Editing Struan Stevenson (section)

=== Climate change ===

Stevenson was president of the European Parliament's Climate Change, Biodiversity & Sustainable Development Intergroup. He has been an outspoken critic of off-shore wind farms.<ref>{{cite web|first=Judith |last=Duffy |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/outrage-as-tory-says-wind-farms-are-raping-scotland.14793795 |title=Outrage as Tory says wind farms are 'raping' Scotland |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|location=Glasgow |date=20 August 2011 |accessdate=14 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/struan-stevenson-the-moray-firth-offshore-turbine-plan-is-a-step-too-far-1-2503854 |title=Struan Stevenson: The Moray Firth offshore turbine plan is a step too far |work=[[The Scotsman]] |date=4 September 2012 |accessdate=14 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.struanstevenson.com/media/speech/scotlands_unsustainable_energy_policy |title=Scotland's unsustainable energy policy – Speeches: Scottish Conservatives European Parliament |publisher=Struanstevenson.com |date=24 August 2012 |access-date=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214124104/http://www.struanstevenson.com/media/speech/scotlands_unsustainable_energy_policy |archive-date=14 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.struanstevenson.com/media/speech/offshore_windfarms_in_scotland |title=Offshore windfarms in Scotland – Speeches: Scottish Conservatives European Parliament |publisher=Struanstevenson.com |date=10 August 2012 |access-date=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214122551/http://www.struanstevenson.com/media/speech/offshore_windfarms_in_scotland |archive-date=14 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.struanstevenson.com/media/news-release/offshore_windfarms_walking_the_plank_to_disaster |title=Offshore windfarms walking the plank to disaster – News Releases: Scottish Conservatives European Parliament |publisher=Struanstevenson.com |date=9 August 2012 |access-date=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214124107/http://www.struanstevenson.com/media/news-release/offshore_windfarms_walking_the_plank_to_disaster |archive-date=14 December 2013 }}</ref> Stevenson has recently cited the loss of ocean carbon sinks due to offshore wind turbines as a possible reason not to build them, and outlined the pros and cons of wind turbines in his book, ''So Much Wind: The Myth of Green Energy''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.struanstevenson.com/media/article/wind_farms_are_damaging_ocean_carbon_sinks_by_struan_stevenson |title=Wind farms are damaging ocean carbon sinks, by Struan Stevenson – Articles: Scottish Conservatives European Parliament |publisher=Struanstevenson.com |date=12 April 2012 |access-date=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214124101/http://www.struanstevenson.com/media/article/wind_farms_are_damaging_ocean_carbon_sinks_by_struan_stevenson |archive-date=14 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.struanstevenson.com/media/news-release/scotlands_off-shore_energy_gold_rush_will_destroy_vital_coastal_ecosystems_ |title=Scotland's off-shore energy 'gold rush' will destroy vital coastal ecosystems, says Euro MP – News Releases: Scottish Conservatives European Parliament |publisher=Struanstevenson.com |date=11 April 2012 |access-date=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214124058/http://www.struanstevenson.com/media/news-release/scotlands_off-shore_energy_gold_rush_will_destroy_vital_coastal_ecosystems_ |archive-date=14 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=So Much Wind: The Myth of Green Energy |last=Stevenson |first=Struan |year=2013 |publisher=Birlinn ltd |isbn=978-1-78027-113-2}}</ref>