The Story We Are Being Sold About Energy
The Story We Are Being Sold About Energy Professor Dieter Helm, Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Oxford and author of the 2017 Cost of Energy...
Check Rail Corner A835 Trunk Road Freedom of Information Request
Check Rail Corner repair on the A835 by Loch Garve: Separating the truth from urban myth! After at least four promised completion dates came and went...
Highland Visitor Levy: A New Proposal, But An Old Debate Returns
The idea of making visitors contribute directly towards the cost of tourism in the Highlands is back on the table. The prospect of a visitor levy being...
As Scotland Battles Another Major Wildfire
Could Spain's Military Emergency Unit Offer Lessons for the Future? As the Cairngorms National Park continues to battle one of its largest and longest running...
Electricity Bills Keep Rising. So Where Are We Going Wrong?
For years households locally and across the UK have been told that increasing our reliance on renewable energy would eventually lead to lower electricity...
Subsidy Clock Raises Energy Boom Questions
As renewable energy applications continue to spread across the Highlands, a growing number of residents are asking a simple question as the landscape around...
Scotland’s Net Zero Gap Nobody Wants to Discuss
Scotland’s net zero ambitions are often discussed in terms of wind farms, electric cars and heat pumps, however one of the biggest problems is far more basic:...
Food, Fertiliser, Semi-Conductors and Helium
Everyone’s Talking About Fuel Across the Highlands. Should We Be Talking About Food, Fertiliser, Semi- Conductors and Helium ? Most of the coverage around the...
Sheep Shearer Shortage and the Impact on Highland and Islands
A growing concern is rapidly emerging around sheep farming in the UK after warnings that a shortage of professional shearers could leave up to 1.5 million...
The Iran Crisis and Highland Resilience
Escalating Global Tensions What the Impact Could be for the Resilience of Rural Highland Communities While the crisis involving Iran may appear geographically...