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As a lifelong environmentalist I am totally against the charade that COP26 is and it should be re-named COPOUT26. Here are my well-founded reasons: The political high & mighty with their champaign slugging entourage are flying in to Glasgow from all over the planet in the most polluting form of Read more
Argyll & Bute Wind Farm at Blarghour, approx. 7km north west of Inveraray and approximately 4.5 km to the south of Portsonachan 17 x 136.5 turbines Extract from Reporter’s decision – I find that when assessed in the round and weighed in the overall planning balance, the benefits of the Read more
Received by Scotland Against Spin today. Individuals are welcome to take part. The consultation on Scotland’s draft Onshore Wind Policy Statement is open until 21 January 2022. The successful deployment of significant volumes of onshore wind over the next decade will be crucial to achieving our 2030 and 2035 net Read more
Winds of change Calum Miller’s letter (27 October) details the sham of pushing renewables for 20 years and neglecting nuclear energy. No matter how much this SNP/Green coalition sticks to its renewables (mostly onshore and offshore wind) there will never be enough energy generated to satisfy the National Grid and Read more
Highland Council has been granted a third extension to the time allocated for it to decide its stance on Garvary Wind Farm. An application for the 37-turbine development on a site 4.5km south of Lairg, has been lodged with the Scottish Government Consents Unit because its installed capacity will be Read more
The more gas Scotland produces the less coal the world burns and the happier the planet becomes. If our First Minister could just keep that simple aphorism in her head, then she could resolve the climate conundrum between the approval of Cambo and reducing CO2 emissions. Europe has burnt record Read more
The next meeting of the DPEA Stakeholders’ Forum is at 10.00 a.m. on 02 November 2021. Dr Rachel Connor and Aileen Jackson will be representing SAS at the meeting. Teams Meeting Agenda Introduction and welcome Previous meeting – matters arising DPEA update 6 month stats (see attachment) Read more
By Edward Malnick, Sunday Political Editor The Disclosure prompts questions over the accuracy of the CCC’s claims about the feasibility of meeting net zero by 2050. Modelling used to justify the “feasibility” of the net zero target assumed a dramatic fall in the number of days of calm weather, when Read more