Missing evidence

Published on 17/07/2012 00:00

I disagree with those who, for whatever reasons, deny the reality of human-induced climate change, the accumulating weight of evidence and scientific consensus being too great to ignore. Even if there are some grounds for legitimate debate, I remind the sceptics of the precautionary principal. Their intransigence must not be allowed to put at risk the future of humanity on this planet.

However, even more culpable, because they have undue influence over the decision-makers, are the vested commercial interests whose sole aim is to make excess financial gain out of our legitimate concerns.

Clark Cross, in his Platform piece, “Wind farm programme does not have proper authority” (16 July), makes an important contribution to the debate in pointing out that the Aarhus Convention requires decision- making processes to be transparent, with the public having access to all the relevant data to which it is entitled and on the basis of which it can participate therein in an informed manner.

The significant evidence which has so far been withheld from us is the extent of the impact of the First Minister’s wind-farm targets on global CO2 emissions targets. The two are not the same.

John Milne

Ardgowan Drive

Uddingston, Lanarkshire