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Hundreds of young salmon will be tagged and tracked to help protect them from new farms and wind farms. The first smolt was caught and tagged on the River Lundy in Lochaber last month as part of research aimed at helping explain the decline in the wild salmon population. Experts Read more
In case readers failed to notice, the ‘settled science’ of ‘Global Warming’ which we are forbidden to question, has just dished up the coldest April for Sixty years and the finest skiing conditions in Scotland for a Decade. Meanwhile, Lorna Slater and the Greens witter on about ‘sustainable’ energy and Read more
Posted by Gript Column | May 6, 2021 The author is a senior executive working in the energy sector in Ireland whose identity is known to Gript. We have agreed to provide him anonymity so that he can speak freely. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Read more
Offshore wind farm developers will be stripped of subsidy contracts if they fail to deliver on their promises to use British manufacturers, the government has confirmed. Industry leaders warned that the decision created a “significant investment risk” and said ministers must make clear what was required of them. Britain aims Read more
Letter in today’s Press and Journal
Artist’s impression of the view along Loch Shin STOP THE DESTRUCTION OF THE HIGHLANDS: We Need Your Help! Please Act Now – deadline to oppose this application is 23rd May! On the 1st April WKNGmbH German Energy submitted yet another application to the Highland Council to build the Sallachy Wind Read more
The spread of wind farms across the country is frightening to behold but as demonstrated in Wednesday’s article “Calls for help for Scottish Communities threatened by Ring of Steel wind turbines”, what we are seeing at the moment is only the tip of the iceberg. Rural communities may be currently Read more
A tarnished record RENEWABLEUK is shouting from the rooftops about wind power setting a record on Monday with an output at one point of 17.6GW (gigawatts) (“New record set for wind power on bank holiday”, The Herald, 5 May). But what it is ignoring is that for the whole of Read more