A THREE mile glow in the dark bike ride has marked Edinburgh’s pioneering new speed limit roll-out being completed. The luminous procession of cycles took part in a celebratory ride around the heart of Edinburgh on Sunday to celebrate the Capital becoming Scotland’s first 20mph city. The GlowRide, organised by City of Edinburgh Council and …
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ONE of Scotland’s best loved beauty spots is in the running for a major European award. Loch Leven, through Scottish Natural Heritage and its partners, has been nominated for a prestigious Natura 2000 award. The accolade is for work benefitting Loch Leven, its visitors, and the local community and is one of four Natura sites nominated …
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TWO leading experts have quit the Scottish government’s clean air strategy team over Glasgow’s low emission zone roll-out. They said they had suffered “disappointment in and frustration” around the Cleaner Air for Scotland Governance Group lack of progress in tackling unsafe levels of air pollution. They cited and input into Glasgow’s draft Low Emission Zone …
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THE Scottish Environment Protection Agency has launched a major consultation to drive how it shapes new environmental regulations. It’s CEO Terry A’Hearn said SEPA was challenging itself to “step up to the mark” and ensure it cracks down on those not observing regulations. In particular it is focussing on whisky, metals and landfill sectors as …
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FRIENDS of the Earth Scotland have hit out at Glasgow City Council after it published plans for the roll-out of the nation’s first low emissions zone. Scotland’s largest city is the worst affected by filthy air pollution, and targeted for the first LEZ roll-out deliberately to help it clean up. The environment group is now …
MAYBE it was fitting, perhaps even a sign. But as the Clyde’s salty expanse was sprayed at pace up and over the quay wall outside the Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock, inside it was the stormy waters of Brexit that the Scottish Green Party were choosing to navigate. Patrick Harvie, co-convener outlined the course he …
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SCOTTISH Green Party leaders will tell their membership “we still have so much to do” as they meet for the Spring conference in Greenock today. Under the banner ‘leading the change’ they will also look to discuss how to face up to the threat of Brexit, and how the party can continue to influence and …
SCOTTISH Renewables have appointed a new chairman and vice-chairman as the sector gears up for new challenges ahead. Rob Forrest, Chief Executive of renewable energy developer GreenPower, will take over as Chairman. David Cameron, Head of Scottish Policy at EDF Energy, has been appointed Vice-Chairman.
A MAJOR conference looking at innovation in the UK’s forestry and aboriculture has revealed details of their Edinburgh conference. John Deere Forestry and Microsoft have been confirmed in the line-up for the event on May 2 and 3 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. It will also host this year’s ICF annual general meeting.
THE award-winning Hebridean Celtic Festival in banning single-use plastics from its site from this summer as it steps up a drive to make the event as environmentally-friendly as possible. The action – announced on Green Arts Day today – is the latest in a series of green initiatives adopted by the event. It has also …
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