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The headline on your website regarding Dr Sarah Taylor’s recent report on health impacts relating to wind farms needs clarifying. The Shetland Times headline read, “Wind farms annoying but not damaging to health, NHS report finds”. If the person who formed this headline had read Dr Taylor’s report, they would Read more
Opponents to the eight turbine windfarm at Brunta Hill have welcomed news that planning officers are recommending that it should not be given planning permission. Scottish Borders Council’s planning committee will decide on Monday, August 5, whether or not to let PNE Wind UK go ahead with the 100m high Read more
Climate change increases the risk of wars – and even fuels conflicts between individuals: This is the conclusion of a study published in the prestigious journal “Science”. But the paper has met with unusually strong criticism. Experts accuse the authors of gross errors and distorting data. http://www.thegwpf.org/study-climate-wars-met-fierce-criticism-2/ http://notrickszone.com/2013/08/02/hsiang-et-al-humiliated-top-experts-deem-paper-claiming-that-warming-leads-to-conflict-flawed-and-exaggerated/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Expert welcomes “largely positive framing” of new planning guidance for onshore renewable energy http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2013/august/expert-welcomes-largely-positive-framing-of-new-planning-guidance-for-onshore-renewable-energy/
£1 billion wind farm that’s snubbed British workers: Jobs row erupts as Clegg opens offshore complex built and maintained by foreigners Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2382898/1-billion-wind-farm-thats-snubbed-British-workers-Jobs-row-erupts-Clegg-opens-offshore-complex-built-maintained-foreigners.html#ixzz2ankBkrvu Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2382898/1-billion-wind-farm-thats-snubbed-British-workers-Jobs-row-erupts-Clegg-opens-offshore-complex-built-maintained-foreigners.html
A wind farm which could lie within a kilometre of the Southern Upland Way is being recommended for refusal by planning officials. The Brunta Hill scheme, proposed by developer PNE Wind, is set to be decided by members of the council’s planning committee on Monday. The proposed eight-turbine wind farm Read more
by Rosalind Griffiths Wind farms may cause “annoyance” and “distress” but they are unlikely to have any serious health implications apart from sleep disturbance and symptoms of stress. That is the conclusion of a report from NHS Shetland, written at the request of Shetland Charitable Trust. According to the report, Read more
Scotland Against Spin condemned today’s announcement by Ofgem as “grotesque and utterly immoral” and “proof that Ofgem is not fit for purpose and little more than the lackey of the wind industry”. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/10216239/Scottish-wind-farms-handed-1.3m-annual-discount-while-southern-power-plants-to-pay-more.html Spokeswoman Linda Holt said: “UK wind farms already revel in some of the highest subsidies in the Read more