A senior SNP Minister has been accused of “misleading” parliament after underestimating the cost of building wind farms in Scotland. Net Zero Secretary Gillian Martin was arguing in Holyrood about why the Scottish Government are sticking all their hopes in renewable energy rather than including nuclear and oil and gas Read more
More on the debate in the Scotsman The Scottish Government has been warned it is overseeing “hundreds of kilometres of monster pylons” across the countryside by ruling out new nuclear power. https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/snp-warned-over-hundreds-of-kilometres-of-monster-pylons-across-scottish-countryside-5017763?fbclid=IwY2xjawI08mhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRaWD8CccEfi4wWRUujUoK6M604LnOl2BdtcCifQZQWhAkwdk6LimzDUfw_aem_gpjGUDGPcat5Hu5BX0aZ8g
That was some debate. Grateful thanks to Douglas Lumsden in particular (we hope his blood pressure returns to normal at some point) and also Rachael Hamilton and Finlay Carson. Sadly Gillian Martin’s motion was agreed and the Scottish Government won the debate, there will be no nuclear in Scotland. The Read more