Today efforts to get the UK on track to a sustainable energy future took a blow, with news that Ayrshire Power was submitting plans to the Scottish Government for a new coal-fired power station at Hunterston.

Lodge your objection to the proposal now by taking the RSPB's campaign e-action at http://www.rspb.org.uk/stophunterston 

Read more about the proposals in Sunday's Herald and in the RSPB's Saving Special Places blog.