Tag: Oil

Rapeseed oil could cut 42 billion kgs of cow flatulence per year

RAPESEED oil could help save the planet by cutting cow flatulence, according to Scottish researchers. A team based in Edinburgh has spent the past six...

Heavy industry: Slimming scheme for oil workers after helicopter capacity issues

OFFSHORE workers are being told to lose weight as they are taking up too much space on helicopters and lifeboats. Oil companies including offshore giant...

BP Uist drilling condemned by environmentalists

ENVIRONMENTALISTS have hit out at news that BP has been given consent to drill the deepwater North Uist well, northwest of the Shetland Islands. Friends...

Climate Camp activists arrested in day of protests across Edinburgh

By Shaun Milne, Christine Lavelle, Amanda MacMillan & Martin Graham CLIMATE change activists were accused of being “reckless” after launching a wave of protests against...

Bailed-out bank “should put cash into eco-fight”

By Michael MacLeod THE Royal Bank of Scotland should be forced to help save the world from global warming by backing “ethical” projects according...

Transatlantic flight celebrates 90th anniversary

By Cara Sulieman RESIDENTS of a tiny town in America have been invited to Scotland to mark the 90th anniversary of the first return flight...

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