I NOTE an excellent letter from Bill Eadie (Letters, August 31) on missing green energy jobs in Scotland. If I may add another dimension: Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse reiterated the Scottish Government’s position that no nuclear power plants would be built and electricity would be generated from renewable sources. When Read more…
There are concerns that a lack of money post-Covid could leave governments unable to make the policy interventions needed to drive the energy transition. Lord Ian Duncan, former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Climate Change, also said the funds required to hit climate targets and commitments will likely have Read more…
Rules supporting sustainable development in Scotland will be removed under new Scottish Government proposals – harming renewable energy deployment and the country’s efforts to tackle the climate emergency. The change would remove the presumption in favour of “development that contributes to sustainable development” from Scottish Planning Policy. The rule was Read more…
The mining necessary for producing renewable energy could exacerbate threats to biodiversity, researchers have found. The production of renewable energy requires metals and other materials which are mined. Researchers mapped the areas around more than 60,000 mining properties to assess whether they overlapped with biodiversity conservation sites. The scientists found Read more…