Now that we are into August can we remind everyone that the deadline for the Ecocide Bill Consultation is 9 September. Details on how to respond can be found here Also the deadline for responses to the Consultation on the Assessment and rating of wind turbine noise guidance: proposed updates, Read more
The deadline for responses to the Consultation on the Assessment and rating of wind turbine noise guidance: proposed updates, is 29 August. The Consultation can be found here You can respond via the online platform Citizen’s Space. You don’t have to answer all the questions if you don’t want Read more
British households and businesses face a £33m bill for switching off wind farms during Storm Floris despite gusts of more than 100mph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/06/britons-pay-33m-switch-off-wind-farms-during-storm-floris/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMB3apleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlDZ1q4tQPwZbdPZyAtl-Ln4i21MySudrIPIrVmamaxi86Yf_6-TqsCA0jG2_aem_yHA7Gotn4tYVj9iEOp3TXw
Attached below is the reply that Thor Klein has just received from John Swinney in response to the letter sent to him, signed by over 40 groups, asking for a moratorium on wind farm development. The response is sadly much as we expected. Well done Thor for all your efforts. Read more
A WIND farm development is to be considered by Scottish Borders Council. Alerion UK has submitted a scoping report to planning officers at the local authority. It is a development consisting of up to four wind turbines and associated infrastructure, including electrical transformers, hard-standings, access roads, cabling, borrow pits and Read more
Our reply (and others) to that letter in the Scotsman yesterday! Scotsman letters CAT PROTECTION If E Campbell’s claim is correct, (letters 5 august 2025) then cats kill one quarter of all UK birds every year, which we very much doubt. In dismissing as relatively small the number of birds Read more
As members of the DPEA Stakeholder Forum, Aileen and Rachel attended the meeting on 2 June on behalf of SAS. It is obvious from the minutes and from attending the meeting, that there are serious concerns from a number of quarters that public participation in the planning and appeal process Read more
Scotsman letters In an open letter to John Swinney, signed by 18 environmental and civic groups including Friends of the Earth and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, he was asked to stop the increasing level of plastic pollution in Scotland (Scotsman, 4 August). It is quite ironic that just days before, Read more