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Letter in the Herald and Scotsman   So, SNP Highland Council think we need a visitor levy? As a lifelong local resident, I most definitely do not want an extra tax to holiday in my own country. Here’s a much Read more

A Fife family fears a planned 600MW data centre on their doorstep will spook their horses and endanger their children. Russell and Adele Seath’s home is the closest to the Auchtertool farmland earmarked for the massive £5 billion development. And Read more

he council has been challenged over the renting of land for a “pittance” to a “multinational company”. Electricity firm SSE Generation Ltd lease Cathkin Braes Country Park for £3,000 annually from the council for a windfarm. Councillor Jim Kavanagh described Read more

The costs of upgrading Britain’s energy grid for net zero threaten to spiral out of control, EDF has warned. The French energy company, which operates the UK’s nuclear fleet, said a £70bn programme to modernise the grid faced a tripling Read more

Scotsman letters   In an excellent letter William Loneskie informs readers that fossil fuels are essential and will always be needed (18 August). If I may add more fuel to the fire… The Green Brigade loves renewables and takes every Read more

Ministers are under pressure from Scotland’s renewables industry to set out a “long term future” for onshore wind amid fears the government is in “hiding” over whether to boost more turbines to be built across the countryside. The Scottish government Read more

The Town and Country Planning (Notification of Applications) (Data Centres exceeding 50MW Power Capacity) (Scotland) Direction 2026 Please find attached a letter from the Chief Planner. Data_Centres_Direction_Issued_17_August_2026

The head of a monastery on a Scottish island has attacked “money-grabbing” plans to build a wind farm off its coast with turbines as high as the Eiffel Tower. Father Seraphim-Oran Aldea said the MachairWind development would dwarf the nearby Read more