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Researchers examined public attitudes to climate change and nuclear power in the UK and Japan http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/19/numbers-climate-sceptics-rise-uk

Plans have been submitted for a pair of 35m tall wind turbines at Felkington Farm, between Norham and Duddo. http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/farming/new-turbine-threat-on-the-horizon-for-duddo-stones-1-3098641

Donald Trump’s legal challenge to an offshore wind farm project will be heard by a court in November. The US businessman opposes the 11-turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre off the Aberdeenshire coast, claiming that it will spoil the view Read more

The Scottish Government has to be congratulated on the stonker of the idea to build hundreds of gigantic fans strategically positioned on many of our unproductive hillsides which otherwise just sit there doing nothing. I understand the wind generated by Read more

Funding for a range of training programmes to tackle unemployment in the Greenlaw area has been put in place – but will only be available if a proposed wind farm goes ahead. http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/local/all-news/wind-of-opportunity-to-produce-skilled-workforce-1-3099027

More than 50 objections have been lodged against plans for a new wind farm in Galloway. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-24158999

A four-day hearing for Donald Trump’s legal challenge to a wind farm project in Aberdeen bay has been set for November, BBC Scotland has learned. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24158577

Construction of Samsung’s offshore wind turbine at Methil has taken a major step forward with the arrival of the structure’s foundation jacket. http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/world-s-largest-and-most-powerful-turbine-1-3099879