A LEADING green energy entrepreneur has thrown his support behind an island community as they wage a David and Goliath style battle against a major wind farm developer. Steve McDonald, whose renewables projects include The UK’s biggest onshore wind farm project at Whitelee near Eaglesham in East Renfrewshire, said he Read more
We’re not the only ones with private water supply problems! The mayor of Chatham-Kent is taking the concerns of dirty well water straight to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change. http://blackburnnews.com/chatham/chatham-news/2017/08/18/ck-mayor-calls-environment-ministry-address-well-water-concerns/
Christopher Hope A Government review into soaring energy costs is “fatally damaged” because it has appointed a City adviser who makes money from energy schemes that are blamed for keeping bills high, it was claimed last night. Richard Nourse, who was appointed to the five strong advisory panel advising Professor Read more
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
Work at a Waterside windfarm was forced to stop after an enforcement notice was issued on Wednesday East Ayrshire Council issued a stop and enforcement notice to Community Windpower in relation to works at Sneddon Law Windfarm. It was discovered that work so far undertaken have not complied with planning Read more
Martin Williams A CONSERVATION charity has applied for permission to go to the highest appeal court in the land to stop a major wind farm development in Scotland which it fears will threaten sea bird colonies. RSPB Scotland are seeking a Supreme Court appeal of the decision by the Scottish Read more