You probably know that in September 2013 Sustainable Shetland won their Judicial Review into the Scottish Government's decision to grant consent for the Viking Energy windfarm on two counts: 1) Ministers were incompetent in granting consent for the Viking Windfarm since Viking Energy Partnership did not have a licence to generate electricity 2)Ministers did not properly take account of their obligations under the EU Wild Birds Directive Sustainable Shetland incurred nearly £100,000 of legal costs in the process - raised entirely through fundraising and donations. The Scottish Government has decided to appeal the ruling and, due to the high costs involved, Sustainable Shetland will be challenging the appeal over the EU Wild Birds Directive only. The hearing is at the end of February. Sustainable Shetland is trying to raise £40,000 to cover potential further legal costs. To this end we have launched a fundraising campaign at www.crowdfunder.co.uk/sustainable-shetland and if you are opposed to this development we would be most grateful for your support. Please share this information.
