Environment
The Optimimistic Enviromentalist: Electric Cars
Just over two years ago, we (my husband Richard and I) bought an electric car. ...
By Denise MacDonald-Kiernan, Glenkens Gazette
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Questions over community benefit and turbines at first public event for Neshion Energy Park in Shetland
Ten turbines, each stretching 200m high, and a 25MW battery energy storage system are being ...
By Ryan Nicolson, Shetland News
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Meet Shahid Choudhary, a Glasgow-based printshop owner and trailblazing mountaineer
Shahid Choudhary, a printshop owner from Govanhill, Glasgow is the first Scottish Pakistani Muslim to ...
By Rebecca W Morris, Greater Govanhill
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Keep Scotland Beautiful’s annual spring clean starts on Friday
Environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful’s annual Spring Clean takes starts this Friday and runs until ...
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The Scottish Beacon seeks investigative journalist and podcast producer for green energy reporting project
The Scottish Beacon is excited to announce The Power Shift – a major new collaborative journalism ...
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Norway firm exploring idea of salmon farm miles off Shetland’s east coast
A Norwegian company is exploring the idea of an “exposed” salmon farm off the east ...
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On ‘plogging’: an opinion piece on litter and the socially conscious act of picking it up on your morning jog
I run – sadly not at the level of Jacob Kiplomo (who smashed the half ...
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Giving a building back its youth after years of neglect
A building on Stonehaven’s High Street, first constructed as an Episcopal school, will have extensive ...
By Jane Cruickshank, The Bellman
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Climate change is ‘undeniable’ says national park leader
Storm Eowyn earning itself a very rare red weather warning in the Scotland showed that ...
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Repowering: Communities at the heart of Scotland’s renewable future
Trying to keep up with the constantly evolving government policies aimed at mitigating climate change ...
By Devon McCole, Greater Govanhill
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Plant Grow Share: Don’t let it go to waste
It is an event, each weekend in the long days of summer, to see two ...
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Explosive discovery in wartime bombing archive
Details contained in the valuable archive were known only to a small circle of officials ...
By Stephen Rafferty, The Edinburgh Reporter
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