Trees have been brutally hacked

Sir, – It is with sadness I write of the despoiling of the countryside.

On the outskirts of Freuchie on Lathrisk Road, the trees along at least a mile stretch have been brutally hacked instead of branches lopped that were impeding lorries.

A machine totally unsuited to the job was used.

This was used along a stretch of the road to indiscriminately remove branches, mutilating the trees in the process.

Guess that was to save both time and money but has left a real mess and trees ripped apart.

Trees are living things which help humanity and deserve respect.

Rhona Stagg. Walter Lumsden Court, Freuchie. announced that the global temperature could rise to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels during one of the next five years.

Climate alarmists like using the word “could” because, regardless of what happens to the temperature, nobody will be able to say they were wrong.

They stopped using the word “will” decades ago after specific predictions never came true.

We used to be told that the maximum safe temperature rise would be two degrees, before this was reduced to 1.5 degrees.

The Climategate emails, where so-called climate scientists wrote in private before they were hacked, show something interesting here.

On September 6 2007 Phil Jones, one of the most respected climate scientists of all time. wrote asking where the two degree measure came from.

He added; “I know you don’t know the answer, but I don’t either! I think it is plucked out of thin air.”

Geoff Moore. Alness, Highland.