Financial incentives for new wind farms are destroying Scotland’s wild scenery

I welcome the Say No To Fallago campaign which is trying to stop the Duke of Roxburghe getting planning approval for 48 wind turbines, each between 300ft and 400ft in height, in the Lammermuir Hills south of Edinburgh (“Green energy plans ‘destroying heritage’ ”, The Herald, June 21). But this campaign is only part of a wider battle to remove the financial incentives that underpin massive onshore wind turbines. These are destroying Scotland’s wild and magnificent scenery, from the Borders to Shetland.

Editorial: A growth year for poison ivy | ScrippsNews

Short term, the explanation for this year's profusion of poison ivy is that the harsh winter killed off many competing but less hardy plants.

Long term, it seems that poison ivy responds positively to global warming, especially the increase in carbon dioxide, which produces bigger and more irritating plants.

Climate change is a proven fact - [Junk] Scientists

An American Scientist Naomi Oreskes, has noted that statements from scientists are so greatly disconnected from the media in the USA, because journalists unknowingly and inaccurately repeat what was said.

Oreskes was explaining a point regarding the possible reasons for the influence of climate sceptics, when she took part in a panel discussion at the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum, along with Bob Ward from the Grantham
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Oreskes said the media treated the topic like a pure scientific debate, although it was grounded ideologically.

"Global warming is no longer a debate - it's a proven fact," said Oreskes.

She said the so-called climate sceptics are nothing but "contrarians" and can't be taken seriously because their critique isn't scientifically based.

According to Oreskes, these are the same people who didn't want to believe that the consumption of tobacco had negative effects.