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  "path": "/2026/02/17/labours-mike-macleod-condemns-wave-energy-scotlands-reported-funding-crisis/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T09:22:52.000Z",
  "site": "https://theorkneynews.scot",
  "tags": [
    "Local News",
    "politics",
    "Science",
    "Labour",
    "Mike Macleod",
    "Scottish elections",
    "Scottish Government",
    "wave energy",
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  "textContent": "Mike Macleod, the Scottish Labour & Scottish Co-operative Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Orkney, has condemned the SNP Scottish Government decision to terminate funding for Wave Energy Scotland (WES), as reported in The Herald. Mike Macleod said: “This is an incredibly short-sighted decision, which will cost jobs in Orkney and elsewhere and could even leave […]",
  "title": "Labour’s Mike Macleod Condemns Wave Energy Scotland’s Reported Funding Crisis"
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