April 8, 2023

Large scale developments, such as the proposed Windfarms in Orkney, both onshore and offshore, require to produce environmental impact reports. That is an essential component of the planning process. But new work done by researchers at the University of East Anglia has pointed out the limitations in these assessments.

Scars on landscape Dick Webster (Letters, 6 April) is correct that greening our economy will ruin our landscape, and make the rich even richer. Cheap overhead power cabling is inevitable because the national grid was not designed to accept small power generation from distant locations, and the proposed overhead line Read more…