THE Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is coming under increasing pressure to abandon its action in the UK Supreme Court against the decision of the Scottish Government to allow four wind farms to be constructed in the Firths of Forth and Tay. http://www.thenational.scot/news/15477604.RSPB___s_legal_case_against_wind_farm_could_cost_Scottish_taxpayer_up_to___200m/
THE wailing has begun regarding RSPB continuing with its battle to stop three huge offshore wind farms because of concerns the sea bird populations could be decimated (“RSPB in Supreme Court move in bid to halt wind farm development”, The Herald, August 16). The suggestion that the wind farms Read more
Councillors have rejected plans for a wind farm which the Mountaineering Council of Scotland said would form a “ring of steel” around a Galloway hill. They deferred a decision last month on Burcote Wind’s 10-turbine Longburn project near Carsphairn. The company had said the scheme would put about £2.5m into Read more