Latest news stories from Hyperlocal sites tagged with 'Biomass' :: Page 1

This Thursday there was a protest outside Holyrood that featured people dressed up as trees, protest songs and numerous Leithers. All were gathered...

A multi-million pound hole may have appeared in the Forth Energy buisiness plan for their proposed Leith power plant.  Last week, the Scottish...

Forth Energy, the developer behind a huge proposed power plant on Leith docks, have embarked on a new round of promotion for the four power station...

Malcolm Chisholm with No Leith Biomass campaigners at the Foot of the Walk Today in the Scottish Parliament there was a debate on the "Low Carbon E...

An artists impression of the biomass plant, made using Google Earth. This view looks down Constitution Street from a tall building.If you take a lo...

The developers proposing to build a giant biomass fueled power station on Leith docks will probably not enjoy this graph.  It is taken from a ...

It is no secret that Forth Energy have few friends when it comes to their giant power plant proposals for Leith. However, now that the election is ...

The following is a guest post by Leslie Wallace. Leslie is secretary of Friends of the Earth Falkirk, and her background is mainly in waste reducti...

Forth Ports have submitted a planning application to demolish the Grade B listed grain silo on Leith Docks. They need to do this, in order to clear...

You could be forgiven for thinking that, with the main period of public consultation over, the objections in (even if you still can't actually read...

A coalition of five major environmental groups from the United States have written an open letter to the Scottish Government opposing plans by Fort...

Greener Leith just managed to complete our consultation response to the City of Edinburgh Council Draft Area Development Framework Consultation. Yo...

People who went to the big Leith Biomass public meeting will recall that Forth Energy pledged to answer all the questions submitted in advance of t...

Find more photos like this on The Greener Leith Social Today is the last day for members of the public to object to the Forth Energy Leith Biomass ...

Greener Leith has finally just sent a 14,000 word objection to the proposed power plant on Leith docks. Supported by more than 64 external referenc...

  Photo credit: @Yonmei via TwitpicLeithers took the Leith Biomass protest to Holyrood today. The aim of the protest was to encourage more MSP...

Half way through the window for public consultation on the Forth Energy biomass plant, there are so many things to report that this post has become...

Only a few minutes ago, a 'packed' public meeting on the Forth Energy proposals for the Leith Biomass plant came to an end. Not everyone who wanted...

Earlier this week we posted a Google Earth file that people can use to find out how the proposed Forth Energy Biomass plant will look from their ho...

In an incredible feat of citizen ingenuity, a local resident has put together a pretty realistic mock-up of the proposed Forth Energy power plant t...

  A detailed planning application has finally been submitted by Forth Energy for a giant power plant on Leith Docks. As this image from the pl...

Today The Courier posted information from a leaked report from Tayside NHS that highlights the local health concerns that the body has over the For...

A small victory for the campaign against the Leith Biomass plant has been won today, as the Scottish Government announced a detailed review into th...

There are many reasons to oppose the giant power plant proposed by Forth Energy for Leith Docks, and we've rehearsed many of them on this blog of t...

Last night the first ever Greener Leith Awards were dished out at a glitzy festive get together in the Tourmalet bar. The idea behind the awards is...

In London, the "London Eye" (pictured above) has been a popular attraction for visitors for more than 10 years. Now, it would seem L...

Less than 10 days ago, the Scottish Government quietly released a new policy document on thermal energy generation. The paper - Draft Electricity G...

Only a few weeks after Sheila Gilmore MP raised concerns about the Forth Energy 'greenwash' in Westminster, Edinburgh list MSP, Shirley-Anne Somerv...

Once you've been targetted once by direct action campaigners for your plans, you probably get paranoid. Judging by the police van and all the polic...

The Leith Against the Biomass Campaign are encouraging Leithers to visit the Forth Energy 'information' exhibition on Friday at 12.30pm at the Sout...