By Jamie Ross North-east environmental campaigners have called on Aberdeenshire Council to “take control” of a wind turbine application which threatens to loom over the countryside. SNP councillor Sandy Duncan won planning permission for a second time to instal a turbine on land at Forglen, situated near to a group Read more
The Scottish Government should support new nuclear power stations and give the go-ahead to unconventional (shale) gas to meet the challenges ensuring stability and security of baseload electricity supply. In his Scottish energy policy paper which truly lives up to the name of its sponsor – Reform Scotland – Stuart Read more
The Trust has called for a genuinely independent study on the impact of industrial scale wind farms on tourism in rural communities and wild land areas, disputing a recent paper which claimed that wind farms don’t impact on tourism. Douglas Wynn, former academic and senior consultant and recently elected John Read more
Author: Dr Stuart Paton is an adviser to the oil and gas industry and former chief executive of Dana Petroleum. Reforming Scotland: This is the latest in a series of individual contributions to the publication, ‘Reforming Scotland’, which aims to set out a possible vision for Scotland’s future which can Read more
An Anglican priest has criticised the Church of England over a proposed wind farm in the Scottish Borders that he claims will desecrate the landscape. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/anglican-priest-attacks-church-over-wind-farm-kbrm7hg3f
Rebecca Garrett A developer’s apparent disregard for regulations at a planned wind turbine site in Dalry is a danger to the public and could put lives at risk, say members of the community. As the Herald has reported previously, people living near the site at Dove Hill are fed up Read more
Justice in the UK is open to all, like the Ritz Hotel” – Tom Bingham’s aphorism perfectly captures the position concerning access to the courts to enforce environmental laws in Scotland. Pocket depth is key. Developments in the judicial system have been made to address this (with more on the Read more