As the UK’s Brexit negotiations reach their endgame, Emmanuel Macron’s Napoleon complex has been on full display. The diminutive French president seems determined to derail the talks, appealing to tub-thumbing voters who like bashing les rosbifs. Ahead of next summer’s regional elections, and the 2022 presidential contest, Macron is vying Read more
A new fight over a controversial “ring of steel” wind farm planned in East Sutherland has started after the developer appealed against the refusal of planning permission. South Kilbraur Windfarm Limited, part of the Wind2 family of companies, had applied last year for consent to install the 149.9-metre turbines some Read more
News just in that Paul’s Hill II has been consented. Upper Knockando, Ballindalloch, AB37 9BS Moray Council The Scottish Ministers acknowledge that there will be some localised landscape and visual impacts but are satisfied, that overall, the proposed Development is appropriately sited and designed and that the removal of Turbine Read more
Boris ‘Bonkers’ Johnson’s plan to ‘power’ Britain on wishes, sunshine and breezes is more like Alice’s trip down the rabbit hole. Intriguing and fascinating, yes. But also a complete and utter fantasy. The concept smacks of delusion, at every level. Neil Collins tackles the topic from the economic perspective. This Read more
THE Synod received the Standing Committee interim report on ethical investment, which preceded and had relevance to the debate on climate change. Discussion of the issue at the June 2019 Synod meeting had been either “enthralling, ground-breaking, subversive, or confusing, depending on your point of view on the day”, the Read more
PLANS to erect a wind turbine in Neilston have been slammed by worried residents. A proposal to base the eco-friendly power source on grazing land south of the village’s Kingston Road has been lodged with East Renfrewshire Council. But some residents have expressed concerns about the potential impact on the Read more
Notice has been served that a planning application might be put forward to build a new windfarm on the border of Moray and Aberdeenshire. EnergieKontor UK, a subsidiary of a German-owned company, is tentatively looking at building nine turbines to the west of Haugh of Glass, as well as a Read more
A Caithness councillor has claimed that residents in the Reay area are being subjected to “corporate bullying” over the scale of wind farms planned for the surrounding area. Councillor Matthew Reiss said villagers fear being almost encircled by turbines and he accused renewable energy companies of “utter insensitivity to the Read more