A report for Scottish Natural Heritage on 20 wind farm and hydro-electric sites identifies extensive bad practice, environmental degradation and poor monitoring and enforcement by local authorities – SEE 14.07 A report to SNH – Assessing the Success of Restoration and Reinstatement – July 2014-3 Linda Holt, spokesperson for national Read more…
A group from the Whitelee area; Protect Our Water has now submitted their formal objection and legal evidence to the DPEA regarding the Whitelee phase 3 application. Protect Our Water highlight the insufficiency of the EIA to consider the effects on water supplies, which have previously been highlighted by Dr Read more…
A report written by Stuart Young in collaboration with Dr G. Lindsay on behalf of the Scoentific Alliance has been produced challenging the assertions made by WWF regarding wind energy power generation, and how the energy produced enough power for all of Scottish Households. Wind Turbines alone generaetd as estimated Read more…
We have a quick urgent appeal from Save Straiton for Scotland; WilloWind have lodged an Addendum to Linfairn Wind Farm and, although they have reduced the amount of turbines, this proposal would still brutally dominate the Girvan Valley as shown below. Over 6,000 objections were raised before and all of Read more…
Posted on January 12, 2015 by Euan Mearns I last looked into the details and consequences of Scottish energy policy in the pre-referendum post Scotch on the ROCs. The expansion of Scottish renewables is progressing at breakneck speed and the purpose of this post is to update on where we Read more…
You will all remember Aileen Jackson’s Petition calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to consider a change in planning regulations to enable an increase in the current neighbour notification distance of 20 metres in relation to wind turbine planning applications. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/GettingInvolved/Petitions/turbineneighbournotification In response to the petition, Read more…
Admin Note: Posted on behalf of the John Muir Trust Our newest film Stop Stronelairg is here – and we wanted to share it with you first. Wild places are part of our heritage and treasured landscape. We depend on them for clean air and water, and for health and Read more…
East Ayrshire Council has recently been criticised in a complaint, which was mostly upheld, regarding the manner that they handled a planning application for a 15 industrial turbine wind farm (details below). Report number: 201204546 Date: October 2014 Body: East Ayrshire Council Sector: Local Government Keywords: Handling of planning application Read more…