Tag: Environment

Edinburgh street cleaners commended for festival effort

EDINBURGH street cleaners have been commended for their “hard work” over the festival. Environment Convener, Councillor Lesley Hinds has praised the efforts of all those...

A boost for golden eagles in South Scotland

BUILDING on a report published by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) last year, a new project will help boost the number of golden eagles in...

New National Nature Reserve will be UK’s largest

THE UK’s newest and largest National Nature Reserve (NNR) – The Great Trossachs Forest – took a step closer to reality today, after it...

Darwin’s finches offer fresh insights

A bird family that helped Charles Darwin devise his famed theory has offered new insight into island biodiversity thanks to a study from Edinburgh...

Scottish Greenhouse Gas Emissions fall by 3.6% in 2013

SCOTTISH greenhouse gas emissions are estimated to have been 53.0 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) in 2013. The latest figures, published by Scotland’s Chief...

Outlander creator joins calls to scrap wind farm

OUTLANDER creator Diana Gabaldon has joined the chorus of protesters against proposals for the Rannach Moor wind farm. Plans for the farm outline a scheme of...

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