News Elsewhere contains mainly articles we have permission to republish from Views of Scotland and Country Guardian. You can learn more about these organisations by visiting: http://www.countryguardian.net/ and http://www.viewsofscotland.org/. Occasionally we will also post news from elsewhere on the web.
MINISTERS are to miss a crucial deadline to stop breaches in the law that protects Scotland’s precious landscape, environment and wildlife. Scots legal justice charity, the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS), has raised concerns to the Scottish Government over the failure over the nation’s “unaffordable” court system after it Read more
The Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC) has called on developers of offshore wind to maximise opportunities for nature while working on infrastructure projects. Measures that provide habitat for shelter, feeding and spawning can be incorporated within wind turbine foundation options to help enhance biodiversity, according to a new report. Read more
SSE Renewables has announced that construction of its 50MW Aberarder onshore wind development has begun, due for completion in 2026. The developer and operator took a final investment decision on the project, which is based in the Scottish Highlands, in May with a nearly £100 million investment. Vestas will supply Read more
An edited statement from SAS in this article! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13705675/So-explosion-offshore-wind-farms-sound-death-knell-Scottish-seafood-industry.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawEbe49leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVZ0Y85GDjHqNROcMq403o87hW2qwSzptWnODIFH6gQs7EPX8XcB65lJgQ_aem_w_9yCga1Q7h2-pHSx5N9WA
IT is a harrowing sight even for battle-hardened veterans of mass strandings – pristine white sands strewn with the helpless bodies of the dead and dying. Stretched out along the arcing spit of Tresness Beach in Orkney, the line marking the biggest mass stranding of whales in Britain for nearly Read more
ScottishPower is to add a large chunk of north-west England’s power grid to its network, after its parent company bought it for £2.1 billion. Spanish giant Iberdrola, which owns ScottishPower, said on Friday it has agreed to buy 88% of Electricity North West (ENW), which operates the grid from Carlisle Read more
Residents in a remote area of the Glenkens claim their lives are being disrupted by work on a windfarm. Metal plate matting has been put down on the C35s Lorg road to make it wide enough for a crane to access the Windy Rig site. However, locals say that delivery Read more
Another brilliant article from Brocklebank. What is the countryside good for if you are an ivory tower urbanite? Why, powering our cities, of course. Throwing up as many monster turbines as necessary to get the job done and, when there are more than enough, ordering the installation of yet more Read more