News Articles & Letters 2024
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Press & Journal - No mention of free energy for Scots - Monday 30th December 2024
Press & Journal - Ministers, get out of comfort zones - Saturday 28th December 2024
Northern Times - The industrialisation of the countryside is shameful - Friday 27th December 2024
Press & Journal - Pull the plug on cloth-eared politicians’ 2030 deadline for green energy - Friday 27th December 2024
The Telegraph - Why the rush to net zero will ‘desecrate’ the Highlands - Friday 27th December 2024
Shetland Times - It’s panto time - Saturday 20th December 2024
Also printed in The National - Thursday 18th December 2024
Press & Journal - ‘Million Dollar View’ fast losing its value - Wednesday 17th December 2024
Press & Journal - Party politics no excuse for MSP’s silence over proliferation of wind farms - Tuesday 17th December 2024
Press & Journal - Agreeing the need for fossil fuels - Monday 16th December 2024
Press & Journal - Energy cash wouldn’t stay in independent Scotland - Saturday 14th December 2024
Scottish Daily Express - Probe underway after ANOTHER huge turbine blade snaps off at Scottish wind farm - Saturday 14th December 2024
Shetland Times - Very chilling - Friday 13th December 2024
Shetland Times - ‘Callous disregard’ for environment - Friday 13th December 2024
Shetland Times - Put financial risk on consumers, says SSE over new development - Friday 13th December 2024
Shetland Times - SSE is blasted over £92m plea - Friday 13th December 2024
John O’Groat Journal - What do they have to hide? - Friday 13th December 2024
John O’Groat Journal - Fears of huge upheaval over substation bid - Friday 13th December 2024
Daily Mail - Storm Darragh leaves UK solar farm in pieces in blow to green energy - Monday 9th December 2024
The Times - A row between a Highland lord and his neighbours… - Monday 9th December 2024
The Scotsman - Colossal battery storage system that will be one of biggest in UK planned for Scottish city - Sunday 8th December 2024
The Scotsman - Sarah Mcintosh, managing director of Muirhall Energy, writes (Perspective, 5 December), “Break the logjam blocking a £9bn renewables boom” - Saturday 7th December 2024
Grampian Online - Development of further wind farms in The Cabrach in Moray would breach human rights, campaigners claim - Wednesday 4th December 2024
Scottish Daily Mail - Are swathes of Highlands ‘off-limits’ for development? - Tuesday 3rd December 2024
The Telegraph - The ‘Stalinist’ net zero companies accused of desecrating the Highlands - Saturday 30th November 2024
UnHerd - UK has most expensive industrial electricity in Europe - Saturday 30th November 2024
Ken Paxton Attorney General of Texas - Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard for Illegally Conspiring to Manipulate Energy Markets, Driving Up Costs for Consumers - Wednesday 27th November 2024
The BBC - Golden eagle dies 'after flying into wind turbine' - Monday 25th November 2024
The Times - The SNP has rejected a European-style ban on 'wind turbine graveyards' - Monday 25th November 2024
The Herald - “UNDER OCCUPATION BY BIG ENERGY” - Wednesday 20th November 2024
Also printed in: Press & Journal (25.11.24), Shetland Times, Northern Times and John O’Groat Journal (22.11.24)
Bird Guides - Whooper Swans found dead under power lines - Wednesday 20th November 2024
The Highwire - Inaudible Infrasound from Wind Turbines Disturbs Health of Humans and All Organisms - Tuesday 19th November 2024
Press & Journal - ‘Skyscraper’ turbines proposed off coast of ‘unspoiled’ island - Tuesday 19th November 2024
Press & Journal - Industrialising peatlands for questionable carbon savings unsustainable - Tuesday 19th November 2024
Press & Journal - Trump will drive coach and horses through Miliband’s dreams of net-zero - Thursday 14th November 2024
Press & Journal - SSE boss to retire as energy company sees profits surge by 26% - Thursday 14th November 2024
Press & Journal - Batteries are not the answer - Tuesday 12th November 2024
Press & Journal - Miliband full of hot air on wind energy? - Monday 11th November 2024
The Herald - There must be a moratorium on new energy developments in the Highlands - Monday 11th November 2024
The Herald - Zonal pricing a fool’s errand - Saturday 9th November 2024
Press & Journal - Will renewables policy depopulate Highlands, northern isles and Grampian - Friday 8th November 2024
Shetland Times - Being turned into a ‘garbage landscape’ - Friday 8th November 2024
John O’Groat Journal - Local voices needed in planning system - Friday 8th November 2024
Press & Journal - Energy consultation democratic outrage - Wednesday 6th November 2024
Press & Journal - Electricity not a cheap renewable - Friday 1st November 2024
Press & Journal - Wind industry still not powering up - Friday 1st November 2024
Press & Journal - Energy data is ‘cherry-picked’ - Friday 1st November 2024
Press & Journal - Fears for Flow Country over battery proposal - Friday 1st November 2024
John O’Groat Journal - Councillors must remain neutral - Friday 1st November 2024
John O’Groat Journal - Call to speak out on ‘judgement’ - Friday 1st November 2024
Inverness Courier - Highland Council says it will cost £90,000 for a renewable projects map updated ‘monthly that is part of a £278,000 annual bill to keep the public fully informed - Sunday 27th October 2024
Press & Journal - Highland wind farms fresh hope in battle to stop region becoming ‘swamped’ with turbines - Thursday 24th October 2024
The National - Big Energy is part of the problem, not the solution to housing crisis - Thursday 24th October 2024
John O’Groat Journal - People in Caithness are already living under metallic shadow of wind farm - Wednesday 23rd October 2024
Press & Journal - Energy giant pledges to build 1,000 rural homes - Tuesday 22nd October 2024
Press & Journal - Turbines have a limited lifespan - Tuesday 22nd October 2024
Highland News Media - Calls for council leader Raymond Bremner’s removal over alleged ‘conflict of interest’ over opening of SSEN Hub in Inverness by Dunbeath/Berriedale Say No to Pylons Action Group - Friday 18th October 2024
The National - Looking at the big picture on Scottish Highlands energy - Wednesday 16th October 2024
Inverness Courier - Weather-dependent power is a non-starter in the UK - Tuesday 15th October 2024
Press & Journal - Wind is destroying our country - Monday 14th October 2024
The Herald - Candles will be making a comeback - Saturday 12th October 2024 (also: Inverness Courier - Tuesday 15th October 2024)
Northern Times - The safety issues surrounding BESSs are being ignored - Friday 11th October 2024
Press & Journal - Forbes brands high Highland energy bills ‘great injustice of day’ - Wednesday 9th October 2024
The Times - Holyrood is riding roughshod over rural Scots - Tuesday 8th October 2024
Lincolnshire County Council - Council demands data used to justify hundreds of pylons across our countryside - Monday 7th October 2024
Press & Journal - Net-zero based on a flawed ideology - Monday 7th October 2024
Press & Journal - ‘Big pylon’ survey had wires crossed - Thursday 3rd October 2024
The Critic - Don’t bet on green energy - Wednesday 2nd October 2024
John O’Groat Journal and Caithness Courier - Energy plan mapping plea gets go-ahead - Wednesday 2nd October 2024
Press & Journal - Residents to have more say on energy projects - Tuesday 1st October 2024
The Telegraph - I’ve seen how Ed Miliband’s net zero dream turns into a nightmare. It will destroy Britain - Tuesday 1st October 2024
Shetland News - Open letter to SSE: please listen to Lottie’s own words - Monday 30th September 2024
The Telegraph - Ed Miliband faces growing legal threat over pylons roll-out - Monday 30th September 2024
Northern Times - Highland community councils join forces to demand an end to ‘salami slicing’ of applications for major energy projects - Saturday 28th September 2024
Shetland Times - Responsibilities of Councillors - Saturday 28th September 2024
Medium - “I am sure they are suffering” — scientist issues stark warning that whales are being harmed by offshore wind farms - Friday 27th September 2024
Medium - Call to slow down the ‘SSE/Statkraft juggernaut’ - Thursday 26th September 2024
Shetland News - ‘Just Transition’ a contradiction in terms - Thursday 26th September 2024
BBC News - Campaigners condemn PM's defence of pylons plan - Thursday 26th September 2024
Scottish Express - We must challenge PM and friends on their funding - Wednesday 25th September 2024
Press & Journal - Politics and profit talking precedence? - Tuesday 24th September 2024
Shetland Times - BESS far from best - Friday 20th September 2024
Shetland News - ‘Exploited by a large multi-nation, aided by a council that failed to take account of local concerns’ - Thursday 19th September 2024
John O’Groat Journal and Caithness Courier - Highland Council to complete full meeting on September 30 after anger greeted adjournment that delayed debate on giving the public greater clarity on major north of Scotland energy infrastructure plans - Wednesday 18th September 2024
Press & Journal -Energy Firms do not own Scotland - Tuesday 17th September 2024
Shetland News - How fully were health concerns investigated? - Monday 16th September 2024
Scottish Daily Mail - Scotland faces the second coming of Vikings - Friday 13th September 2024
West Highland Free Press - Planning system favours bigger developers - Friday 13th September 2024
Press & Journal - Analysis of case for more electricity pylons ‘skewed to point of worthlessness’ - Friday 13th September 2024
Shetland Times - Lessons were not learned - Friday 13th September 2024
STV News - Green energy battery storage scheme ‘could pose major safety risk’ - Friday 13th September 2024
Shetland News - Who to believe? - Thursday 12th September 2024
Press & Journal - ‘Economic integrity’ at risk from net-zero - Monday 9th September 2024
The Spectator - Blowin’ in the wind - Saturday 7th September 2024
Press & Journal - Wind farm ‘success’ trashing landscape - Wednesday 4th September 2024
Shetland News - SSE ‘recognises strength of feeling’ against Viking wind farm - Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Shetland Times - Greens say SSE acting like a ‘pirate’ after reportedly earning £10m from Viking windfarm in just one month - Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Scotsman - £1 billion paid to windfarm companies - Thursday 29th August 2024
Shetland News - How exactly will this lead to lower energy bills? - Thursday 29th August 2024
Shetland Times - SSE was paid £2m to keep Viking Energy windfarm switched off - Tuesday 27th August 2024
Shetland News - “A sad day for many” - Tuesday 27th August 2024
Press & Journal - Is this the biggest environmental and financial con Britain has ever seen? - Monday 26th August 2024
Jason Endfield (Medium) - Thousands of marine mammals DEAD on Britain’s beaches - Sunday 25th August 2024
The Spectator - The terrifying scale of the green revolution - Sunday 25th August 2024
The Telegraph - Why your home may be at risk from Labour’s march of the pylons - Thursday 22nd August 2024
Country Life - Tilting at Windmills - Wednesday 21st August 2024
Shetland News - Letter - Monday 5th August 2024
Press & Journal - Tax me but don’t fund green agenda - Monday 5th August July 2024
Shetland News - Sacrificing Scotland’s precious peatlands for poor temporary climate solutions - Monday 5th August July 2024
Press & Journal - Tall tale about progress illustrates some hard-hitting truths - Friday 2nd August 2024
Press & Journal - Give the turbines realistic names - Tuesday 30th July 2024 (also in the Scotsman 29th July 2024)
Herald - GB Energy must not be a licence to scar Scotland’s landscape - Monday 29th July 2024
Sunday Times - Ed Miliband is sleepwalking into the same green trap as SNP - Sunday 28th July 2024
Herald - Desecration of the landscape - Friday 26th July 2024
West Highland Free Press - Planning snag for Skye wind farm - Friday 17th July 2024
Press & Journal - No wind produces net zero energy - Saturday 13th July 2024
Press & Journal - Here’s how to trash our environment - Friday 5th July 2024
John O’Groat Journal - What good will social charter do? - Friday 5th July 2024 (also in Press & Journal 1st July 2024)
Shetland Times - Residents face moving decision - Friday 5th July 2024
Press & Journal - Highland councillors putting profit before landscape and quality of life - Monday 1st July 2024
Highlands News Media (including Inverness Courier, John O’Groat Journal, Caithness Courier and Ross-shire Journal) - Thursday 27th June 2024
Inverness Courier - Dim view of Highland energy stance - Tuesday 25th June 2024
Press & Journal - Convener needs to explain why renewable energy debate is off agenda - Tuesday 25th June 2024
Press & Journal - Council boss wrong to ignore fears over renewables impact on homes - Monday 24th June 2024
West Highland Free Press - Renewables, pylons and workers’ camps - Friday 21st June 2024
John O’Groat Journal - Could existing pylon line be upgraded? - Friday 21st June 2024
Press & Journal - Community needs more transparency - Friday 21st June 2024
John O’Groats Journal - My kids face childhood in shadow of Spittal substation construction works - Wednesday 19th June 2024
Country Life - March of the pylons - Wednesday 19th June 2024
Press & Journal - Communities feel let down over energy proposals snub - Wednesday 19th June 2024
John O’Groat Journal - Big energy has no place beside tourism - Friday 14th June 2024
John O’Groat Journal - Energy summit was a disappointment - Friday 14th June 2024
Press & Journal - Fossil fuel debate just a lot of hot air - Wednesday 12th June 2024
Press & Journal - Morality of wind power is a myth - Saturday 8th June 2024
Press & Journal - Squandering our energy resources - Monday 3rd June 2024
Press & Journal - Elected members need to remember their communities - Friday 31st May 2024
Also published in The National
Press & Journal - Why is our scenery being sacrificed? - Friday 31st May 2024
Press & Journal - So-called green energy wind farms are steadily becoming ever more dark - Friday 31st May 2024
Press & Journal - Big Energy threat to rural Scotland - Monday 20th May 2024
Press & Journal - MSPs would rather slope off to lunch than consider the Highlands’ future - Monday 13th May 2024
Press & Journal - Creating net zero for wrong reasons - Saturday 11th May 2024
Press & Journal - Politicians should come off the fence - Friday 10th May 2024
Scotsman - Rural ruin - Thursday 9th May 2024
Also published in the Press & Journal (10 May)
Press & Journal - ‘Weasel words and broken promises’ - Thursday 9th May 2024
Also published in the Inverness Courier (7 May) and the John O’ Groat Journal (10 May)
Press & Journal - Rural Scotland should not be seen as a cash cow - Saturday 4th May 2024
John O’Groat Journal - Time to listen to Highland people - Friday 3rd May 2024
Herald - We must halt the industrialisation of our countryside - Wednesday 1st May 2024
Press & Journal - Climate change now here to Stay - Wednesday 1st May 2024
Press & Journal - Greens are gone, now we need rid of SSEN pylons - Saturday 27th April 2024
Also published in the Scotsman, the Herald (26 Apr) and the West Highland Free Press (3 May)
John O’Groat Journal - Stop and think over wind applications - Friday 26th April 2024
Press & Journal - Concerns over energy expertise - Monday 22nd April 2024
Press & Journal - Wind obsession is a lot of hot air - Monday 22nd April 2024
Press & Journal - What’s the truth over power plans? - Monday 22nd April 2024
Press & Journal - Pilons could ruin our unique land - Saturday 20th April 2024
Press & Journal - Put party aside and speak up - Friday 19th April 2024
Press & Journal - DiCaprio needs to wind his neck in - Wednesday 17th April 2024
The Herald- Sorry, Mr Yousaf, but it’s the SNP that is damaging rural Scotland - Monday 8th April 2024
Press & Journal - Defence Sidelined By Energy Company’s Ambitions - Saturday 6th April 2024
Press & Journal - Pylons are for Profiteering - Friday 5th April 2024
Press & Journal - Energy Company Has Wires Crossed - Thursday 4th April 2024
West Coast Today - Scottish Government found to have approved every SSE or SSEN planning application for last 15 years - Tuesday 2nd April 2024
John O’ Groat Journal - ‘100% Approval’ for Power Firm - Friday 29th March 2024
CB4PC FaceBook Post Plus P&J Article - Tuesday 26th March 2024
Facebook Post (Originally From Herald) - Fanellan Residents - Friday 22nd March 2024
West Highland Free Press - Deeds Not Matching Words on Energy Plans - Friday 22nd March 2024
Press & Journal - Row Heats Up Over The Size of Substation - Friday 15th March 2024
Press & Journal - We Won’t Give Up Wind Farms Fight - Tuesday 12th March 2024
Inverness Courier- Clan Chief Seeking SSEN Clarification - Friday 8th March 2024
West Highland Free Press - Energy Giants Start Skye Work “Without Consent” - Friday 8th March 2024
Inverness Courier - Tuesday 27th February 2024
John O’Groat Journal - Power Line Project Is Not The Right Answer To Climate Change - Friday 23rd February 2024
The Press & Journal - We Don’t Need Any More Wind Farms - Friday 23rd February 2024
The Press & Journal - Wind Power Won’t Help Scottish Government Repopulate ‘Remote’ North - Friday 23rd February 2024
Scotsman - Net Zero Chance - Tuesday 13th February 2024
The Herald - Beauly Pylons ‘Will Be A Scar On Highlands’ - Sunday 11th February 2024
Caithness Courier - Various Articles - Wednesday 31st January 2024
John O’Groat Journal - Transmission Upgrade Will Mean ‘Significant Changes to Some Landscapes’ - Tuesday 30th January 2024
John O’ Groat Journal - ‘Unity’ Plea in Fight Against New Pylons - Friday 26th January 2024
