FRANKLY, I shall be glad to see the back of fossil fuels. For the whole of my working life they have caused trouble – or rather have been weaponized by an assortment of troublesome men. Just after the war the Labour Government and the National Union of Mineworkers were at Read more
In the space of one single day, (8 December) our wind farm addicted Scottish Ministers consented 4 wind farms with a total of 87 giant wind turbines in Moray, East and South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway. Obviously little consideration was given to the further destruction of cherished landscapes, wildlife Read more
A wind farm in southern Scotland has been given the all clear to pass the 100-turbine mark. The Kilgallioch development straddles the border between Dumfries and Galloway and South Ayrshire. It currently has 96 turbines but the Scottish government has now approved the construction of a further 11. It said Read more
Thirty years ago, Donnie and Evelyn Morrison built their home in the quiet Weisdale Valley of the Shetland Islands, on the same site where Donnie’s grandfather lived in the early 1900s. The original house on the site dated back to the 1750s, and had fallen into disrepair since his grandfather’s Read more
Sleeping people respond to both wind farm noise and road traffic noise, but not usually enough to wake them up, according to new Flinders University research. Published in the Journal of Sleep Research, researchers used an electroencephalogram (EEG) to analyse the brainwaves of 23 young healthy people while they experienced Read more
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Taller turbines are on the way for a Caithness wind farm which councillors had previously rejected. Highland Council’s north planning committee agreed to a revised planning application at Limekiln wind farm. The discussion was tense, as councillors grappled with a revision to an application that was initially thrown out in Read more
The First Minister may be dancing a merry jig with her Green partner Patrick Harvie over Shell’s decision to withdraw from investment in the Cambo oil field but as they look over their shoulders they will recognise another participant in this drama that could yet let sanity prevail. The energy Read more