THE SCOTTISH Government’s proposed Climate Change Bill lacks credibility, a leading independent body claims today. The influential UK Committee on Climate Change warns that unless strengthened, the new Bill will fail to do enough to meet its strategic obligations towards tackling climate change. Scottish Government ministers currently plan a 90 per cent cut in emissions …
THIS word cloud is made up from the entire text of the Climate Change Consultation Document issued by the Scottish Government. That consultation closes today. Campaigners and individuals have tried to influence the current government to do more, to be greater in its ambition, to think and act more boldly that the draft. The …
ENVIRONMENTAL experts are warning Scotland’s coastline needs re-drawn completely to cope with predicted wide-scale flooding that threatens hundreds of homes, transport infrastructure and nuclear installations. A new has report identified more than 100 towns it says are at risk of being inundated and recommends the radical action. It also claims the nuclear submarine base at …
NEW research by experts based in the Highlands has revealed that as many as three quarters of all seabirds living in the north Atlantic may have ingested some form of plastics. Data on 34 species carried out by a team based in Thurso showed that 74 percent of them had plastics in their system. The …
STOP Climate Chaos Scotland say 17,000 people have so far joined calls for the Scottish Government to “raise their ambition” over eco targets – with just two days to go until consultation over Holyrood’s new Climate Change Bill closes. The group, made up of a coalition of concerned organisations including WWF Scotland, Friends of the …
FRIENDS of the Earth Scotland are calling on the Scottish Government to push ahead with a complete ban on fracking – or risk seeing its controversial use being railroaded through by Westminster post Brexit. Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said they are “alarmed” to learn Holyrood could face a power …
THE ROYAL Bank of Scotland has launched what it claims to be the UK’s first tree friendly mortgage. It says customers can now apply for a digital first mortgage allowing them to share and verify documents online only. The bank estimates it could save as much as 4.4million sheets of A4 paper a year – …
SCOTRAIL has unveiled a list of its first 50 free fast-charging facilities for electric vehicle owners being installed at stations across its network. Four have already gone live, with the operator saying the rest will follow in the coming weeks. They are expected to use a 22kW supply charging cars in around four hours.
A NEW campaign is underway to save the last of the nation’s great ancient Scots pines across the Highlands – the origins of which could very well date back as far as the Ice Age. The Caledonian Pinewood Recovery Project hope to nurture new growth alongside the old surviving trees – some of which are …
INVERNESS, Stirling, Glasgow and Edinburgh are to share in £22.5million of funding to pay for five so-called ‘active travel’ plans for everyday journeys. The projects were awarded the cash from final judging of Community Links PLUS (CLPLUS) – a design competition hosted by Sustrans Scotland and the Scottish Government. They will pioneer cycling and walking …
