“Here the whole sky is smoke,” the writer Joseph Roth noted as he travelled through the Ruhr, Germany’s old industrial heartland, nearly a century ago. “It hangs in a grey pall over the land that has made it and that continues to make more of it … It is sacrifice, Read more
Rishi Sunak consults on plans for North Sea oil and gas tax to cover only profits on electricity generated from fossil fuels By Edward Malnick, Sunday Political Editor 4 June 2022 • 10:00pm Rishi Sunak had previously suggested all profits from electricity generation could be hit, regardless of the Read more
I AGREE with Elinor Ross (letter to the Northern Times, May 27) that the Scottish Government must do more to protect rural communities from repeated planning applications by developers, writes Michael O’Reilly, Inchomney, Rogart. In February this year, we were finally told, after more than three years of anxious waiting, Read more
I WAS outraged to read in a recent edition of the Northern Times letters page, how the chairman of Lairg Community Council, Iain Thomson, casually stated at a recent AGM, regarding the proliferation of wind farms in the area, that: “It is more by perception that there are a lot Read more
We mentioned a few days ago that the SAS petition to the Scottish Parliament will be discussed for the third time at the next meeting of the Committee on 15 June and will be streamed live. The Planning Minister, Tom Arthur has been invited to attend to answer questions from Read more
Muirhall Energy wants to build the 62-turbine Teviot Wind Farm with tip heights of 240 metres on land east of Priesthaugh, south of Hawick. The development was originally planned to be even more extensive but following local consultation, the Lanark-based renewable energy company reduced the number of turbines from the Read more
A map showing the extent of wind farms, proposed, consented and operational in the Southern Uplands of Dumfries and Galloway.
Just to let you all know that our Petition to the Scottish Parliament will have its third Hearing by the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee at its meeting on 15 June 2022. The committee will be taking evidence from the Minister for Finance, Planning and Community Wealth. SAS has Read more