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Locals flocked to Dunning village square at midnight to watch the lorry carrying the giant turbine blades negotiate the narrow streets. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/perth-kinross/5049597/simon-howie-wind-turbine-dunning-arrival/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEZdvdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdB5u_7WVwuHX0eZjOOaoc0FDaipbBUYBi3Cy747p64IaMfO04mINFynhA_aem_x4I4vqkoDZoeN_bzrmbbmw
WELL said Griff Rhys Jones (Mail). Rural residents of the UK applaud you for highlighting the scarring of our countryside with wind and solar farms, batteries and pylons. You will be aware of what can happen to celebrities such as Johnny Ball and David Bellamy who both spoke out against Read more
IF WE unleash an ‘emergency’ opportunistic free-for-all without laws, we achieve only chaos and scarring of the countryside. Smothering the UK’s most beautiful areas with industrial plant and the infrastructure to serve it, will not actually save the rest of the planet. We need an organised planning regime that includes Read more
JAMES Graham (Letters, July 26), is correct to say that the benefits of nuclear power outweigh those of wind generation. The scale of the Labour Government’s proposals to increase onshore and offshore generation is huge and how this output can be integrated into the grid is of great concern. What Read more
Huge volatility in renewable energy generation has underlined the scale of the challenge facing the Scottish Government in its net zero drive, which is set to become increasingly reliant on UK taxpayer funding. While officials hailed an increase in renewables output as the SNP headed for defeat in the general Read more
The £20 billion ”black hole” in the UK’S finances uncovered by the incoming government is indeed worrying. May I suggest one solution that would help at a stroke. Apparently £11bn of our money has been earmarked to give “Climate Aid” to a number of countries. That could be deferred, surely, Read more
A Labour government that actively colludes in the Highlands and Islands becoming a vast industrial estate will not easily be forgiven. It is entirely possible to save the planet and save the masterclass that is Scotland’s landscapes. https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24480952.gb-energy-must-not-licence-scar-scotlands-landscape/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEUZQtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRkl7RL9lHOB3oN1JJL3TIyeL0c8asABWqBELK6l175rM-xoI1kuwtIcvg_aem_ebRVzv6sOe4uzoSv_bHhOg
PRIME minister Keir Starmer’s plan to make Britain a clean energy superpower with 650,000 jobs seems optimistic, as so far the 12,000 windmills on land and offshore have created just 30,000 jobs, nearly all for a brief period during construction. Our green efforts have, however, made lots of other countries Read more