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Exclusive: Jack Milroy could have lost some of his land to Equinor who considered using a compulsory purchase order to secure it to help it build new turbines off of Norfolk.  https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/shock-scots-farmer-threatened-losing-35439443?fbclid=IwY2xjawLGlTNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHjHLY28-A5mEGvMwOwoGqwoAwh7G2xYXOJu4XjUnTBlpHBOX28MelU2TvnFE_aem_qPYdaio3RcvDhCI4caIr7g

Two big articles in the Herald today about the wind farms on Skye and the Public Inquiry starting tomorrow.   https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25251674.onshore-wind-doesnt-feel-green-skye-windfarm-fight/ and https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25255598.windfarm-campaign-calls-planning-inquiry-skye/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLEmhRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtviJwPTAVZJm2hwJ5XqhMm31TIMT4kHM-wntZRrueBZdwr-4YyXGkgpsB66_aem_BuoVIQJK32EGzrwjnsxvGQ

Net zero technologies will backfire during heatwaves, Ed Miliband has been warned. Heat pumps, electric cars and solar panels are among the various decarbonisation initiatives being pushed by the Energy Secretary to help the UK reach net zero by 2050. But these technologies are at risk of breaking down, exploding Read more

Scotsman letters Planning language Words fail me too (Letters, 19 June). The Government has taken its eye off the ball. There is a much more important language than Gaelic or Scots that must be made official so they can pursue their dream of covering Scotland with wind farms – planning Read more

Government is acutely aware of the importance of this technical and complex piece of work. We are continuing to work with a broad range of stakeholders to ensure that updates to ETSU-R-97 provide decision makers with the best possible guidance, enabling onshore wind to be built whilst also balancing potential Read more

Exactly a week before Equinor’s planning application for sandwich tern mitigation measures at Loch Ryan is due to be heard by Dumfries & Galloway Council’s planning committee, the BBC website published a sympathetic article with the heading “Scots seabirds to get help from English wind farms”.   Is the timing coincidental?   Read more

Plans have been submitted to remove 34 turbines from a hillside in Easter Ross and replace them with 10 new ones – more than twice the size. Novar 1, near Evanton, has been operational since 1997. Operator Nadara has proposed decommissioning the existing turbines, which have a maximum blade tip Read more

Local campaign group Sustainable Shetland is one of the signatories of this open letter to First Minister John Swinney. It was sent earlier this month. Dear First Minister, We are calling for an immediate moratorium regarding all further wind farm decisions and related infrastructure. The purpose of a wind farm Read more