Help Mary Scanlon MSP know the environment is a top concern
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- Category: Debates
- Published: 18 February 2011
We urge Highland Ward 21 voters to let Mary Scanlon Highland list MSP know the environment is a top concern by completing this short feedback form.
CNPA says appeal will cost the taxpayer
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- Published: 31 January 2011
Taxpayer faces bill for appeal (PDF link)
Strathspey and Badenoch Herald, 26 January 2011
The chairman of the Cairngorms National Park Authority's planning committe has said that a legal challenge to thier planning blueprint will cost the taxpayer.
A call to pond watchers
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- Category: Bogs
- Published: 30 January 2011
In some parts of the UK the winter freeze has been followed by reports of dead amphibians. We do not know if there has been any problem for amphibians in Badenoch and Strathspey and we and the Highland Biological Recording Group would like to hear of any usual records of dead fish and amphibians discovered when the thaw starts. For an online form intended to improve understanding on the phenomenon see: www.pondconservation.org.uk/bigponddip/bigpondthawformonline
We know our toads suffer mortality on the road but have they and other amphibians been troubled by winter ice?
Nick Clegg and Danny Alexander in Strathspey 20 January 2011
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- Published: 22 January 2011
In April 2010 the lIberal Democrats pledged to put protecting the environment at the heart of government Nick Clegg said then the next government will be the last that is able to stop "dangerous" climate change.
Nick Clegg in Strathspey on 20 January 2011.
In his maiden speech on 19 May 2005 in Westminster Danny Alexander said "the current reality of climate change are all too apparent to my constituents, not least because they are highly visible through the fortunes of the Scottish ski industry".
Danny Alexander also used his maiden speech to say: "Clearly, the need to develop the tourist industry further must be accommodated in such a way that it does not at the same time undermine the natural features that attract the visitors in the first place. We must not kill the goose that lays the golden egg".
Danny Alexander in Boat of Garten Village Hall 20 January 2011.
Road Sense granted Protective Expense Order
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- Published: 21 January 2011
Roadsense who are challenging the legality of road building decisions in Aberdeen have been granted a Protective Expense Order of £40,000.
See BBC News: Road Sense wins Aberdeen bypass legal cost victory, the Court of Session opinion and the Road Sense Press release.