By Iain Martin A lot of people, said David Cameron, had warned him he was “mad” to treat the environment as the number one concern. In response, he told them he felt deeply about climate change. He wanted, he said, to push the issue right up the agenda. It was Read more
By Richard Watt Councils across Scotland are now dealing with seven windfarm applications a day. Local authorities in Courier Country are among those labouring under a huge number of applications. Fife and Aberdeenshire authorities have received the largest number of applications, 196 and 428, respectively. The Scottish Conservatives have called Read more
Energy bills will continue to soar and ministers are powerless to protect households from them, Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary, warned yesterday. Days after one of Britain’s biggest utility companies increased its prices by more than 8 per cent, the Lib Dem minister said that politicians could not control the Read more
SAS Comment on Aberdeenshire turbine numbers, where the majority of turbines that have been consented remain unbuilt as yet: Not seeing turbines which have been consented lulls people into a false sense of security. This is very dangerous as many areas of Scotland such as Aberdeenshire are well past saturation Read more
Britain’s “energy and climate change” policies – including subsidies for wind farms and nuclear power stations – will add 41 per cent to the price of electricity in the UK by 2030 according to forecasts by the energy department. http://www.thegwpf.org/green-madness-climate-policies-add-41-electricity-prices-2030/
Mr Davey defended wind farms after it emerged that the number of turbine projects granted planning permission has more than doubled over the last two years. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/10375644/Wind-farms-are-value-for-money-Ed-Davey-says.html
The Conservative Party has said councils in Scotland have received more than 2,500 wind farm applications in the past 18 months. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24508808
A series of objections have been lodged by the Ministry of Defence to a proposed wind farm close to Hermitage Castle. http://www.hawick-news.co.uk/news/local-headlines/mod-turbines-a-flight-hazard-1-3137689