October 18, 2016

The French energy company which owns the two Scottish nuclear power stations has re-started lobbying the SNP. Paris-based EDF took over the Torness and Hunterston atom plants when it acquired the privatised operator British Energy plc after it went into financial meltdown over the vast costs of storing highly radio-active Read more

Consent for the construction of a 22-turbine wind farm in the Highlands has been given by the Scottish government.   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-37677185

Congratulations to Val Martin, who took on An Bord Pleanala in the High Court and won. This amazing achievement is testimony to the fact that it is possible for a person, with no formal legal training, but with bucketloads of planning knowledge and guts, to take on the State apparatus Read more