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.
Today’s portfolio questions in the Scottish Parliament at 2pm will include a question from Oliver Mundell relating to our current Petition to the Scottish Parliament. https://www.parliament.scot/…/pe1864-increase-the… Oliver Mundell S6O-03359 4. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the energy minister has had with ministerial colleagues regarding any support that it Read more
A campaign group is urging the Scottish Government to make a speedy determination on a controversial overhead pylon line through the heart of the Stewartry Galloway Without Pylons led opposition to SP Energy Networks’ Kendoon-Tongland Reinforcement (KTR) project at a protracted public inquiry at Kirkcubright and Castle Douglas held over Read more
We are hopeful of a date for the ninth Hearing of our Petition to the Scottish Parliament before Summer recess. As you know, the Petition requested, among other things, that effective community engagement was undertaken for all wind energy development applications. This was also emphasised in Petitioner’s submission of Read more
Sir Keir Starmer will undermine his own climate plans if he trashes the countryside in his drive for wind and solar power, green groups have warned. Nature charities are concerned that Labour’s plan to decarbonise the power grid by 2030 and build thousands of homes on the green belt are Read more
AN ENERGY company has vowed to work with the local community after lodging a bid to build a wind farm near Peebles. The 13-turbine application was submitted to the Scottish Government’s energy consents unit (ECU) by Belltown Power UK today (Friday, April 26). The proposed site is approximately 4.5km northeast Read more
Second Chance WHAT a great way to start the day. The Greens are out of government They were less environmentalists and more power-crazy opportunists pushing half-baked policies with the fervour and single-minded intent of one of our magnificent red stags galloping into the rut: the ones they put a target Read more
More and better strategic planning is required to avoid losing valuable farmland as brownfield sites lie idle, says Kenny Macaskill https://www.pressreader.com/article/281938842977295?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2oB3AosPUeWchQcTrXdmngpo3hrBpxCniNyDrdNA9mgp7NsGmYcQ-Jj7c_aem_AR3sX_uBfZj7xHQZlHlH-JVEdZNdLxzxl-14lEDCjbVI8Dav61Qy-go6xmNTuSB3B_Z9diEsswMOQe740HvmetA0
Well done to Celia Hobbs (letters 24 April) for pointing out that 49 per cent of council decisions on wind farms, based on expert advice, have been overturned at appeal since 2007. What she omitted to say is that these figures are only for applications for single turbines and small Read more