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Ayrshire Growth Deal (AGD) is an ambitious multi-million pound investment package that aims to transform the Ayrshire economy. The UK and Scottish Governments will invest over £200 million, with additional financial support from the three Ayrshire Councils. Among the proposed projects are an Aerospace and Innovation centre at Prestwick airport, Read more
Electricity customers have paid windfarm operators £1bn to switch off turbines, STV can reveal. The compensation has been paid over the past decade. Windfarm owners receive the money when the electricity grid is at capacity. The costs are likely to escalate. Windfarms have been the dominant weapon in the UK Read more
Also in the Scotsman today:
Looking at the spectacular, front-page picture of Danny MacAskill stunt-cycling along a wind turbine blade in Saturday’s Scotsman, I wonder who is actually more terrified? Danny, or the wind industry terrified at losing the subsidies now the intelligent among us have seen through the scam? The desperation of the wind Read more
A short presentation of the Norwegian report about pollution from wind turbines.
SIR – The Government’s obsession with net zero – at the expense of our standard of living, our ability to properly heat our homes and our ability to travel freely – is sowing the seeds of the next serious split between the establishment and the people. No one voted to Read more
THE front-page article of The Herald on October 20 (“1,100 species and habitats damaged by climate change”) makes various claims that so-called climate change is reducing populations of birds and insects, and that we need to take action. But the elephant in the room here are wind turbines. We are Read more
Hair-raising clip shows pro-cyclist Danny MacAskill try terrifying stunt on wind turbine blade https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/hair-raising-clip-shows-pro-25276783?fbclid=IwAR39AsdlPizC0ofBzgbJS7xE_kOX_ssGdBqDSn4YqAb4uh7M4qXhaxtpSfA