “power for 1.4 million
homes”?
With global warming intensifying storms, causing flooding in some areas and
drought in others, human populations having to move to previously
unoccupied land and disturbing natural habitats, I would imagine the effect
on flora and fauna, without taking any consideration of resultant human
misery, would be considerable.
Maybe if they are not in Scotland, although some of them could be, they
don’t matter?
Jim Stamper,
40 Burnside Road, Rutherglen, Glasgow.
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