A massive windfarm 10 miles off the Angus coast could have a devastating impact on one of the county’s major cultural assets, it has been claimed. http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/angus-the-mearns/council-fears-windfarm-s-impact-on-bell-rock-lighthouse-has-been-understated-1.171821
Anti-windfarm campaigners are furious after a bid to get a planning refusal overturned was lodged just days before Christmas. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/turbines-appeal-bid-fury-2980482
A wind farm company wants to build turbines near an historic Elizabethan house in a test case predicted to set a precedent for other sites http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/10548424/Wind-farm-test-case-could-seen-hundreds-of-turbines-near-historic-sites.html
Britain’s demand to keep nuclear option open to reduce emissions will mean potential job losses, leaked report shows http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/02/uk-eu-renewables-targets
European climate action commissioners say state aid for renewable technologies should be phased out by the end of the decade By James Kirkup, and Bruno Waterfield The European Commission is to order Britain to end wind farm subsidies. Officials have Read more
Andrew Denholm Education Correspondent CAMPAIGNERS have urged the Scottish Government to refuse the development of two wind farms in the Highlands. Stop Highland Windfarms Campaign said assurances by ministers that wind farms would only be permitted “in the right places” Read more
Little Raith wind farm is to be investigated by the Scottish Government in 2014, to find out what effect it has on the surrounding communities. The wind farm, on the outskirts of Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly, is one of ten involved Read more
The recent fate of the MS Akademik Shokalskiy has prompted arguments from the CAGW crowd that the global warming is causing more ice around Antarctica. The problem with this argument is that there has been no warming around Antarctica. http://notrickszone.com/