RSPB loses legal fight against £2bn offshore windfarm in Scotland
by Adam Vaughan from Environment | The Guardian on (#2WWM4)
Neart na Gaoithe project on east coast likely to go ahead after long-running court battle despite claim it threatens seabirds
A 2bn offshore windfarm in Scotland looks set to go ahead after the RSPB lost a long-running legal challenge against the plans, which the conservationists said threatened puffins, gannets and kittiwakes.
The Scottish government gave its consent to four major windfarms in the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Tay in 2014, but the RSPB launched a judicial review, saying it was extremely concerned at the impact on seabirds.
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