Wind rush Dr Sam Gardner, ScottishPower’s head of climate change and sustainability, insists Government planning rules are delaying renewable energy schemes for years (28 September). He obviously doesn’t understand there is a good reason for the length of time taken for any application to work its way through the Read more
WINDFARMS were a hot topic once again at this month’s meeting of Moffat and District Community Council (MDCC). Community group Save Our Hills Moffat (SOHM) delivered a presentation on Tuesday night detailing their objections to the proposed windfarms at Scoop Hill and Rivox. The presentation was the second of its Read more
A beautiful poem. Thank you to George MacEachran for allowing us to post it on our website. Turbines loom, a stark display, Scotland’s beauty, they take away, Intruding on landscapes, we cherish so, To spare Europe’s need, they have to go. Once serene, the hillsides stood, Now disrupted, misunderstood, Turbines Read more