Cromarty Rising

We were please to see an article in the Forres Gazette today regarding the recent Forres Community Council unanimous vote to oppose STS. See: http://www.forres-gazette.co.uk/News/Community-Council-opposes-oil-transfers-in-Firth-06022017.htm. Great, delighted to have Forres and every other community council on board. However, what really grabbed our attention is what the port said: A CFPA spokesperson claimed the company had asked all […]

Following on from oil leak 66 in relation to our Highland Councillors and specifically Black Isle Councillors McCallum and Barclay in relation to their failure to respond to constituents and their “lack of complaints” from constituents. Interestingly we received further emails telling a similar story such as this one from a correspondent on the Black […]

A nice piece in the Herald on Thursday about the petition hitting 80,000 signatures and another in the National today about it hitting 90,000! In both articles, the port’s quote was: “We believe that people have the right to protest, and it is only fair that our stakeholders are confident we look after their environment. […]

A bit of a long tale but worth hanging in there – this relates to our Black Isle councillors – if you haven’t done so already we recommend contacting your councillors wherever they may be in the Highlands – it is clear at least half of our four Black Isle councillors at disengaged with the […]

As the 38 degrees petition approaches 90,000 signatures, a double oil leak to celebrate. Firstly, regular readers will be aware Cromarty Rising receive correspondence and information from many quarters, a lot of which we don’t expect. However for the third time now, we hear that “the Scottish Government Energy Advisory Board decided to shut down and […]

Another day and the petition is heading towards 90,000 signatures – could it be 100,000 by the weekend? Amazing support – thank you everyone………Another week and news that yet another community council comes out against STS – this time Balloch. Welcome aboard folks – the land surrounding the firth is looking very red! Altogether 26 […]

This morning the 38 degree petition stood at nearly 25,000 signatures – it took us 8 months to get there with signatures from all over Scotland. Now this evening, after signatures have been opened up UK wide – we have gathered nearly 47,500 signatures in a day. Yes – that’s 72,500 signatures altogether – we look […]

The other day we did a search of written questions and answers in the Scottish Parliament, just to have a look and see what had been asked.  We came across this which is quite interesting – we think that this question must have been in preparation for Scapa STS when Orkney Islands Council changed their […]

Its been a busy week for STS in the news this week. First, David Ross did a fantastic column in the Herald this week. This got under the skin of the whole issue looking at trust port accountability and the Scottish Parliament petition and if you want a quick insightful overview of what’s happening, read […]

Following on from yesterday there were a couple of questions left unanswered from the batch that Mark Ruskell MSP put together. Question S5W-06146: Mark Ruskell, Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party, Date Lodged: 13/01/2017 To ask the Scottish Government what meetings (a) ministers and (b) officials have had with (i) Scottish Natural Heritage and […]