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The vast expanse of wetland and peatland in Caithness and Sutherland is the largest of its kind in Europe (Picture: Getty Images)

How Scotland's peatlands can soak up even more carbon from atmosphere

Biffa has been convicted multiple times of exporting poorly sorted and contaminated waste
Biffa has been convicted multiple times of exporting poorly sorted and contaminated waste

Anger over ‘big climate polluter’ role in flagship recycling scheme

Students in the Netherlands have built a 3D printed car that is fully electric and removes carbon dioxide from the air.
Students in the Netherlands have built a 3D printed car that is fully electric and removes carbon dioxide from the air.

Students build fully electric car that removes carbon dioxide from air

Mark Huxham staff portraits Sighthill. Blue Background Oct 2022
Mark Huxham staff portraits Sighthill. Blue Background Oct 2022

Here’s a conservation success story that’s fit to be repeated - Professor Mark H...

Andy Russell, MD of Bureau, a market leading workspace solutions and furniture consultancy operating.
Andy Russell, MD of Bureau, a market leading workspace solutions and furniture consultancy operating.

Put business sustainability first - Andy Russell

Lumen metabolism measuring device and app
Lumen metabolism measuring device and app

Lumen: can the metabolism measuring device help you lose weight?

Peatland restoration work, like this on the Invercauld estate, often requires heavy machinery
Peatland restoration work, like this on the Invercauld estate, often requires heavy machinery

SNP's land reform plans may wreck its net-zero ambitions – Drew McFarlane-Slack

The existing building - formerly known as Excel House, in the city’s Exchange District - will be stripped back to its frame before two new floors are added as well as a new facade.
The existing building - formerly known as Excel House, in the city’s Exchange District - will be stripped back to its frame before two new floors are added as well as a new facade.

Work kicks off to develop Edinburgh's greenest office building

Rishi Sunak should talk to nation about UK finances on TV, says reader (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Rishi Sunak should talk to nation about UK finances on TV, says reader (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Sunak should tell UK pay rises are unaffordable

Electric vehicle parking signage. Picture: John Walton/PA Wire
Electric vehicle parking signage. Picture: John Walton/PA Wire

Electric vehicles 'tax' could keep older cars on roads for longer - analysis

Seeing the sights on foot can help to cut your carbon footprint when travelling (photo: Adobe)
Seeing the sights on foot can help to cut your carbon footprint when travelling (photo: Adobe)

Ten tips for tourists to cut their carbon footprint

The average motorist leaves their car running for 244 minutes every winter – gen...

Lord Duncan of Springbank is Chair of Confor: promoting forestry and wood
Lord Duncan of Springbank is Chair of Confor: promoting forestry and wood

Celebrating the unsung heroes of climate change - Ian Duncan

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi walks through crowds at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt. Picture: AP Photo/Peter Dejong
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi walks through crowds at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt. Picture: AP Photo/Peter Dejong

COP27: Carbon emissions from fossil fuels climb to new highs, scientists warn

The Accelerator Packs are being rolled out to 12 towns across Aberdeenshire (Photo:Aberdeenshire Council)
The Accelerator Packs are being rolled out to 12 towns across Aberdeenshire (Photo:Aberdeenshire Council)

New project set to digitally transform Aberdeenshire

A woman holds a shopping basket of groceries.
A woman holds a shopping basket of groceries.

Cost of living: Groceries cost could soar by £1.7bn

The research outlines how the experience, resources, knowledge and skills shared by Denmark, Norway and the UK could be used to lead the North Sea’s clean energy transition.
The research outlines how the experience, resources, knowledge and skills shared by Denmark, Norway and the UK could be used to lead the North Sea’s clean energy transition.

Climate change goals at risk due to 'lack of clear net zero strategies' - report

Robin Winstanley, sustainability and external affairs manager at Banks Renewables. Picture: Ian Georgeson Photography
Robin Winstanley, sustainability and external affairs manager at Banks Renewables. Picture: Ian Georgeson Photography

Green light for Lanarkshire wind farm that will power 21,000 homes

Customers at Specsavers Ellon will be able to drop off both glasses, sunglasses, and contacts lenses and accessories.
Customers at Specsavers Ellon will be able to drop off both glasses, sunglasses, and contacts lenses and accessories.

Specsavers launch glasses and contact lens recycling initiative

MV Hebrides docks at Tarbert, Harris, Outer Hebrides
MV Hebrides docks at Tarbert, Harris, Outer Hebrides

CalMac's staff 'deeply sorry' for ferry disruption, says managing director

MV Hebrides docks at Tarbert, Harris, Outer Hebrides with rainbows
MV Hebrides docks at Tarbert, Harris, Outer Hebrides with rainbows

CalMac issue apology after Skye ferry withdrawn after second fault in days

Fast-growing conifer plantations soak up the highest levels of CO2 in the first 30 years after planting but other types of woodlands – including native broadleaves and naturally regenerated woodlands – start to achieve comparable levels of uptake over a longer period, a new report from government agency Forest Research has found
Fast-growing conifer plantations soak up the highest levels of CO2 in the first 30 years after planting but other types of woodlands – including native broadleaves and naturally regenerated woodlands – start to achieve comparable levels of uptake over a longer period, a new report from government agency Forest Research has found

Take a bough: How timber forests can help win climate and nature crises battle

OEUK's Supply Chain & Operations Director Katy Heidenreich with Verlume's Operations Director Jonny Moroney (Pic: Michal Wachucik)
OEUK's Supply Chain & Operations Director Katy Heidenreich with Verlume's Operations Director Jonny Moroney (Pic: Michal Wachucik)

North east Scotland and Shetland set to become centres for the UK’s burgeoning £...

Cristina Richie PhD is a Member of the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics and a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, and a Lecturer the Philosophy and Ethics of Technology department at Delft University of Technology (Netherlands).
Cristina Richie PhD is a Member of the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics and a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, and a Lecturer the Philosophy and Ethics of Technology department at Delft University of Technology (Netherlands).

Standard of “informed consent” could reduce carbon emissions in healthcare - Cri...

Friends of the Earth attributed the dramatic fall to the public travelling less during lockdown.
Friends of the Earth attributed the dramatic fall to the public travelling less during lockdown.

Aberdeenshire transport emissions fell by record amount in 2020

CF Fertilisers
CF Fertilisers

Farming: Closure heightens fertiliser shortage production fears

A child waves a saltire flag as pollution spills from a chimney at Glasgow Green as climate protestors gather for the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice march on November 06, 2021. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
A child waves a saltire flag as pollution spills from a chimney at Glasgow Green as climate protestors gather for the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice march on November 06, 2021. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Independence or not, politicians must address the environment - Lloyd Austin

Bamboo only needs one-third as much water as cotton, plus it releases 30% more oxygen than hardwood trees
Bamboo only needs one-third as much water as cotton, plus it releases 30% more oxygen than hardwood trees

Ad Feature How to make your bedroom eco-friendly

The new £12 million bio-energy plant at BrewDog's Ellon headquarters in Aberdeenshire will result in 7,500 fewer tonnes of carbon emissions every year when running at full capacity.
The new £12 million bio-energy plant at BrewDog's Ellon headquarters in Aberdeenshire will result in 7,500 fewer tonnes of carbon emissions every year when running at full capacity.

BrewDog goes green with new gas plant to fuel production of 176 million pints

Steve Spalding, CEO, Timberbush Tours
Steve Spalding, CEO, Timberbush Tours

Coach operators’ "green” credentials plays an increasingly important part of our...

The project team will create CO2 repurpose and reuse technologies to support sustainability across the industry.
The project team will create CO2 repurpose and reuse technologies to support sustainability across the industry.

Greener Scotland: Distillery and Heriot-Watt team up to 'repurpose' CO2

A coal miner walks through the site at Kellingley Colliery in Yorkshire, northern England, on December 18, 2015, on the mine's last operational day (Picture; Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)
A coal miner walks through the site at Kellingley Colliery in Yorkshire, northern England, on December 18, 2015, on the mine's last operational day (Picture; Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Winds of change are failing UK householders

There is much work to be done in Scotland. Picture: Getty Images
There is much work to be done in Scotland. Picture: Getty Images

Decarbonisation battle plan in Scotland faces many challenges - Jason Brown

Agricultural carbon auditing is imprecise
Agricultural carbon auditing is imprecise

Farming carbon auditing scheme is still a work in progress - Brian Henderson

Eco-friendly labels (photo: adobe)
Eco-friendly labels (photo: adobe)

Going Green - Many things are labelled eco-friendly but can we trust them all?

Menzies Distribution said it was taking recycling to the next level, working with partners, including Aura Brand Solutions, to convert disused PVC curtains from its largest vehicles into colourful, durable bags.
Menzies Distribution said it was taking recycling to the next level, working with partners, including Aura Brand Solutions, to convert disused PVC curtains from its largest vehicles into colourful, durable bags.

Menzies Distribution turns HGV side curtains into rucksacks and toiletry bags

The world wide web may not produce visual signs of its carbon emissions, but they are very real (Picture: Boryana Katsarova/AFP via Getty Images)
The world wide web may not produce visual signs of its carbon emissions, but they are very real (Picture: Boryana Katsarova/AFP via Getty Images)

How the internet is driving climate change (and how it can stop) – Shane Herath

Green ambitions: The solar panels at Edinburgh Castle Pic: HES
Green ambitions: The solar panels at Edinburgh Castle Pic: HES

Solar panels installed at Edinburgh Castle

Ready to rock (dust)
Ready to rock (dust)

Spreading rock dust on fields could remove CO2, reveals new study

Zenobe is a battery storage and electric fleet specialist.
Zenobe is a battery storage and electric fleet specialist.

Construction starts on Scotland’s largest transmission-connected battery

The visit included a tour of the potential site for Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station. Picture: Newsline Media
The visit included a tour of the potential site for Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station. Picture: Newsline Media

Peterhead carbon capture plant to deliver 'significant benefits' to local area

Wood will provide conceptual engineering for Total Eren’s H2 Magallanes scheme - a green hydrogen production facility to be located in the Magallanes region of southern Chile.
Wood will provide conceptual engineering for Total Eren’s H2 Magallanes scheme - a green hydrogen production facility to be located in the Magallanes region of southern Chile.

Aberdeen's Wood to engineer major green hydrogen project in Chile

Councils have an important role in fighting the climate emergency, from bike scheme to planning for low-car use housing developments. PIC: Thomas Nugent/geograph.org/CC.
Councils have an important role in fighting the climate emergency, from bike scheme to planning for low-car use housing developments. PIC: Thomas Nugent/geograph.org/CC.

Councils have key role in climate change fight - let's test them on May 5

Indoor activity at Roslin Primary
Indoor activity at Roslin Primary

Data Capital: The primary 6 class of dedicated data enthusiasts

JW Filshill has signed a memorandum of understanding with ScottishPower to explore the potential of using green hydrogen and electrification to power its fleet.
JW Filshill has signed a memorandum of understanding with ScottishPower to explore the potential of using green hydrogen and electrification to power its fleet.

Wholesaler JW Filshill to work with ScottishPower to turn vehicle fleet green

Storegga is the lead developer of the Acorn project, which is based at the St Fergus plant, Aberdeenshire.
Storegga is the lead developer of the Acorn project, which is based at the St Fergus plant, Aberdeenshire.

New agreement boost for Scottish carbon capture plant linked to Virgin Atlantic

The drive to net-zero carbon emissions will be helped by planting trees and restoring peatland (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
The drive to net-zero carbon emissions will be helped by planting trees and restoring peatland (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

With CO2 up almost 20% in 26 years, we need science to reach net-zero

Scottish Labour's website
Scottish Labour's website

Scottish Labour top list of most environmentally unfriendly websites

A pedestrian takes a selfie with the wind-damaged roof of The O2 Arena, in London after Storm Eunice battered the country
A pedestrian takes a selfie with the wind-damaged roof of The O2 Arena, in London after Storm Eunice battered the country

Readers' Letters: Storm hysteria is fanning the flames of fear

Mixed plastics recycling gv
Mixed plastics recycling gv

Scientists aim to increase recycled material used in drinks bottles

Can we carbon off-set flights? (photo: phaisarnwong2517 - stock.adobe.com)
Can we carbon off-set flights? (photo: phaisarnwong2517 - stock.adobe.com)

Going Green: Can we off-set our carbon footprint if we board flights?

Phil Smart, Assistant Policy Manager, Rail Freight Group
Phil Smart, Assistant Policy Manager, Rail Freight Group

Increase in rail freight may become familiar feature - Phil Smart

Lee Wilson
Lee Wilson

Undersea robotics aid offshore wind markets

Pawprint founder and chief executive Christian Arno.
Pawprint founder and chief executive Christian Arno.

Eco start-up looks to double headcount to 60 after smashing crowdfund target

The average Brit will do approximately 13,000 loads of laundry in their lifetime...

Grangemouth Oil Refinery at night
Grangemouth Oil Refinery at night

Carbon capture crucial for net-zero ambitions

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Archbishop Leo Cushley
Archbishop Leo Cushley

Parishioners question leading Catholic cleric over multimillion pound funds

Credit Suisse was snapped up by its Swiss rival UBS at the weekend.
Credit Suisse was snapped up by its Swiss rival UBS at the weekend.

Banking crisis fears as Credit Suisse bailout fails to stem market rot

SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes has said she has confidence in the process to find a new leader and does not wish the contest to be rerun.
SNP leadership candidate Kate Forbes has said she has confidence in the process to find a new leader and does not wish the contest to be rerun.

Kate Forbes ‘very confident’ in SNP leadership process