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Help the John Muir Trust Stop Stronelairg Windfarm

Posted Category: News

Monadhliath is soon to be the site of the largest single industrial energy development in Highland Scotland. Unless we stop it. We need your donation to help our legal challenge. http://www.jmt.org/stronelairg.asp Support urged for ‘David against Goliath’ Mountaineers ask people to support John Muir Trust in legal challenge to Scottish Government and SSE  People who […]

Environmental Noise, Sleep Deprivation & Torture September, 2014

Posted Category: Health, News

Dr Sarah Laurie and the Waubra Foundation have identified how the wind industry is causing sleep deprivation – a form of torture – to hundreds of rural citizens: Environmental-Noise-Sleep-Deprivation-Torture such as gas fired power stations, coal mines and field compressors used in CSG extraction produce environmental noise at night 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 […]

Equal rights of appeal – campaign launch!

Posted Category: Experiences, News

Campaigning for a fair and inclusive planning system in Scotland Planning Democracy have launched a petition to the SG for an equal right to appeal against consented applications. See the blog to join the campaign: http://www.planningdemocracy.org.uk/2014/equal-rights-of-appeal/ ERA petition can be downloaded here.

Compensation for noise from wind turbines: precedent-setting court decision in Denmark

Posted Category: Health, News

The High Court for Western Denmark sets compensation over and above the amount assessed by the government. By Søren Stenderup Jensen   http://en.friends-against-wind.org/justice/compensation-for-noise-from-wind-turbines Ill informed councils believe they can save money on their own budgets and convince communities through community benefit that wind turbines are the solution the the black hole in their budgets.  All […]

Emergency Measures to prevent blackouts

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As more and more wind energy is added to the national grid will it help to keep the lights on? If only politicians would allow engineers to be responsible for our energy policy: IESIS promotes the principle that, before proceeding with any policy for the electricity system, comprehensive independent assessments should be carried out. This would […]

Vibro Acoustic Disease

Posted Category: Experiences, Health, News

Andrew Vivar’s whose life has been turned upside down since Ark Hill Windfarm was developed has been researching Vibro Acoustic Disease: “The vibrations induced by the operation of the wind towers (movement of the blades and the remaining existing mechanical equipment) have a frequency content concentrated in bands with medium frequency 3 Hz, 8 Hz, […]

Analysis of Open Letters to the British Medical Association

Posted Category: Health

  OPEN LETTER TO TIM BOURNE 2 19.06.14. OPEN LETTER to Sir Sabaratnam ArulkumaranPresident of the BMA. 21.0614 FINAL TO PRESIDENT OF BMA finalof the BMA.2. 24.06.14   Given the vital importance of adequate good quality sleep to maintain physical and mental health, the determined ignorance of the serious impact of wind turbine noise alone by the […]

Analysis of UK Wind Power Generation: report by Stuart Young commissioned by the John Muir Trust

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Stuart Young is the author of these reports: (He has  reviewed these reports and believes that the conclusions of his findings are as relevant today as they were when written, although all the numbers have changed) . “Overview of the Scottish Government’s First Annual UPDATE ”“Overview of 2020 ROUTEMAP update” for Renewable Energy “Gas, oil and […]