Dean Herbert The SNP’s obsession with wind farms is driving climbers off of Scotland’s mountains, it was claimed yesterday. The Mountaineering Council of Scotland says many of its 11,800 members are travelling to the Lake District or abroad to escape Read more
By Michael Alexander A campaign group has accused Fife Council of a “systematic and deliberate attempt” to withhold information about two windfarm planning applications. The Clatto Landscape Protection Group (CLPG) submitted a Freedom of Information request to Fife Council in Read more
Conservative MPs have ‘negative associations’ about renewable energy, according to new research. Dods interviewed MPs about their attitudes towards renewable power generation and its prospects in the UK. The results will be discussed at a Renewable Energy dialogue roundtable event Read more
MPs question “Big Six” on energy price rises http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Main/Player.aspx?meetingId=14057
Energy Bill – House of Lords, 28 October – The 2030 decarbonisation amendment was defeated this afternoon http://www.thegwpf.org/energy-bill-house-lords-rejects-2030-decarbonisation-target/
Energy firms blaming green levies for above-inflation prices need to open their books to prove that customers are not being ripped off, Ed Davey said last night. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article3907101.ece
Each turbine by the home of golf will be 328 feet tall – making them taller than Big Ben, the Tate Modern and Norwich Cathedral, and about five times the height of the Angel of the North. They will be Read more
Study finds efforts are repeatedly undermined by low funding, poor implementation and vested economic interests http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/28/scottish-government-failing-climate-wildlife