By Graeme Strachan Opposition is rapidly growing against a malt firm’s bid to put up a turbine at its Angus plant. Residents, the Ministry of Defence and the council’s countryside officer have all raised concerns against the application. Bairds Malt has 57 Angus employees and has supply contracts Read more
By David Kerr A star of a TV restoration programme has said his dream home could become a nightmare if wind turbines are built on his doorstep. Justin Hooper and wife Charlotte Seddon have been restoring the derelict control tower at Fearn airfield in Easter Ross where torpedo bomber crews Read more
Journalist David Rose has been labelled a ‘climate change denier’ Wrote article about scientists covering up data in ‘climategate’ scandal He believes ‘renewable’ sources such as wind and ‘biomass’ are futile One online commenter urged Mr Rose’s own children to murder him http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2934540/What-happens-dare-doubt-Green-prophets-doom.html
The anti-frackers are the same people who support gigantic wind farms. What is going on? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/11381674/Which-environment-do-environmentalists-really-care-about.html
An alternative investment that promised money for solar panels and 6.5 per cent annual returns – and claimed to be “protected, stable and socially responsible” – looks to have gone bust, potentially leaving thousands of UK investors out of pocket. http://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/thousands-of-uk-investors-could-lose-out-following-collapse-of-secured-energy-bonds-10015046.html
Plans to build a third wind farm near the village of Grantshouse in the Scottish Borders have been unveiled. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-31059750
Ian Marland THE estate made famous by TV series Monarch of the Glen has been slashed in price by almost £2 million as its owners struggle to find a buyer. Balavil Estate, Inverness-shire, was put on the market for £7m but is now up for grabs at offers over £5.25m Read more
Dumfries & Galloway MP Russell Brown and Galloway and West Dumfries MSP Alex Fergusson have welcomed the news that EDF Energy Renewables have decided not to pursue plans for the Airriequhillart wind farm. The plans would have seen 18 wind turbines erected near the village of Barrachan. There was strong Read more