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Opponents to planned turbines have criticised a voucher scheme being offered to residents in parts of Caithness. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-24258411

Too many wind farms, the need for better council services and the cost of living are the main concerns of Berwickshire residents http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/local/all-news/too-many-wind-farms-and-very-poor-roads-1-3110890

Belford Parish Council hopes to have a final draft of the Community Benefit Fund document, related to the application for the Belford Burn windfarm, soon. http://www.berwick-advertiser.co.uk/news/local/all-news/belford-windfarm-document-draft-described-as-leaky-sieve-1-3111094

On Friday the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivers its latest verdict on the state of man-made global warming. Though the details are a secret, one thing is clear: the version of events you will see and hear in much Read more

  David Ross Highland Correspondent THE operators of Scotland’s ­largest wind farm are being reported to the advertising watchdog over allegations they misrepresented the contribution its turbines can make to national energy requirements. Opponents say the claims by ScottishPower Renewables, Read more

By Guy Chazan Ed Miliband’s call for an energy price freeze will resonate well with consumers increasingly fed-up with rising fuel bills. But the Labour leader may have picked the wrong target. Experts say the real drivers of mounting energy Read more

Marcello Mega ScottishPower has been accused of contaminating a private water supply to homes in the shadow of Europe’s biggest wind farm and of failing to tell the community that its drinking water could endanger health. The company denies causing Read more

Poland has been starkly criticised for organising an ‘International Coal and Climate Summit’ to run parallel with the COP19 UN climate change conference it is hosting in Warsaw this November. A Warsaw Communiqué issued jointly by Poland’s Ministry of the Read more