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Scotland’s areas of scenic beauty are more at risk from development than similar sites in England and Wales, the country’s leading conservation charity has claimed. Places such as Glencoe suffer from less protection in the planning process when compared to those in other home nations, analysis by National Trust for Read more
Madness of our worship of wind: They despoil our glorious countryside, add £6 billion a year to our household bills and are arguably the most inefficient solution to our energy crisis. So why is the Government planning to make it even easier to build them? Four per cent of total Read more
A government push for a new generation of onshore wind farms could make Britain even more reliant on gas, campaigners have claimed. A report by Net Zero Watch, which scrutinises climate policies, stated that turbines deliver “only an illusion” of energy security because they require more reliable sources of power Read more
More on the Supreme Court decision in Australia, including an interview with one of the plaintiffs and his solicitor. The Supreme Court’s decision, forcing a wind farm operator to shut down all of its turbines at night-time, lifts the lid on a toxic culture, where the wind industry torments and Read more
While I am sure we all support the long-term vision of greener energy we cannot ignore, in the short to medium term, the problem highlighted by the Ukraine crisis – the dependency of the UK and Europe on Russia for oil and gas energy which, by the autumn, will be Read more
One of Australia’s biggest renewable energy investors says a court’s decision to uphold complaints against a Victorian wind farm could have “dramatic” and chilling effects on the country’s transition away from fossil fuels. Alinta boss Jeff Dimery, whose company is one of Australia’s biggest private energy providers, said the ruling Read more
The Claimants in the Bald Hills windfarm nuisance case in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia have been successful after a three week trial in securing an injunction against the Bald Hills windfarm, and in obtaining an award of damages and aggravated damages for the noise nuisance held to exist. Operation of the Read more