In the Highland splendour of Drum Lodge on the Dorback Estate, a tickled-pink Rich Stockdale nestles into an armchair before a magnificent open fire to interview a member of his staff. The CEO of Oxygen Conservation has every reason to be grinning from ear to ear as he lobs easy Read more
A brilliant piece of writing from Mark Hodgson The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which. Starmer the Harmer
Turbines rising to a height of 200 metres will be built close to the Flow Country World Heritage Site if plans for a new wind farm are approved. Altnabreac Wind Farm is proposed for a site south-east of Altnabreac railway station. The station is about seven miles from the Forsinard Read more
John Swinney has categorically ruled out new nuclear reactors in Scotland, after the UK Government moved to reform “archaic” planning rules south of the border. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24915374.trapped-1970s-snp-labour-clash-new-nuclear/?fbclid=IwY2xjawITFSlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVREYEyln-R1OVRLKvwCQq7cL0GLcwldK1qfRbz75On-pdzT3L7HJnmnsA_aem_bIm9jaYNYfSWL_ALnTEetg
A senior minister raised ‘real concern’ about the process for approving a major wind farm at the centre of an SNP donations row, explosive new documents have revealed. Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan highlighted a series of issues about the impact of the Green Volt offshore wind development and questioned Read more
Another new wind farm is being planned for a site in East Sutherland. Coriolis Energy has teamed up with ESB, Ireland’s partly state-owned electricity company, to bring forward plans to develop the 13-turbine Pollie Hill Wind Farm on Balnacoil Estate, some 17km north-west of Golspie. https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/plan-for-new-wind-farm-on-balnacoil-estate-in-east-sutherlan-373696/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIQlE1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHapOFFexIzrZrkSxJo3A5yE6RsrlYrmBffKwQRcI2ITMinUl0-zKd0E6SQ_aem_cpe1Ldl0zMraMpJiuvEavw
A FORMAL planning consultation has been launched for a proposed new wind farm on land between West Kilbride, Dalry and Fairlie. And the public now have until March 21 to respond. Developers Galileo Green Energy have lodged an official application with the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit in a bid Read more
Eileen West has a strange object in her home in Aberdeenshire – a scale model of a huge electricity pylon, built as part of a local campaign against the “monstrous” metal structures. A new pylon line is proposed just a few hundred metres from her home. The steel towers will Read more