5 million Scottish trees felled for wind farms

The Scotsman ^ | 2nd January 2014 | ILONA AMOS

[george76]

ONLY a fraction of Scottish forests felled to make way for wind farms have been replanted, figures show, sparking calls for a ban on new developments.

Forestry Commission statistics reveal that about five million trees – almost one for every person in Scotland – have been cut down to clear space for turbines in the past six years but less than a third of them have been replaced.

Of the 2,510 hectares stripped of woodland to make way for turbines since 2007, just 792 hectares were reforested after construction was completed.

The Scottish Conservatives, who obtained the figures through a Freedom of Information request, claimed the figures are evidence that the Scottish Government is “destroying nature” in a bid to meet its own climate targets, which aim for all the country’s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2020.

MSP Murdo Fraser, energy spokesman for the party, said: “The SNP is so blindly obsessed with renewable energy that it doesn’t mind destroying another important environmental attribute to make way for it.

[jmacusa]

You’re kin in Kearny were a wee bit more particular.

[Irish Eyes]

Very well done. :)

[jmacusa]

:-)

[Amagi]

Net gain after destroying 5 million CO₂ absorbers?
It's a laugh a day at the eco-clowns.

[Rennes Templar]

Looks like you’ve had a lot of Scottish influence!

[jmacusa]

They’re good folk.