Skye is not for sale’: Scottish Highland residents stand strong as wind farm inquiry takes off – Scotsman

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A councillor from the Isle of Skye who resigned from a council’s planning process over the way developments are handled has spoken out against wind farm plans at the centre of a public inquiry this week.
Ruaridh Stewart joined members of the community pushing back against plans to repower[ Ben Aketil wind farm near Dunvegan, at the hearing on Monday.
Speaking ahead of Monday’s hearing, Mr Stewart, who lives in the south of the island, said: “I am here to make sure this community has a voice and that the Scottish Government hear loud and clear that Skye is not for sale.  https://www.scotsman.com/hays-way/skye-is-not-for-sale-highland-residents-stand-strong-as-wind-farm-inquiry-takes-off-5189778?fbclid=IwY2xjawLHNKNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhu452WEAQ_xcQEhz8rzrzENKgefXAt7AGGLFT1TIIJoXjpZ-_2bYc5OGYT3_aem_558zAqxj0cBwcHBZPtAROQ
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