Scottish News

• Dunbar - Waste 'import' consultation on 22 & 23 February
  WASTE giant Viridor holds a public consultation next week on plans to 'import' waste from across central Scotland to a planned incinerator at Oxwellmains, near Dunbar...read more

• Perth and Kinross Council publishes reasons for rejecting Grundon incinerator, 13 Feb 2012
  Perth and Kinross Council has now published its reasons for rejecting proposals for a waste gasification incinerator at Shore Road in Perth...read more

• Newton Mearns campaign update 9th. Feb 2012 
  At first sight there is nothing to report on LRV from either ERC Planning or from the Scottish Government's Energy Consents Unit. (SG ECU). However, Councillor Ian MacAlpine...read more

• Stirling - Provost waste plant bid gets fair hearing, 10 Feb 2012
  CONTROVERSIAL plans for a waste plant in Throsk - from a company which has Stirling's own Provost Fergus Wood as director...read more

• Firm bids to get Glasgow’s waste, 5 Feb 2012
  The company behind the plan for a £200 million waste incinerator near Dunbar is hoping to overturn a planning condition...read more

• UK wastes billions as scrap is sent abroad, 4 Feb 2012
  Lack of adequate recycling facilities and confusing legislation is hampering Britain's economy as demand for raw materials soars. Tom Bawden examines the case...read more

• Stirling --Throsk waste plant plan gets fresh airing, 3 Feb 2012
  CONTROVERSIAL proposals to site a waste plant in Throsk - from a company which has Stirling's own Provost...read more

• Scottish landfill operator unveils cutting edge MRF/RDF facility, 2 Feb 2012
  A £20m recycling and refuse-derived fuel facility is one step closer to going live in Scotland for the treatment of residual waste...read more 

• Revised Perth incinerator plan rejected, 3 Feb 2012
  Revised plans for a £100m waste plant incinerator on the outskirts of Perth have been rejected by councillors...read more

• Newton Mearns, Briefing Notes no.16 - 31st. Jan 2012 
  Briefing Notes can exclusively reveal the response to the MIR consultation has broken through the 1500 mark. In terms of numbers responding...read more

• Perth - Community council speaks out over Grundon proposals, 31 Jan 2012
  GRUNDON’S revised plan, drawn up after losing an appeal to a Holyrood Reporter in May 2010, has been assessed by the council and in a 136-page document...read more

• Perth - Dewar's Rink is venue for Grundon application hearing on Friday 3 February, 10am
  This Friday (3 February) at 10am at Dewar's Ice Rink, the Development Control Committee of Perth and Kinross Council will meet to consider Grundon's planning application...read more

• Court of Session uphold South Lanarkshire Council's decision to pass waste incinerator at Dovesdale Farm, 25 Jan 2012
  Campaigners against plans for a waste incinerator in South Lanarkshire say they are disappointed that a judicial review has upheld a decision made by the local authorities planning department...read more

• Newton Mearns Briefing Notes no.14 - 21st. Jan 2012 
  Comment of 2012 (so far!)'With the release of the East Renfrewshire Main Issues Report this close to the May election, have the ruling Labour / SNP coalition created the longest suicide note in history?'...read more

• Monklands - Report from Maggie on incinerator court case, 20 January 2012
  Hi All! The MRAPP team would like to thank all who managed to attend the Court of Session over the past two days. It was very important to show our campaign is not waning...read more

• Dunbar - Viridor seeking to 'import' waste, 19 Jan 2012
  WASTE from across central Scotland could be brought to East Lothian to be burned should a controversial bid by Viridor prove successful...read more

• First day of appeal against Monklands incinerator proposal, 19 January 2012
  Today (19 Jan) the appeal by North Lanarkshire Council against Shore Energy's proposals for a waste incinerator at Carnbroe began today at the Court of Session in Edinburgh...read more

• Working for you - Elaine Smith MSP supports local campaigners against plans for a pyrolysis plant in Monklands, 18 January 2012
  THIS week will see another chapter in this town's fight against the proposed pyrolysis incinerator at Carnbroe. 
  North Lanarkshire Council have appealed against a decision by the Scottish Ministers to...read more 

• Newton Mearns incinerator goes back to stage one, 13 Jan 2012
  It has been confirmed to Briefing Notes that the Lifetime Recycling Village, due to substantial alterations in the proposal from the Pre Application Notice (PAN), has now gone back to stage one...read more

• Carnbroe-Monklands - Bus to Court of Session in Edinburgh for Monklands incinerator case on 19/20 Jan
  MRAPP are organising a bus for the Court of Session on Thurs 19th & Fri 20th Jan. Leaving from Shawhead Community Centre at 8:15am then...read more

• Perth incinerator - Likely date for planning decision is 3rd February 2012
  Councillor Peter Barrett, who is spearheading the fight against Grundon's incinerator proposal, said today (on Facebook): "3rd of February is looking...read more

• Three waste incinerators and a 'refuse derived fuel' plant planned for west of Scotland, 11 Jan 2012
  There are four new recycling and/or energy-from-waste plants planned for the West of Scotland. They are...read more

• Maggie asks residents of Monklands to attend court case on 19th and 20th January 2012
  Dear allOur day in Court has finally arrived! We have enormous widespread support for the continued fight against the Simon Howie incinerator being built in Monklands...read more 

• Clydeport owners unveil £180m plan to turn rubbish into power and hot water for Glasgow, 11 January 2012
  PLANS for a second major plant to turn Glasgow’s rubbish into electricity were unveiled today...read more

• Newton Mearns Briefing Note 12, 29th. December 2011
  Apologies for issuing a second briefing note so close to the last one but hopefully this one will be short and have the benefit of simplifying the MIR. You will recall in BN11...read more

• Concern over revised application for an incinerator in Perth, letter published in Perthshire Advertiser on 23 Dec 2011
  Dear Editor, – Outline planning consent, subject to conditions, was granted by Perth and Kinross Council on March 6, 2006, for the Perth incinerator development...read more

• NEWTON MEARNS - URGENT - Everyone who is opposed to the incinerator - SEND YOUR OBJECTION TO THE COUNCIL'S 'MAIN ISSUES REPORT', 16 December 2011
  This is the time for your direct action and there are only 12 days left, and that includes the holidays. The consultation closes on Wednesday 28th. December and ERC's office is...read more 

• Full Council must rule on Binn Farm's gasifier plan, letter published in Perthshire Advertiser on 9 December 2011
  Dear Editor, — According to Scot tish Government guidelines, when a major planning application varies significantly from the development plan, the full Council must make the final decision...read more

• Polmadie incinerator decision tomorrow, 7 Dec 2011
  GAINS has been informed that the decision by GCC to awarded a PFI contract to Viridor in Pomaldie is only a recommendation and has to...read more

• Perth Council ignores SITA's misleading statement to Development Control Committee, 4 December 2011
  Chief Executive of Perth and Kinross Council refuses to take action over misleading statements by SITA UK over its application to build a waste gasification incinerator at Binn Farm near Abernethy...read more 

• Viridor in line for £250 million Glasgow contract
  Glasgow city council has named waste management firm Viridor as the likely candidate to be awarded the city’s 25 year waste disposal contract...read more

• Scotland’s recycling hits 44%, 30 November 2011
  FIGURES released today by Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) show that more is being recycled in Scotland than ever...read more

• SITA UK responds to claims it misled Perth & Kinross Council over Binn Farm gasifier application, 30 Nov 2011
  At the Development Control Committee and in all other consultation regarding our proposals, SITA UK has always intended to provide accurate, relevant information to the public...read more

• Polmadie, Glasgow - £150m trash plan for city, 29 Nov 2011
  GLASGOW’s trash is to be turned in to electricity at a giant new £150 million power plant. The massive “energy-from-waste” facility...read more

• Glasgow, Polmadie - Anger at £150m power plant plan, 30 Nov 2011
  GLASGOW City Council last night unveiled plans for a £150 million plant to turn rubbish into power amid protests...read more

• How green is your council? League table of rubbish recycling revealed, 30 November 2011 
  FORTY-four per cent of household waste is being recycled in Scotland – more than ever before, new figures show. However, the latest statistics from...read more

• Scottish Government Consultation on Waste Prevention Programme, December 2011
  Achieving our vision of a zero waste society is about more than simply reducingthe amount of waste we produce. It is about using all resources...read more

• Edinburgh terminates waste procurement to save jobs, 28 Nov 2011
  In a surprise move, Edinburgh city council has dropped plans tooutsource its waste collection service to Enterprise due to concernsabout the job losses involved...read more

• Binn Farm, Perth - Claims council were misled over plans for incinerator, 26 Nov 2011
  A LEADING environmental campaigner has claimed that Perth and Kinross Council was "misled" over plans for Binn Farm. Michael Gallagher, secretary for Green Alternatives...read more

• GAINS PRESS RELEASE Development Control Committee misled over incinerator application, Friday 11 November 2011
  On 19 October, the Development Control Committee of Perth and Kinross Council gave planning permission for SITA UK to change the design of its proposed waste incinerator at Binn Farm. Instead of conventional incineration...read more

• Newton Mearns - Lifetime Recycling Village - LRV 10 Briefing note 8th Nov 2011
  On the face of it, all seems quiet. However, a number of issues of major significance have arisen, hence this briefing note, which, for the first time, calls for your direct action. Apologies for the length...read more

• PRESS RELEASE - Scottish Government spent just £1.26m on improving recycling infrastructure since 2007, 5 Nov 2011
  A Freedom of Information request by GAINS has revealed that the Government has spent just £1.26 million to improve Scotland's recycling infrastructure, since the current administration came into power in 2007...read more

• Alert your MSP to biomass dangers, 4 Nov 2011
  Click here to send letter to your MSP - Forth Energy has applied for planning permission for four large biomass power stations in Scotland: in Dundee, Grangemouth, Leith (Edinburgh) and Rosyth...read more

• Irresponsible view? Dovesdale court case begins, 27 Oct 2011
  THE Judicial Review into the Dovesdale Incinerator has started at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. On Friday members from Dovesdale Incinerator Action Group...read more

• Monklands court case set for January, 27 Oct 2011
  The dates for the Court of Session case - Council vs Shore Energy - have been announced: Thurs 19 and Fri 20th January 2012. As soon as we...read more

• Binn Farm - Gasification fears contemptuously dismissed, 24 October 2011
  Sir, — On Wednesday, October 19, the development control committee of Perth and Kinross Council met to consider an application to build a waste gasification incinerator at Binn Farm...read more

• Abernethy resident blasts Perth and Kinross Council over incinerator decision, Fri 21 October 2011
  Sir,— As a resident of Abernethy, I would like to know why we are going to be guinea pigs for a gasification plant.
  Over the years, we have been subjected to obnoxious odours from the landfill...read more

• Binn Farm 'cleaner' plant backed by councillors, 20 October 2011
  COUNCILLORS HAVE backed plans for a controversial gasification scheme in rural Perthshire.
  Although an energy from waste (EfW) plant at Binn Farm has already been given permission, site owners SITA UK have decided to adopt what they called "cleaner" technology...read more

• Binn Farm - Complaint to Perth and Kinross Council, via chief executive Bernadette Malone, re behaviour of Development Control Committee, 20 October 2011
  Dear Ms Malone - Yesterday, when I made a statement to the development control committee, I was very surprised by the initial statement of the convenor when he said that the purpose of the meeting was not discuss...read more

• Perth planners recommend approval of gasification incinerator at Binn Farm, 19 October 2011
  A new report by the Development Quality Manager, henceforth the 'planning report' has recommended approval...read more

• Staggering cost of running Dundee's incinerator, 17 Oct 2011
  Sir, — Since Dundee City Council started to send waste to the DERL incinerator in 2000, it has spent £13,060,460 in gate fees (the fees charged to the council for each tonne of waste at the plant). Sending the same amount of waste...read more

• Binn Farm gasifier approved, Wed 10 Oct 2011
  This morning the Development Control Committee of Perth and Kinross Council unanimously passed an application to build a waste gasification incinerator at Binn Farm...read more

• Scottish Government announces new Zero Waste Regulations, 14 Oct 2011
  The Policy Statement for the Zero Waste (Scotland) Regulations has now been published. Waste management is a service upon which businesses and households across Scotland depend. The Regulations will help deliver...read more

• Environmental watchdog objects to controversial Perth incinerator, STV report, 12 Oct 2011
  An environmental watchdog has lodged an objection against controversial plans for an incinerator in Perth town centre...read more

• Perth - Incinerator firm ask SEPA for more time, 10 Oct 2011 
  DEVELOPERS behind controversial plans to build an incinerator in Perth yesterday urged Scotland's environment
  watchdog to give them enough time to respond to its feedback...read more

• Binn Farm - Council will consider incinerator on 19 October
  CONTROVERSIAL PLANS to build a gasification incinerator with a 55m stack will be heard by Perth and Kinross Council this month. The proposals...read more

• SEPA raises concerns over Grundon application, 5 Oct 2011
  Today SEPA has submitted a letter to the planning department of Perth and Kinross Council, in which it raises several objections to Grundon's application to build an energy-from-waste...read more

• MSPs speak out over incineration issue, October 5, 2011
  THREE local MSPs spoke out against incineration developments in a recent debate at the Scottish Parliament. Elaine Smith, Siobhan McMahon and Margaret Mitchell all had their say...read more

• Council to consider Binn Farm gasification incinerator on 19 October 2011
  The planning application for the gasification plant at Binn is scheduled to go in front of the Development control meeting of 19th October 2011. 

• Remade in Edinburgh invites you to their party tomorrow, Friday 30 Sept, 10am-1pm
  Dear Friend of Remade - Just a quick wee reminder about our event tomorrow, where we'll be also having a swap shop - bring your old clothes to swap, mend, and alter with the support of our friendly sewing tutors...read more 

• GAINS submits Freedom of Information inquiry to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Thursday 29 Sept 2011
  Dear Sir/Madam - CONCERNS OVER DE NOVO FORMATION OF DIOXINS AND FURANS - I am concerned about the apparent conflict between the need to minimise dioxin emissions, and Scottish Government policy of maximising the use of heat...read more

• Take part right now - Call 4 action to stop Forth Energy's unsustainable giant biomass plants, 27 September
  Forth Energy has applied for planning permission for four large biomass power stations in Scotland: in Dundee, Grangemouth, Leith (Edinburgh) and Rosyth. Although touted as a green energy solution, the reality is that these proposals...read more

• Plasma firm supplying technology for Grundon's Perth project secures further funding, 19 Sept 2011
  The company, which already has a contract with Grundon to be the technology supplier for a proposed gasification plant in Perth, Scotland, said that Leveraged Green Energy “ an existing...read more

• WWF Press Release - Revealed: Threat to Scotland's zero waste plans, 18 September 2011
  Efforts to increase recycling, cut the amount of waste we produce and avoid a rush to incinerate are key to ensuring the Scottish Government’s zero waste plan doesn’t go ‘up in smoke’, said WWF Scotland today...read more

• LibDem MSP attacks SNP over Dovesdale incinerator, 15 Sept 2011
  Jim Hume, Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP for the South of Scotland, has spoken out against the SNP on the Dovesdale incinerator after a debate in the Scottish Parliament on waste management.

• Scottish Parliament debates incineration, 15 Sept 2011
  Scottish Labour MSP Michael McMahon called for a national framework to guide waste management strategy and more clarity on planning guidelines with regard to waste incineration developments...read more

• Greens call for moratorium on waste incinerators, 15 Sept 2011
  Green MSPs today called for the Scotland Government to urgently revise its 'Zero Waste' strategy to bring in a moratorium on new incinerators during a debate at Holyrood.

• Scottish Parliament to debate incineration on Thursday 15 September
  MSPs are due to discuss the following motion on the morning of Thursday 15 September: The motion is proposed by Michael McMahon and supported by Margaret Mitchell MSP. 

• Nappy days! Britain's mountain of disposables recycled into roof tiles in CO2-saving measure, 13 Sept 2011 
  It’s not likely that many will poo-poo this idea. Britain uses three billion disposable nappies a year - but now they are set to be turned into roof tiles after a unique recycling plant opened its doors today.

• Nappy recycler opens UK plant, plans more in Scotland and London 13 Sept 2011
  Nappy recycler opening its first U.K. facility this week - planning to invest to $39.6 million in five facilities across the country in the next four years, including in Scotland and London

• Row as South Lanarkshire Council’s award £459m waste contract, Sep 8 2011
  SOUTH Lanarkshire’s municipal waste will NOT be disposed of at the controversial incinerator planned for Dovesdale Farm, between Larkhall and Stonehouse...read more

• Lanarkshire protestors ask you to write to your MSP, asking them to support a Motion calling for review of incinerator policy, 5 September
  Dear All - The Motion below was submitted today my Margaret Mitchell MSP, please note that it asks for a review of the policy on incinerators. Perhaps you could ask your MSPs' to consider supporting the motion...read more

• Newton Mearns - 2000 join in march against million-tonne waste plant, 5 September 2011
  THOUSANDS of angry residents marched through the streets of a Glasgow suburb yesterday in protest against plans to build a massive waste incinerator. More than 2000 protesters gathered...read more

• Newton Mearns - Protest march and rally organised for Sunday 4th September, 2pm at Mearns Primary School 
  The Walk against the Waste Incinerator is on Sunday 4th September! We need to keep spreading the word so that as many people as possible come along! We will be meeting at Mearns Primary (Hunter Drive) at 2.00pm and...read more

• Incinerator campaigners call for council action, Sep 2 2011
  TECHNICAL presentations by incinerator developers prompted Scottish Environment Protection Agency and council representatives to undertake a fact-finding trip this week...read more

• Newton Mearns - LRV newsletter, 29th August 2011
  1. LRV June to August, 2. March/rally 4th September, 3. Holyrood developments, 4. Communication with LRV

• Greengairs group speak out over incinerator “inconsistency”, 31 Aug 2011
  OPPONENTS of the approved energy-from-waste plant near Greengairs say they are “angry about the inconsistency” of politicians’ reaction to Monklands’ two incineration projects...read more

• Sign the new Incineration Tax Petition, 17 August 2011
  The UK government has started an E-petition system for the public to get stuff discussed in our parliament. Keith Kondakor has started a petition on the system to get an incineration tax at...read more 

• Sepa: the sleeping watchdog, Sunday Herald, 24 July 2011 - The agency that’s supposed to protect us from harmful pollution ignored figures which suggested Scotland had been exposed to horrific levels of lethal poison EXCLUSIVE: By environment editor Rob Edwards

• Perth incinerator campaign is online hit, 19 July 2011
  PERTPI residents have given massive backing to the Stop the Incinerator campaign this weekend.
  Campaigners at...read more

• Call from Coatbridge - email Minister now, 8 July 2011
  Dear all - Interesting item on BBC website relating to Dovesdale incinerator– but look what she says at the end! When you email her...read more

• Coatbridge residents challenge minister, 7 July 2011
  Aileen Campbell, Minister for local government and Planning, as part of a ministerial visit, met with the Leader and Chief Executive of the North Lanarkshire Council...read more

• Fresh doubts over Leith Biomass plant, 1 July 2011 - external link
  Energy Minister questions whether large-scale biomass is good for planet or economy...read more 

• Scottish Parliament rejects core of petition demand, 28 June 2011 
  Dear Mr Gallagher - As you may be aware, the Public Petitions Committee considered your petition today. That Committee decided that although it could see clear merit...read more

• Perth protestors warn of "incinerator fatigue", 25 June 2011 - PERTH RESIDENTS have been urged to mobilise once again to oppose plans for a £100 million incinerator in Perth...read more

• Anti-incinerator petition, Jun 24 2011 - external link
  PERTH City Centre councillor Peter Barrett yesterday moved to mobilise opposition to the new plans lodged for the Shore Road incinerator...read more

• Dundee student fined over biomass protest — then graduates 24 hours later, 24 June - external link
  A Dundee University student graduated only 24 hours after she was fined for protesting against plans to build biomass generators at four Scottish sites, including Dundee...read more

• Perth - Anti-incinerator petition, 24 June 2011 - external link
  PERTH City Centre councillor Peter Barrett yesterday moved to mobilise opposition to the new plans lodged for the Shore Road incinerator...read more

• Campaigners claim new incinerator plan poses greater risk to public, Courier and Advertiser, 24 June 2011
  OPPONENTS of plans for a £100 million incinerator in Perth have said the development poses a greater risk than ever to the town and its residents...read more

• Perth could be new Bhopal - stack claim - 24 June 2011
  COMMUNITY councillors battling Grundon's controversial new incinerator plans warn they could spell disaster for Perth, writes Gordon Bannerman...read more

• Binn Farm - SEPA announces 28-day consultation period for draft permit, 24 June 2011
  In March 2009 SITA UK Ltd applied for an operators license (PPC Part A Permit) to operate an Energy from Waste Plant...read more 

• Perth - Scaled-down plans for incinerator put to council by Grundon Waste Management, 23 June 2011 - external link - Planners behind a controversial £100 million waste incinerator in Perth — previously described as a "pollutant-belching monstrosity" — have submitted revised proposals...read more

• Protestors stage massive demo at Shawhead, 22 June - external link
  HUNDREDS of protestors staged a massive demonstration at Shawhead last Saturday as they continued their fight against the planned Carnbroe pyrolysis plant...read more

• Power plant protesters fined after bringing docks to a standstill, 22 June 2011 - external link
  Four demonstrators have been fined a total of £850 after laying siege to Grangemouth docks in a protest against...read more

• Carcinogenic Dioxins and Biomass Wood Combustion - letter to Guardian, 21 June 2011

• Biomass jobs cost £1-2 million each, 21 June 2011

• Dundee biomass plant plans put on hold while parties agree air quality monitoring programme, 20 June 2011 - external link

• Coatbridge protestors demand response from Ministers, 19 June

• Waste plant challenge to Government, 18 Jun 2011 - external link

• Hundreds protest in Coatbridge, 18 June

• Row over Dovesdale plant rumbles on, Jun 16 2011 - external link

• Petition to be heard on 28 June 2011

• Forth Energy biomass proposals, update 13 June 2011

• Monklands - Campaigners call on locals to boycott Simon Howie products, 13 June 2011 - external link

• COATBRIDGE DEMO, SATURDAY 18 JUNE, MIDDAY

• UK’s first nappy recycling plant to open in summer, 10 June 2011 - external link

• Row over SNP Minister's stance on Dovesdale decision, Jun 9 2011 - external link

• Peterhead - £60million plant unveiled, June 4 2011

• Elaine Smith hits back at Howie's accusation of scaremongering, 3 June 2011

• Pyrolosis plant boss claims MSP is a scaremongerer, 3 June 2011 - external link

• MRAPP calls on Monklands residents to attend meeting on 7 June 2011

• MSP questions Scottish Government minister over Carnbroe pyrolosis plant, 2 June 2011

• MSP calls for biomass plant air quality answers, 31 May 2011 - external link

• Burning Question: Why is PKC incinerating more of our household waste? 31 May 2011

• Wishart warns against incinerator pay-out, 27 May 2011 - external link to Perthshire Advertiser 

• Rallying call to opponents of plans for incinerator, 28 May 2011

• GAINS asks local MSPs for their views on Binn Farm and Shore Road incinerator proposals, 27 May 2011

• Council must 'bite the bullet' on incinerator, Tue 24 May 2011

• Potential 'lethal' risk for Perth, Dundee Courier, 21 May 2011

• 'Together we will see off latest plan', 20 May 2011

• Perth incinerator 2 fears, May 20 2011- external link

• Carnbroe pyrolysis plant given the go-ahead, May 19 2011 - external link

• MP says Grundon's perseverance is like a 'noose round the necks' of Perth folk, 19 May 2011 - external link

• Grundon Waste Management lodge modified proposals for incinerator at Perth, 18 May 2011, external link

• Environmental and human rights activists block off port to stop Forth Energy’s "mad“ biomass plans, 17 May 2011

• Arrests after protesters bring Grangemouth docks to standstill over power station plans, 16 May 2011

• Watch this 2 minute FOE film, then write to your MP, 16 May 2011 - external link

• Biomass Firm's Planning Call, 11 May 2011

• Recycling company admits £78m ‘mistake’, 10 May 2011 - external link

• SITA UK subject to enforcement notice, 6 May 2011

• How hazardous waste in Lanarkshire had an effect at Holyrood, May 9, 2011 - external link

• Forth Energy’s ‘Renewable’ energy plans not green, say environmentalists, 26 April 2011

• Greens vow to oppose incinerators, The Press Association, 22 Apr - external link

• Greens vow to oppose incinerators, Brechin Advertiser, 22 Apr

• Greens support for communities in fight against incinerators, stv.tv, 21 Apr - external link

• Peterhead gasifier application imminent, 19 April 2011 - external link

• Carnbroe - Reporter's decision expected in mid-May (11 Apr)

• Incineration lazy landfill alternative, says Greens, 11 April 2011

• American groups objects to Forth Energy biomass plans, 30 March - external link

• Dargavel (Scotgen, Dumfries) update from SEPA, 30 March 2011

• Ministers refuse to `call in’ Dovesdale incinerator planning application, 24 Mar 2011 - external link

• Buchan group on the warpath as incinerator row ignites, 23 Mar - external link

• Edinburgh and Midlothian submit waste plant plans, 21 March 2011 - external link

• GAINS gives presentation in Newton Mearns, Sunday 20 March 2011

• £860 Million for Renewable Heat - WWF Scotland Comment, 10 Mar 2011 - external link

• Visit to Dumfries gasifier reveals dirty truth, 9 February 2011

• Businessman Al Fayed joins fight against Invergordon incinerator, 8 Mar 2011 (external link to STV report)

• Leith deadline Fri 11 - last chance to object

• Dundee - Forth Energy denies government bias, 7 March 2011 (external link)

• Dundee campaigners claim objections snub, 3 February 2011 - external link

• 28 Feb - GAINS submits response to proposed Zero Waste Regulations

• Councillors vote to fight Grangemouth biomass plant, 26 Feb 2011

• Demo at Holyrood - article and photos, 24 Feb (external link)

• Invitation to Leith biomass protest at Parliament, 24 Feb

• Loganswell Farm - online petition set up by local MSP, 22 Feb 2011

• Falkirk Council opposes biomass burner, 11 Feb 2011

• Carnbroe - today is last day of incinerator appeal, Fri 18 Feb

• Angry exchanges at Leith biomass meeting, 10 Feb 2011 - external link

• ICARE seeks support for a public inquiry in Invergordon, 7 February 2011

• ICARE warns of plans for Inverness incinerator, 7 February 2011

• Waste firm Grundon to return with proposals for Perth plant, 29 January 2011 - external link

• Leith biomass application imminent, 27 Jan 2011

• TEG Environmental Ltd fined £14,000 for environmental breaches, 26 Jan 2011 - external link

• Council wants answers before giving biomass plan response, 25 Jan 2011

• GAINS to present petition to Scottish Parliament on 11 January

• Invergordon - Government concedes defeat in court battle, 22 Dec

• Viridor wins appeal for Scottish EfW facility, 15 Dec

• Loss-making DERL plant to get £1m from Dundee City Council, 13 December 2010
  The policy and resources committee will be told tonight that Dundee Energy Recycling Ltd (DERL) is being given the loan, which is not repayable until 2020. It was reported this year that...read more

• The Big Rally, as reported in the Dundee Courier on Saturday 16 October

• The Big Rally - Friday 15 Oct, 11.30am, SNP conference, Perth Concern Hall

• Dovesdale group alerts Lanark residents about incinerator proposals, 29 September (external link)

• Dovesdale Action Group announces new website, 11 July 2010

• Scotgen submits planning application, 2 July 2010

• PRESS RELEASE 9 June - Zero Waste Plan threat

• Stonehouse gasifier - Scotgen still accepting comments - 7 June