Sea lice debate turns directly confrontational
It’s not an everyday occurrence, anywhere, to find a prominent, highly respected and much awarded professor accusing an ancient university of scandalously misleading the nation, but it happened here in...
View Articlesaveseilsound campaign report to December 2012
The very effective saveseilsound campaign group has been in existence for nearly two years now.During this time, apart from campaigning against the expansion of industrial fish farming around Seil,...
View ArticleCollisions between environmentalists and salmon farmers in evidence to...
In papers issued at the start of 2013 by the Rural Affairs and Climate Change Committee of the Scottish Parliament, much of the additional written evidence submitted was understandably focused on...
View ArticleSalmon & Trout Association confronts distortions in new evidence to committee...
Guy Linley-Adams, who is a solicitor and a member of the Salmon & Trout Association Scotland, has submitted supplementary written evidence on behalf of the Association to the Rural Affairs and...
View ArticleEwan Kennedy: Granularity bad, ignorance good
Appearing before the Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment [RACCE] Committee on 9th January, Environment Minister, Paul Wheelhouse, used the word ‘granularity’ six times in relation to his...
View ArticleSix Ministers called to Parliament to account for ‘not credible’ climate...
And this unprecedented move starts today, 27th February 2013. Six Scottish Government Ministers have been called to Parliament to explain their plans to reduce Scotland’s emissions – plans which the...
View ArticleMcGrigor champions peatlands restoration as carbon sink
Speaking at the Scottish Parliament this afternoon, Jamie McGrigor, Highlands & Islands Conservative MSP and the Scottish Conservative Environment Spokesman, urged Ministers to do more to develop...
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saveseilsound campaigner hears RACCE accept that wild fish have no protection
saveseilsound campaigner Ewan Kennedy has just reported watching the first few minutes of the RACCE [Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment] committee on live stream.First he saw an amendment...
View ArticleGood news from salmon farming sector: Marine Harvest breaks ranks and seeks...
The major salmon farmer, Marie Harvest, has broken ranks with the rest of the industry represented by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation and is seeking Aquaculture Stewardship Council [ASC]...
View ArticleDave Thompson appointed to Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment...
Dave Thompson, SNP MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch has been appointed to the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee [RACCE].In reference to a recent UN...
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