SIR – The Government’s obsession with net zero – at the expense of our standard of living, our ability to properly heat our homes and our ability to travel freely – is sowing the seeds of the next serious split between the establishment and the people. No one voted to Read more
THE front-page article of The Herald on October 20 (“1,100 species and habitats damaged by climate change”) makes various claims that so-called climate change is reducing populations of birds and insects, and that we need to take action. But the elephant in the room here are wind turbines. We are Read more
Hair-raising clip shows pro-cyclist Danny MacAskill try terrifying stunt on wind turbine blade https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/hair-raising-clip-shows-pro-25276783?fbclid=IwAR39AsdlPizC0ofBzgbJS7xE_kOX_ssGdBqDSn4YqAb4uh7M4qXhaxtpSfA
Opponents of Mochrum Fell are angry that the developers were able to appeal to the Scottish Government as the local authority hadn’t made a decision within the required timeframe https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/windfarm-campaigners-accuse-dumfries-galloway-25259329?fbclid=IwAR0wE4Yhe7DK3rFRPUj1r5HpYG_QD3vJ9ulyMtvmuWv4XYIalTeHTrlGZ90
“Kerry’s talk” (Editorial, 20 October) will count for little if the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – fail to attend the COP26 conference as it means that Western nations require to meet the challenge of reducing the current 20p/unit price of renewable energy to less Read more
Your may remember we were trying to organise a debate in the Scottish Parliament on the Effect of wind farms on communities, along the same lines as the one we had in 2011. https://www.theyworkforyou.com/sp/?id=2011-12-01.42.0 We’re delighted that Finlay Carson MSP has now agreed to organise this for us. We’ll be Read more
Scotland is missing out on offshore wind farm jobs while English yards are “booming”, says a former SNP government minister. New research from the House of Commons reveals developments in the north of England are seeing turbine construction and a jobs boom. Kenny MacAskill, former SNP justice secretary and Alba Read more
ECU00003335 Highland Installation of a wind farm comprising of up to 12 x 149.9 turbines, associated infrastructure and a battery energy storage system The Development is to be located 8.5 kilometres (km) south of Halkirk in Caithness http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationDetails.aspx?cr=ECU00003335