IT is a harrowing sight even for battle-hardened veterans of mass strandings – pristine white sands strewn with the helpless bodies of the dead and dying. Stretched out along the arcing spit of Tresness Beach in Orkney, the line marking the biggest mass stranding of whales in Britain for nearly Read more
ScottishPower is to add a large chunk of north-west England’s power grid to its network, after its parent company bought it for £2.1 billion. Spanish giant Iberdrola, which owns ScottishPower, said on Friday it has agreed to buy 88% of Electricity North West (ENW), which operates the grid from Carlisle Read more
Residents in a remote area of the Glenkens claim their lives are being disrupted by work on a windfarm. Metal plate matting has been put down on the C35s Lorg road to make it wide enough for a crane to access the Windy Rig site. However, locals say that delivery Read more
Another brilliant article from Brocklebank. What is the countryside good for if you are an ivory tower urbanite? Why, powering our cities, of course. Throwing up as many monster turbines as necessary to get the job done and, when there are more than enough, ordering the installation of yet more Read more
Locals flocked to Dunning village square at midnight to watch the lorry carrying the giant turbine blades negotiate the narrow streets. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/perth-kinross/5049597/simon-howie-wind-turbine-dunning-arrival/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEZdvdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdB5u_7WVwuHX0eZjOOaoc0FDaipbBUYBi3Cy747p64IaMfO04mINFynhA_aem_x4I4vqkoDZoeN_bzrmbbmw
WELL said Griff Rhys Jones (Mail). Rural residents of the UK applaud you for highlighting the scarring of our countryside with wind and solar farms, batteries and pylons. You will be aware of what can happen to celebrities such as Johnny Ball and David Bellamy who both spoke out against Read more
IF WE unleash an ‘emergency’ opportunistic free-for-all without laws, we achieve only chaos and scarring of the countryside. Smothering the UK’s most beautiful areas with industrial plant and the infrastructure to serve it, will not actually save the rest of the planet. We need an organised planning regime that includes Read more