Well here we are, eight years on from this article in Shetland News which everyone should read again. Viking Energy: the human impact Why is this sickening project happening? Why is our environment being destroyed and many Shetlanders’ lives permanently blighted along with it? Alice Walker (writer and social activist) Read more…
Plans to create one of the biggest offshore wind farms in the world off the north Wales coast have got a step closer despite fears over the impact on scenery. About 100 turbines could be built as part of plans for Awel y Môr, between Colwyn Bay and Llanfairfechan. Campaigners Read more…
Endless subsidies for wind turbines are said to be justified by the CO2 emissions they purportedly save. Europe’s peat bogs – natural CO2 sinks – are being ripped up, drained and destroyed to make way for these things, all in an effort to reduce CO2 emissions. Gouging 30m deep pits Read more…
This is a letter I sent concerning the wind farms; one I got no reply for despite sending it to many MPs and those directly involved with the decision-making: I don’t know if you will even read this letter of mine, I wonder how much words can do in a Read more…
Cornharrow , St John’s Town Of Dalry , Castle Douglas, DG3 4JD – Appeal Erection Of Windfarm Comprising Up To 8 Wind Turbines Maximum Height 149.9 Metres High), Formation Of Access And Access Tracks, Borrow Pit, Temporary Construction Compound, Erection Of Substation And Battery Storage Facility And Associated works. Dumfries Read more…
The Queen’s property managers have given the green light to the first floating offshore windfarm to be built off the coast of Wales, as the UK’s wind industry prepares to power into the Celtic Sea. The Crown Estate granted two new leases for windfarms in Welsh waters on Wednesday, including Read more…
Thousands of birds could be saved from being killed by wind farms by painting one blade on each turbine black, a study suggests. Eagles and other soaring birds of prey are particularly vulnerable to wind farms and they benefit most from making the blades more visible. Trials on Smola, an Read more…
A serious head injury caused to a sea eagle found stricken on Scottish moorland may have been caused by a wind turbine, the RSPB has said. The protected predator is the largest bird of prey in the UK. Its huge wingspan means it is sometimes called the “flying barn door”. Read more…