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Campaigning for Fairer Energy Prices for Households in Orkney and Shetland

In Scotland, 82,000 rural households (19%) rely on electric heating and 170,000 rural households (40%) ...
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Buses on hope street Glasgow

Review underway in Glasgow to see if full people-friendly ‘avenues’ can be delivered

A review is being carried out into the affordability of the full people-friendly scheme, which ...

By reGlasgow

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l-r Ted Downs (EJD Forestry), Joe Seed (UUET Chairman), Pen Symonds (UUET), McNabb Laurie (UUET), Rob Guest (Foresight)

Upper Urr Environmental Trust signs milestone agreement with Foresight Sustainable Forest Company

The agreement gives UUET a 20-year lease of land (owned by FSF) for public amenity ...

By Glenkens Gazette

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Signpost for Penicuik and Scald Law

Midlothian Climate Action hub receives funding

Members of the Midlothian Climate Action Network are thrilled that the Scottish Government confirmed that ...

By Luke Jackson, Midlothian View Reporter

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Peat and circumstance: rethinking peat harvesting in the whisky industry

On the afternoon of Wednesday, 11 October, Beam Suntory and Ardtalla Estate made a joint ...

By Brian Palmer, The Ileach

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Shetland: ‘We must build better’ architect says as he moves into new Passive House

To prove the point, Allen Duncan has just moved into his newly built ‘Passivhaus Plus’ ...

By Hans J Marter, Shetland News

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Islay: A Quantum magnetometer at Finlaggan

The device will continuously measure tiny changes in the Earth’s magnetic field, reporting this data ...

By Brian Palmer, The Ileach

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Building Community on Four Wheels

“The best feeling in the world is landing a trick.” Lynsay is a skater from ...

By Samar Jamal, Greater Govanhill

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Penny Chivas, dance artist and activist in BURNT OUT

Originally from Australia, Penny Chivas is a Glasgow-based dance artist and activist. In Burnt Out, ...

By Fiona Grahame, The Orkney News

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Shetland Islands Council wants more community benefits in the form of cheaper energy prices

The idea, which was first floated by local energy consultancy Voar earlier this year and ...

By Hans J Marter, Shetland News

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Islay: Community Climate Action Plan

In a recent report from Neil Gow published in the Ileach concerning the Carbon Neutral ...

By Brian Palmer, The Ileach

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Lorna Slater sees £1.5m plan for Tarbet on Loch Lomond

A masterplan has been developed for the popular picnic site beside Loch Lomond to alleviate ...

By The Lochside Press

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