Category Archives: Environment

“Planning Scotland’s Seas” Consultation

Posted on November 19, 2013 by davidsberry

(Submitted as a personal response to the consultation: would be interested to hear any other comments that were made in response to http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/marine/marine-consultation) Background My comments are confined to the territorial waters element Southeast Marine Region (Between Montrose and Berwick … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Zub in Zummerzet?

Posted on October 27, 2013 by davidsberry

Two years after the event, no-one has yet penetrated the ruins of what was once the Fukushima nuclear power station and all fifty Japanese nuclear plants remain out of commission until someone comes up with a safety plan. Nonetheless, news … Continue reading →

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Why I Live Where I Do

Posted on August 4, 2013 by davidsberry

Such a question would need little explaining, had you shared with me the trips we made out to the islands on Friday. I have been doing guiding on various boats for a number of summers now, this season for the … Continue reading →

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Paving Paradise

Posted on July 16, 2013 by davidsberry

Coming as she does from Southern California, Joni knows a thing or two about untrammeled development in a culture that believes endless space to build is its rightful inheritance. Here in Scotland, despite the echoing emptiness of glen after glen … Continue reading →

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Phew! Water Scorcha!

Posted on May 27, 2013 by davidsberry

After waiting for weeks for some weather we could fool ourselves was summer, East Lothian finally had two days of splendid stuff delivered with perfect timing over the Whitsun bank holiday weekend. In North Berwick, it was clear blue skies, … Continue reading →

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Best-Laid Plans O’ Mice & Mair Mice

Posted on May 15, 2013 by davidsberry

In the magnificently ornate Surgeon’s Hall in Edinburgh, MacKay Hannah convened 50-odd professionals (oh, all right, anoraks) to discuss wur gubbermint’s out-for discussion National Planning Policy 3. The theme was the a drive towards achieving “economic growth and recovery in … Continue reading →

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Pushing the Patch

Posted on March 20, 2013 by davidsberry

Though we’ve reached the Equinox, it surely feels like a long road to the end of winter. Normally dry East Lothian is underwater with its roads and fields flooded after a week of intermittent rain, capped by two days of … Continue reading →

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King Coal Grinds to a Halt?

Posted on March 17, 2013 by davidsberry

Friday wasn’t just the Ides of March; it was also the last day of operation for Scottish Power’s Cockenzie power station, seen variously as the last holdout of Scotland’s age of mighty manufacturing, or as a horribly visible eyesore, or … Continue reading →

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The Answer Is Blowing In the Wind

Posted on February 4, 2013 by davidsberry

Lively as the debate is becoming in rural communities about the evils of wind turbines near them, the ‘big picture’ actuality is that they are something of a sideshow, as compared to the great majority of wind turbine installations. This … Continue reading →

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Neart na Gaoithe

Posted on January 16, 2013 by davidsberry

Tuesday’s meeting of the East Lothian Cabinet was pretty light on council business but it carried one paper that will have long and deep repercussions for the whole Firth of Forth. Nine miles off Fife Ness and nineteen from North … Continue reading →

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