Call To Action

by | Mar 22, 2019 | Uncategorised

CALL TO ACTION 21.3.19 ***** What’s happening now? ***** On 20th March 2019, a Special Meeting of the Highland Council approved the remaining 3 run of river hydro schemes for Glen Etive. This means that all 7 schemes will now go ahead, unless we convince the Scottish...

Mountaineering Scotland Response

by | Mar 21, 2019 | Uncategorised

Mountaineering Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to review a decision which will damage one of Scotland’s most iconic landscapes. A special meeting of The Highland Council today approved three hydropower proposals which will impinge on wild land areas in...

All Schemes now Approved

by | Mar 20, 2019 | Uncategorised

The Special Meeting of the full Highland Council APPROVED all hydro-schemes. This means all 7 schemes will be built in Glen Etive. Reject/approve: Allt Ceitlein- 13/28 (31% against)Allt Mheuran- 17/25 (40% against)Allt Chaorainn- 15/27 (35% against) Hugely...

Letter Sent to Councillors

by | Mar 14, 2019 | Uncategorised

We have put together a letter that we are posting to all of the councillors involved in the planning meeting that is taking place on the 20th March. Don’t forget that you can still contact your local councillors if you live in the Highland area! You can find...

Letter of Support to Chief Planner

by | Mar 9, 2019 | Uncategorised

John Mackay, possibly Scotland’s foremost landscape expert and former employee of SNH, wrote a letter to the chief planner calling all 7 schemes in, in a timely fashion, a couple of weeks ago. We supported that letter with our own. While our focus until the 20th...