A new opinion poll published today by ComRes has shown strong public support for wind power, with four in five people (80%) in Scotland supporting onshore wind farms. This is even higher than the 73% of the UK public which support wind farms. ComRes interviewed 2,037 British adults online between Read more
Good news after a very long wait! http://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/CaseDetails.aspx?id=115381
Response to Dr Armstong regarding reports of nausea and dizziness in last week’s Largs and Millport News. https://scotlandagainstspin.org/2016/10/are-hunterston-turbines-making-people-sick-largs-and-millport-news/ Dr Armstrong Your e-mail to the North Ayrshire Council Environmental Health Department has been copied to me, as I have responsibility for population health protection. I have investigated these health concerns further, Read more
Gulls have been fitted with GPS “backpacks” as part of a project assessing the impact offshore windfarms have on birdlife. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-37688394
The Scottish government has approved plans for a new 19-turbine wind farm in the Lammermuir Hills between East Lothian and the Scottish Borders. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-37702391
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