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Former Prime Minister Tony Blair certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons when he criticised governments’ current approach to achieving net zero. Writing in the foreword of a new report by his think tank, the Tony Blair Institute (TBI), Blair argued that strategies centred on rapidly phasing out fossil fuels and forcing lifestyle changes are “doomed to fail.”

Bird conservation groups are calling on the Scottish Government to take urgent action to address the growing threat wind farms pose to seabirds.

The £2 billion Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) electricity “superhighway” between Scotland and England is facing delays, posing a challenge to Energy Secretary Ed Miliband’s plans for a clean power system by 2030.

Concerns over the creeping industrialisation of the Scottish Borders countryside have been reignited following yet another planning application for a large-scale energy development.

Scotland’s renewable energy sector is facing an unprecedented crisis due to an overwhelmed planning system, an increasing number of proposals, and grid capacity constraints.

Applause erupted at a Scottish Borders Council planning committee meeting yesterday as councillors rejected a proposal to erect a temporary lattice anemometry mast near Hawick. The decision, driven by significant concerns over the impact on wildlife, residents, and the environment, casts uncertainty over the future of the proposed Mid Hill wind farm project.

A large-scale renewable energy development described as a “blight on the skyline” has been formally opposed by Scottish Borders Council (SBC).

Scottish Borders Council (SBC) is set to formally object to plans for a major renewable energy park in the region, citing significant concerns over its geographic impact and effect on the local landscape.

We wanted to highlight a letter that appeared in The Scotsman over the weekend, which raises some important points with regards to local democracy in wind farm development.

A new wind farm development is due to be submitted for scoping to the Scottish Government which will be known as Longmuir Renewable Energy & Biodiversity Project. It will be located near Oxton in the Scottish Borders.

Wind farm approvals are set to speed up in Scotland in a move from Labour and SNP which has sparked concern across rural communities in the Borders.

A new large-scale wind farm consisting of 48 turbines which will be 200 metres high (twice the height of Big Ben) has been proposed in Upper Liddesdale.

The Scottish Borders Council's Planning and Building Standards Committee has today (3 March) voted to object to the application for Teviot Wind Farm.

The Scottish Borders has its fair share of wind farms already, yet, despite strong local opposition, a new report has advised Scottish Borders Council (SBC) to not oppose what could be the region’s largest wind farm.

Ed Miliband and the Labour government has come under fire this week after a new report from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) stated that the government should "be cautious about over-selling" the job opportunities from green manufacturing.

Labour’s plans to turn Scotland into a clean energy superpower could trigger a ‘tsunami’ of wind farms being built despite community concerns.

The Southern Reporter: "Scotland is on target to meet its net zero ambitions without the need for a new wind farm in the Borders, a public local inquiry heard this week."

A huge wind turbine caught fire yesterday morning at Coldham Wind Farm in Cambridgeshire. An investigation by Scottish Power is currently underway and the wind farm’s eight turbines have all been switched off.

The final day of the Greystone Knowe inquiry took place today, and the morning’s session focused solely on the issue of Eskdalemuir Seismological Array (ESA) which lies at the heart of the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) objection.

The second day of the Greystone Knowe public inquiry took place today. The morning focused on finalising the session from the day before on the landscape and visual impacts of the proposed wind farm, with the afternoon then moving on to the energy and planning policy hearing session.