Conversations In addition to the formal sessions with author presentations we will be having a series of “conversations”. We have a significant session at this conference on the health effects and impact of turbine noise on neighbours so the first conversation on our list is between Aileen Jackson and Rosemary Read more
NICOLA Sturgeon has announced the Scottish Government will draw up a plan to attract “new and additional sources of investment” in order to meet key climate change targets. The First Minister has also insisted that the UK hosting the COP26 conference in Glasgow later this year is crucial to global Read more
Equal rights? Nicola Sturgeon says she wants to rebuild and revitalise Scotland (Scotsman, 8 March). She wants to know who has the right to decide the kind of country we should be, the people of Scotland or Boris Johnson. I would like to ask her who has the right to Read more
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has urged the Scottish and UK governments to work together to secure jobs for BiFab. The ex-Labour leader said it was time to make good on promises to invest in offshore wind and bring work to the Fife yards. Mr Brown, who was involved in Read more
THE developers of a proposed wind farm that was rejected by Borders councillors have accused local authorities of speaking “with forked tongues”. At a meeting of Scottish Borders Council’s planning committee last week, members opposed plans to build a 45-turbine wind farm across the region and Dumfries and Galloway. Following Read more
A farmer has won High Court orders on consent overturning a decision to grant consent to the ESB for a grid connection between a Co Cork wind farm and an electricity sub-station. Ian Collins, of Maulakieve, Bantry, had brought proceedings against An Bord Pleanála and the State aimed at overturning Read more
CLARK Cross (Letters, February 28) raises legitimate concerns about the prospect of the tallest wind turbines in the world being deposited in East Ayrshire. In answer to his question of whether or not Banks Renewables will provide audited figures on the amount of harmful emissions that this development will create Read more
The Government have sanctioned the development of a new coal mine in Cumbria and it seems it’s not been a popular decision for a lot of organisations. The Prime Minister has declared his commitment to making Great Britain’s entire electricity network net zero carbon by the year 2050. In order Read more