A MASSIVE Highland wind farm proposal which could make the Scottish Conservatives’ environment spokesman more than £8 million has been criticised by the environment watchdog. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has warned that the huge Ardchonnel wind farm in Argyll would Read more
David Ross Highland Correspondent RURAL groups are at loggerheads with “outsider” charity and quango chiefs amid claims the voices of those who live and work on Scotland’s wild lands are being ignored. land RIGHTS: A dispute over areas deemed to Read more
By Laura Paterson Plans to build the world’s third-biggest offshore windfarm in the Moray Firth could be under threat from a bird protection charity. RSPB Scotland is considering mounting a legal challenge after the Scottish Government last week backed plans Read more
Damning evidence of wind farms polluting the Scottish countryside can today be revealed by The Sunday Post. Scotland’s environmental watchdog has probed more than 100 incidents involving turbines in just six years, including diesel spills, dirty rivers, blocked drains and Read more
Green power generators in Scotland raked in more than £600million in public subsidies last year, with 91.5 per cent coming from electricity bills in the rest of the UK. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/466369/Wind-farms-add-to-Independence-Bill
A MASSIVE Highland wind farm proposal which could make the Scottish Conservatives’ environment spokesman more than £8 million has been damned by the nation’s environment watchdog. The proposed wind farm at Ardchonnel in Argyll would include 15 turbines, 364ft tallPhotograph: Read more
Colin Donald Business Editor, Sunday Herald A Europe-WIDE body that campaigns against the wind farm industry has accused the Scottish Countryside Alliance of “betrayal” for appearing to side with big business and landowners in a pro-onshore wind “manifesto”. Susan Crosthwaite, Read more
by Shân Ross THE former manager of the Scottish Dark Sky Observatory (SDSO) has claimed he was forced to resign after being pressured by the landowner to publicly oppose wind farm developments. The £600,000 observatory on the Craigengillan Estate in Read more