Offshore wind turbines will be painted black in an attempt to stop bird collisions after Donald Trump raised concerns about the issue with Sir Keir Starmer. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/02/26/wind-turbines-paint-black-donald-trump-birds-keir-starmer/?fbclid=IwY2xjawItBIhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHb4Lpu7Cj0IBdBJZ1hQ63PTvNyA7-2bz1kQSvBScuNnVpGR-aDi-lOofwQ_aem_2X_mUXswq7lWCItW2PSiBg
Most of Britain’s skyrocketing electricity bills are being blamed on subsidies for renewables and Net Zero policies, new analysis shows. https://www.gbnews.com/news/net-zero-blame-surging-electricity-bills-prices-increase-10-years-new-analysis-shows
A reader comes up with an intriguing alternative to the planned Star of Caledonia sculpture at Gretna (Scotsman) I hope I am not too late to submit an alternative design for the Gretna crossing sculpture, the Star of Caledonia (Scotsman, 22 February). I think the current proposal lacks ambition, only Read more
They have roamed a moorland in southern Scotland for centuries. Now residents are fighting to save the growing population of wild goats near Langholm in the Scottish Borders after a rewilding organisation revealed it wants to cull some of them as part of its ‘future restoration plans’. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14431401/Anger-grows-plan-cull-feral-goats-moorland-used-rewilding.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawIqb6lleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVfCcd3iQ55qjUOLkmutSm777zzd5Dm0jW0x5189xFUxfzA5IPgbY7sYnQ_aem_wg9jLGLwxSRmnuUHEcPL1Q
Big spread in the National today on wind farms. Unfortunately we don’t have all the links. https://www.thenational.scot/news/24957016.wind-energy-supply-chain-changes-scottish-firm-leads-way/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIqbwtleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQIYSmSJip9Cw3wky91rHAzyTF-2r9673suU0JcHa9dNvXp0p1FtAV5Xog_aem_daBr9R49yyeWARgACUZd3Q https://www.thenational.scot/news/24957083.can-scotland-thousands-old-wind-turbines/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIqbzxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSdYE2BgIOgu21qQW5JPWjMyJwJEdmf6UCiQff3Jq9hsjZmiSO7y2gbt7Q_aem_fmgHUzAaV8-hDd6wfxNUkg
A fire broke out at a battery storage facility near Rothienorman in Aberdeenshire this afternoon. The incident to the north of the village at the facility at Middleton of Blackford started at around 2.20pm. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6698557/fire-rothienorman-battery-storage/
First Minister John Swinney challenged over the decision to allow more than 100 pylons to be built across Dumfries and Galloway More than 1,000 people objected to SP Energy Networks’ Kendoon to Tongland Reinforcement project and Scottish Government reporter Katrina Rice recommended the plans were refused – only for them Read more
WE would like to make a few points in response to Sarah McArthur’s article, “Wind farms will never be free from opposition despite popularity” (Feb 16). Scotland Against Spin previously undertook extensive research which exposed the gross misinterpretation and misrepresentation of various polls conducted on behalf of RenewableUK, the voice Read more