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.
By Jonathan Brocklebank WHEN they bought it seven years ago, they hoped it would be their forever home. Now they fear that they will have no choice in the matter – that they will be stuck there. For now, the dream cottage in rural Aberdeenshire which Sheena Hickey and Chris Read more
ind farm owners are being investigated by the energy watchdog for alleged market manipulation after they were accused of overcharging consumers by £100m. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/03/24/wind-farms-investigated-after-overcharging-customers-100m/
Angry about the march of giant turbines across Scotland? Then read this jaw-dropping exposé of how big businesses are burnishing their green credentials at huge cost to consumers By Jonathan Brocklebank Over the next few months Scotland’s latest steel and carbon fibre forest will begin to rise from the sea. Read more
Councillors have gone against planning officer advice and opposed proposals for a major wind farm in southern Scotland. They had been recommended not to object to the 60-turbine Scoop Hill scheme a few miles south east of Moffat. However, they voted to oppose the project on the grounds of its Read more
Nine years after the Scottish Government rejected the controversial Allt Duine wind farm by Kincraig, a new application to develop a site west of the village has been published. Ampyr Energy and ESB Asset Development UK, in partnership with four Highland estates are ‘currently investigating the potential their land offers Read more
SCOTTISHPOWER’S owner is to plough £4.3 billion in Scotland to invest in renewables and networks that connect wind farms with energy users. The investment is included in a record €10bn that Spanish-owned Iberdrola plans to spend in the UK by the end of 2026. Iberdrola reckons Scottishpower can play Read more
This film exposes the climate alarm as an invented scare without any basis in science. It shows that mainstream studies and official data do not support the claim that we are witnessing an increase in extreme weather events – hurricanes, droughts, heatwaves, wildfires and all the rest.
Continued delays to the updated climate change plan and further slippage in climate policies mean that the Climate Change Committee no longer believes that the Scottish Government will meet its 2030 target. Scotland has a statutory 2030 goal to reduce emissions by 75%, while there is no comprehensive strategy for Read more