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.
We have just had confirmation that the next Hearing of the SAS Petition will be heard on 2 February. https://www.parliament.scot/…/pe1864-increase-the… The Committee has not requested our presence at this meeting. The agenda for the meeting will be available on the Committee’s website on Monday, 31 January. The agenda will show Read more
Wind of change Further to Claire Mack’s article (Perspective, 20 January), the saying goes: “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat the same mistakes.” Scotland has long been an exporter of oil and gas and seems about to become a net exporter of renewable energy Read more
By Martin Williams Senior News Reporter SCOTLAND is to set to lose billions in profits every year from a new round of offshore wind projects hailed by the First Minister as a “truly historic” opportunity for Scotland’s net zero economy. Seventeen ScotWind projects, with a combined potential generating capacity of Read more
THIS week was a very worrying one for those who care about Scotland’s seabirds, not because of a winter storm or hundreds of unexplained deaths, but because of an announcement regarding new offshore wind development. More renewable energy is needed to help tackle climate change, one of the greatest threats Read more
n some ways it was refreshing to see the radical left brought to heel by the realities of government. Having spent years campaigning to ‘ditch neoliberal economics for good’, this week saw the Scottish Green Party celebrate Shell and BP winning contracts to exploit Scotland’s offshore wind potential for the Read more
The energy crisis has burst a multibillion-pound bubble in green stocks as gas prices surge and the world confronts the true cost of net zero. Shares in renewable energy companies have tumbled to their lowest level in 16 months, almost completely unwinding gains made during a stampede into companies aiding Read more
Turbines three times the height of the Wallace Monument – thought to be the first in the area to need aviation warning lights – have been approved by Stirling councillors. Stirling Council’s planning panel unanimously approved five-turbine Shelloch Wind Farm, two kilometres north west of Wester Cringate and south of Read more
London, 21 January — Net Zero Watch has ridiculed claims by the “Tony Blair Institute for Global Change” that the recent sharp rise in energy prices could have been avoided if the UK had only erected more onshore wind turbines over the last decade. Given that Tony Blair introduced lavish subsidies for Read more