IN a BBC Breakfast interview on Monday (November 1) Nicola Sturgeon, in response to a question on electrical generation in Scotland, replied: “Ninety-seven per cent of all electricity we consume in Scotland comes from renewables sources”. This is wrong. On the inside cover of a four-page advertising supplement presented with Read more
THE CLIMATE impact of digging up peat to build wind farms could be greater than thought, scientists are warning – raising questions over turbines in Shetland. Restoring damaged bogs is increasingly understood to be critical to meeting emissions targets, with more funding announced ahead of COP26 – and experts are calling for Read more
In her address to the world’s leaders at Cop26, the Queen praised her late husband, Prince Philip, for lighting the flame of environmentalism that lives on in Princes Charles and William. As long ago as 1969, she said, the former Duke of Edinburgh warned that pollution would make every other Read more
A PUBLIC inquiry into a wind farm rejected by Borders councillors will be held next year. Faw Side wind farm – which would straddle the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway – was opposed by Scottish Borders Council’s (SBC) planning and building standards committee in March. The fate of the project, Read more
Fell Wind Farm Site , Between Blackcraig Windfarm And Loch Urr, 7 Km To The South West Of Moniaive, DG3 4EN – The decision on this case has been issued. The case has been allowed, and consent has been granted. Dumfries and Galloway Council https://www.dpea.scotland.gov.uk/CaseDetails.aspx?id=121174
On Wednesday 27 October, during Portfolio questions, Oliver Mundell MSP asked Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, about reports that wind farm developers are offering payments to local residents in return for signing non-disclosure agreements and not objecting to planning applications. Anyone taking a “financial incentive” Read more
Possible seismic activity and issues connected to wind turbines are being considered as the probe into sea creatures washing up on Teesside’s beaches continues. One of the government agencies investigating the occurrence has told Teesside Live both are being looked at as the strange occurrence continues to be scrutinized. Last Read more
Wind farms on Scotland’s peatland could be doing much more damage to the climate than previously thought. The volume of greenhouse gases released when turbines and tracks are built on peat could be “significantly” underestimated, experts have told The Ferret. Peat-rich Shetland has become the epicentre of this debate – with Read more