‘We need a stronger voice’: 52 Highland community councils unite to demand a say in Scotland’s energy future
Community councils from across the vast Highland Council area came together in Beauly on Saturday 14 June to express frustration over the rapid rollout of large-scale renewable energy infrastructure and the exclusion of local voices …
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