Controversial plans have been unveiled for a wind farm on a beauty spot overlooking the Clyde. Greenock-based 2020 Renewables has submitted its detailed planning application for Inverclyde Wind Farm, near Corlic Hill, Greenock. The company is proposing to construct a 10-turbine wind farm with an installed capacity of up to […]
The Inverness Demo was organised by Stop Highlands Windfarms Campaign and Scotland Against Spin in partnership with Wind Wise Radio to highlight a US petition that received over 4470 signatures from 45 countries. The petition asked the First Minister to stop the reckless siting of wind turbines in Scotland’s scenic […]
Mrs Weir, the widow of well loved and iconic author and TV presenter Tom Weir, who was at the forefront of bringing the iconic Scottish Landscape and rich heritage to the mainstream media, was present at Bute House today, to hand over a petition started by Wind Wise Radio in […]
Protecting the Scottish Landscape Inverness 23rd March 2013 On a bitterly cold day in Inverness, individuals, campaigners, and environmental protection groups converged at the SNP conference in Inverness to hand over a petition to urge the Government to Stop the reckless siting of wind turbines in Scotland’s scenic landscapes. The […]
The organisor of a petition signed by over 4400 people from 44 different countries has sent a final plea to Alex Salmond, asking him to receive the document at the SNP Conference in Inverness on Saturday as campaigners express disbelief at the First Minister’s “disdainful attitude” to popular concerns about […]
Alex Salmond has refused an invitation to accept a petition from Rhona Weir, the 94-year old environmental campaigner and widow of Tom Weir. The petition which contains close on 4500 signatures from people in 43 different countries calls on Alex Salmond to ‘Stop the Reckless Siting of Wind Turbines in […]
The escalating row between an anti-windfarm campaigner and the Scottish Government about “willful misinformation” about the cost of wind energy to consumers has now reached the First Minister The row was triggered by an assertion at Holyrood by SNP MSP Mike Mackenzie that subsidizing renewables was only costing consumers £21 […]