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.
YOU are to be congratulated for running an excellent article by Paul Sheerin on the chaotic electricity generation and distribution “system” we now possess in the UK (“Expensive but essential: Grid investments key to powering the UK economy”, The Herald, November 18). Congratulations too to The Herald for being among Read more
LONDON — There’s a new, green rift running through Westminster. Every major party in the British parliament is committed to ambitious climate targets in the years ahead. But that means rapidly building new solar farms, wind turbines and pylons all over the country — and MPs are getting nervous about Read more
Kintyre, a region renowned for its stunning natural landscapes, is facing a significant threat from the expansion of wind farms, some towering as high as an eighth of a mile. This rapid development, perceived by many as environmental vandalism, is being driven by the Scottish government and executed by profit-driven Read more
Starmer wants Britain to be a ‘climate leader’, but the obstacles facing the Government’s ambitious plans seem increasingly insurmountable Can the UK be a leader if nobody follows? And what kind of example are we setting? “Britain is the only major economy to have halved emissions [from 1990 levels], but Read more
Crippling impact of wind turbines A BATTLE to preserve some Scotland’s most scenic areas is underway and we echo many of the sentiments shared by Highlands and Islands MSP, Edward Mountain, in his article “Highlands being sacrificed on the altar of net zero” (Agenda, The Herald, November 6). Located in Read more
A conservation group’s legal bid to stop a wind farm in Aberdeenshire from going ahead has been dismissed for a second time. In June last year, minsters approved Swedish energy giant Vattenfall’s Clashindarroch II project. Wildcat Haven challenged the Scottish government’s decision at a judicial review, but a judge threw Read more
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Our thanks to both Brian Whittle MSP and Douglas Lumsden MSP for turning up at the Petitions Committee meeting today to give us support. The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government once again on our behalf. It didn’t sound to us like the Committee had had time to Read more