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Concerns have been raised over whether burning wood for electricity is a genuine renewable energy source The Government’s plan to reach net zero relies on burning the equivalent of the New Forest every five months, The Telegraph can reveal. Ministers plan to use technology to remove carbon from the atmosphere Read more
The construction of onshore Scottish windfarms has created 4.9 million tons of emissions – which are then gradually offset during the lifetime of the turbines. But the payback time can be as long as 10.8 years. The developments which create by far the most emissions are those built on peatland. Read more
The SAS petition was heard for the third time by the Scottish Parliament Petitions Committee this morning. As it was also being debated at the same time as another wind farm petition to make shared ownership mandatory, our fear was that this would muddy the waters and unfortunately that is Read more
Wake up The UK is in the hands of those who have created huge contradictions of purpose in our national efforts. We are catering for those who have schemes so impractical as to be unbelievable – to anyone except government, that is. The Net Zero and renewables drive is Read more
More people are employed servicing rollercoasters and ghost trains in the UK than working on wind turbines, a leading trade union has claimed. The GMB said the fact that more British workers are employed at theme parks like Alton Towers and Legoland than in the wind industry shows how badly Read more
The Agenda for the next Hearing of the SAS Petition is now available on the Scottish Parliament website. https://www.parliament.scot/…/2022/cppps62211/agenda We were told that only the Planning Minister, Tom Arthur MSP would be giving evidence but apparently Andy Kinnaird, Head of Transforming Planning, and Neal Rafferty, Senior Adviser, Heat in Buildings Read more
A WIND farm project in the Borders has been halted after a pair of golden eagles were spotted near the site. Fred Olsen Renewables (FOR) wants to build eight turbines, with a maximum tip height of 180 metres, at the 543m high Scawd Law mountain above the ‘Granites Road’, the Read more
Trawling, dredging, fish farms, mining and offshore turbines should not be allowed in the most sensitive areas of Scotland’s seas to protect fragile habitats and boost struggling sealife, according to a coalition of leading environmental charities. Scottish ministers have committed to protecting 30 per cent of the country’s waters for Read more