Highland Community Benefit and the Energy Transition: The Highlands Needs Action, Not More Words
Yvonne Crook was at the Pipeline and Places event in Inverness this week. She has seen what genuine community participation in development can produce. She is not willing to wait for it to happen.
Highland Energy Transition and Community Benefit: The Work That Starts Now
As a Highland advisor and former MP, I have watched this region generate wealth for Scotland while too many of its communities bear the costs without capturing the benefits. The Highland energy transition and the question of community benefit sit at the centre of what the new Scottish Government must now decide. As a Highland […]
The Green Freeport and the Sceptics. They Were Right to Challenge.
When the UK Government announced Freeports in 2020, the reaction in Scotland was mixed at best. Not because the idea of targeted investment incentives is inherently bad. But because the history of special economic zones around the world gives any thoughtful observer reason to pause. Tax havens dressed up as enterprise zones. Deregulation by the […]