Scout Moor II is the largest and most damaging wind farm proposal ever brought to Rooley Moor. The application would […]

Anyone who walks across Rooley Moor will know one of the most beautiful sounds of spring and summer is the skylark singing high above the open moorland. Rooley Moor needs its skylarks. Let’s make sure their voices are heard before decisions are made about Scout Moor 2 wind farm.

Friends of the Moorland have strategic concerns about the impact of the proposed Scout Moor 2 wind farm on national energy security.

On the hills and moors above Rochdale, barely visible in the landscape, ancient burial sites built thousands of years ago […]

The UK Government has just launched a consultation on proposed updates to technical guidance for the assessment of noise emissions […]

In this post I have pulled together key performance data (load factor, ROCs and power generated) for SM1 from the […]

Lancashire County Council are undertaking a statutory consultation Lancashire’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy. At the end of this post is […]

I recently read Richard Lyon’s article “The Iron Law of Energy” which claims that the clean energy transition (aka NetZero) […]

Correction and Apology 9th June 2025: Jenny over at Save and Restore Walshaw Moor spotted a problem in our template […]

In this post we share a fantastic video of two members of the public attempting to educate their local council […]

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From the article Onshore wind, solar power, and the new NPPF – Not just “hot air” by Liora Lederman (Nathaniel […]