Turbines are fire risk You have once again highlighted the horrors of raging wildfires (“Wildfires ‘becoming danger to human life’, say gamekeepers battling them”, The Herald, July 1). Several roads in the Carrbridge, Dava, Grantown-on-Spey and Knockando areas are closed due to hazardous smoke, visible for miles around. Here in Read more
A NATIONAL group fighting to halt further wind farms says the scale of development around New Cumnock is incomparable to anywhere else in Scotland.Scotland Against Spin has been campaigning for more than a decade for the reform of the Scottish Government’s wind energy policy.The group keeps an eye on wind Read more
Series of articles to come. LIKE them or loathe them, wind turbines have become a permanent feature of our landscapes in recent years. Across East Ayrshire, dozens of developers have thrown up hundreds of the towering structures – with plenty more in the pipeline. But one area in particular, dubbed Read more
Please respond to this consultation Views sought on proposals which would introduce the crime of ecocide into Scots law for the first time Should causing severe environmental damage be treated as a serious and distinct criminal offence? Are current penalties imposed by courts on individuals and organisations adequate? Could creating Read more