Major WWF report finds that humanity has destroyed 60 per cent of the world’s wildlife populations since 1970

Scotland's booming wind sector welcomed by environmentalists, but discontent with scale of wind farms reflected in Stronelairg court ruling

NEW FIGURES have shown Scotland's wind farms are producing record levels of electricity - but the news comes just days after plans for a new wind farm development suffered a defeat in court.

Wind power generation in November was so high that in 23 days it exceeded the demand of all Scottish households. Only January saw more electricity produced from wind turbines.