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Davids strike Goliaths in the battle of wind at all costs

A small, perhaps inevitably rural, Scottish Community Council – here in Argyll – has landed a significant strike against the Scottish UK and EU governments under the Aarhus Convention.Loch Avich and...

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Scottish Government information events on offshore wind, wave and tidal...

And not one of these is in Argyll, despite the fact that this region is host to the proposed massive and controversial offshore wind farm, the Argyll Array (aka Tiree Array), which will wrap around two...

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Letter from notable Argyll wind farm campaigner off to Geneva to support...

Sir,Pollution is not the only serious problem facing Scotland over the current renewable energy policy.  Both economically and environmentally the case against the current imposition of plans is...

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Argyll Community Council in windfarm complaint to UN in Geneva

In a David and Goliath confrontation, the community council for the little Avich and Kilchrenan [AKCC] townships on Loch Aweside, has taken its complaint about proliferation of windfarms in Argyll to...

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Scoop for new saveseilsound blog: Scottish Government announced Protective...

The quick-eyed new saveseilsound blog has spotted a major political development slipped out by the Scottish Government but of enormous interest to those with a case to protest against a government...

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European Platform Against Windfarms’ legal challenge accepted by EU Court of...

Following the acceptance by the EU Court of Justice of a legal challenge issued by EPAW [European Platform Against Windfarms], the question is now whether the EU renewables programme is unlawful?The...

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Robert Trythall: Aarhus Convention developments

The latest development with the EU Court of Justice acceptance of a legal challenge issued by EPAW [European Platform Against Windfarms], indicates  that the implications of the  Aarhus Convention to...

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Action from Argyll proves game-changer in wind farm consents for Scottish and...

A ruling with force in international law that will reverberate across the UK, has been born from a successful challenge to the UK government’s procedure in planning and consenting wind farms.This will...

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Argyll’s successful anti-wind farm campaigner making presentation to Holyrood...

Christine Metcalfe from Loch Avich, a determined and strategic campaigner against wind turbines, this year saw her pioneering use of the Aarhus Convention, to which the UK is a signatory, bring her a...

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