The Den Brook Judicial Review Group (DBJRG) regrets that the need has arisen to publicly issue the Den Brook wind farm developer, Renewable Energy Systems (RES), with a pre-action protocol Notice of Intent to establish both audible EAM and sub-audible infra-sound noise monitoring. The need has arisen due to continued Read more…
Those faced with Section 36 applications will be pleased to know that the Scottish Government Energy Consents and Deployment Unit (ECDU) has developed an online facility which went live on 29th April 2015. It is very much like the Directorate of Planning and Environmental Appeals (DPEA) website and now third Read more…
Welcome to the SAS election special! We’ve decided to limit this Newsletter to the parties’ manifestos on energy and wind power. We’ve trawled through them all and extracted the main points, while also sharing our reflections as anti-windfarm campaigners. SAS is as ever politically neutral. We can’t tell you where Read more…
RenewableUK has today released a report specially commissioned to prove how valuable onshore wind is to the UK economy. SAS saw it coming and prepared a comment which you can find here or in our Press Releases. In addition to the input from the economic experts Prof Gordon Hughes and Read more…
A new video has been produced by Malcolm Kirk to highlight the save Loch Ness and the Great Glen campaign which seeks support for a petition to the Scottish Government to take steps to designate Loch Ness and Great Glen as a National Scenic Area with a priority application to Read more…
Press Release 20 March 2015 For immediate release Party leaders challenged on mountain and wild land protection As General Election approaches, public need to be able to decide which party deserves their vote As the General Election draws closer, party leaders at Westminster and Holyrood have Read more…
Commenting on the latest poll from Scottish Renewables, Linda Holt, spokesperson for Scotland Against Spin said: “It’s no surprise that surveys commissioned and paid for by the wind industry or its cheerleaders always show great public support for wind energy. Their questions are deliberately phrased to elicit a positive response. Read more…
Graham Lang, chair of Scotland Against Spin (SAS), the national alliance which campaigns for reform of Scottish wind policy, commented on the press statement by the Friends of the Great Glen: “Petitions to the Scottish Parliament are supposed to give people a “direct way” to raise issues with their parliament, Read more…