Month: January 2018

Nicola Sturgeon urged to tackle ‘scourge’ of plastic drinking straws in FMQs call

HIGHLAND MSP Kate Forbes will take calls for Scotland to ban plastic drinking straws to the heart of Holyrood later today. Forbes, who sits on the Scottish Parliament’s Environment Committee, will raise the issue during First Minister’s Questions in the chamber. She will ask Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to reveal what action the Scottish Government …

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May fails to follow Scotland’s lead in fight against plastics as Greenpeace hit out

IT WAS supposed to be a bold signal of change – a pledge for the UK to eliminate avoidable plastic waste by 2042. Instead the Prime Minister Theresa May and her Tory government have been accused of squandering a “missed opportunity”. In particular, failing to follow Scotland in moving towards a plastic bottle deposit return …

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‘Desperate’ INEOS seek fracking ban review as company on course to lose ‘millions’

FURIOUS campaigners tonight branded multi-national gas firm  INEOS “desperate” as the company set about launching an expected legal challenge over Scotland’s ban on fracking. The firm openly admitted that it would seek a judicial review with partner Reach because the Scottish Government’s decision to extend a moratorium on planning consents indefinitely – an effective ban …

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Call time on plastic drinking straws says MSP Kate Forbes as campaign launches

IT’S not unusual. You go into a bar, a cafe or somewhere else and ask for a simple drink. But when it arrives, more often or not, it is adorned with a plastic drinking straw. Either the wee piddly ones no use to anybody, or the big stripy affair, because clearly you’re incapable of holding …

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Tree for Life appeal for help in replacing 4×4 car in use for more than 25 years

TREES for Life have launched a fundraising appeal – to replace their ageing 4×4 after more than quarter of a century in use. Their workhorse – affectionately known as ‘Trooper’ – they say is on its last legs and they now need £18,000 to replace it. The Toyota has been overcoming challenges on the Dundreggan …

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Native Scottish species added to the UK National Tree Seed Project vaults

A CHARITY says it is helping secure the future of Scotland’s native trees by giving seeds to the first national collection of its kind in the UK. Trees for Life says it has donated the equivalent of 160,000 Scottish trees to the special underground vault being established by the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. They …

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‘Put Scotland on the path to a zero-carbon future and build on Climate Change Bill’

A LITTLE over years have passed since the first Scottish Climate Change Act was passed. Yet even then  there was bumping of gums and stroking of chins as to what such a move could ‘really’ achieve. How could a piece of legislation in Scotland help move environmental hearts and minds? As the Scottish Government prepares …

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Scotland is urged to act now to protect marine environment from disaster

SCOTLAND needs to act quickly to preserve the nation’s marine life, leading experts warned today. They say precious marine environment is at risk unless urgent measures are taken to fully protect it this year. WWF Scotland, the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT) and a leading marine research scientist believe the wait for consultation on …

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