Although windfarms account for only 4% of total constraint payments, it is only wind turbines that hit the headlines for getting ‘paid to do nothing’. Megan Darby finds out why http://www.utilityweek.co.uk/news/news_story.asp?id=199202&title=Analysis%3A+The+media+lays+into+%27rip-off%27+wind
Reuters Point Carbon LONDON, Sep 3 (Reuters Point Carbon) – Britain’s call for the EU to halve its greenhouse gas output by 2030 appears to have little support among other member states, EU documents showed Tuesday, casting doubt on the likelihood that the bloc will agree such a deep medium-term Read more
By James Delingpole Environment Last updated: September 3rd, 2013 Put him in the Special Punishment wing. He’s earned it If any business were to submit a prospectus as patently false and deliberately dishonest as the ones used to advance the cause of the global warming industry, its directors would all Read more
Campaigners have called for new protections for parts of Scotland that appear “under siege” by wind power developers. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/campaigners-say-landscapes-are-under-siege-by-wind-power-developers-1.126614
ENVIRONMENTAL health chiefs have dealt a massive blow to plans to build Aberdeenshire’s biggest windfarm on a landmark hill. http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3379059
Jenny Scobie is critical of both wind farms and salmon farms (Agenda, The Herald, August 31). It may make sense to try to sway the general public in the case of the latter, but surely when it comes to wind farms, she should be trying to convince her fellow landowners? Read more
By Simon Johnson, Scottish Political Editor SNP ministers must set a quota for the total number of wind farms in Scotland to help councils decide how many more should get the green light, the country’s planning chiefs have said. Heads of Planning Scotland (HoPS) said the Scottish Government’s new planning Read more
A ruling with force in international law that will reverberate across the UK, has been born from a successful challenge to the UK government’s procedure in planning and consenting wind farms. This will see the government bound to make significant changes in the role of the public in policymaking Read more