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.
Sue Hobart, 57, is suing town of Falmouth and Notus Clean Energy claiming that their three wind turbines are behind her health problems http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2470169/Wind-Turbine-syndrome-sufferers-Cape-Cod-sue.html
The Scottish government approved an extension to a wind farm west of Aberdeen that will enable the site to supply more than 48,000 local homes. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-25/scotland-backs-wind-farm-extension-to-supply-48-000-homes.html
Nuclear power vs wind farms: the infographic the Government doesn’t want you to see http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/willheaven/100243023/nuclear-power-vs-wind-farms-the-infographic-the-government-doesnt-want-you-to-see/
At last, after months of negotiation, the UK government has given the go-ahead in principle to EDF (with financial backing from others, including two Chinese companies) to build a 1600MW nuclear plant on the existing Hinkley Point site in Somerset. The key factor was for the two sides to agree Read more
David Cameron plans to halve the green levies in energy bills while clearing the way for a windfall tax on suppliers before the next election. ScottishPower became the latest of the leading energy companies to increase prices yesterday, warning its 2.2 million customers of above-inflation rises that will add Read more
Oct 24 (Reuters) – There is probably no long-term commercial future for the oil refinery and associated petrochemicals plant at Grangemouth in Scotland even if the current owners, Ineos and PetroChina, can resolve their dispute with workers and the labour union. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/24/britain-refinery-idUKL5N0IE2MF20131024
The National Trust is for many a British institution. But our changing society means it speaks on issues such as fracking and wind farms. C4 News talks to trust director general Dame Helen Ghosh http://www.channel4.com/news/national-trust-fracking-wind-farms-helen-ghosh
Anti-wind farm campaigners from the Borders joined a mass protest in Perth at the weekend against the spread of turbines across Scotland. http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/local/wind-farm-opposition-disputes-1-8m-benefit-to-community-1-5621831