Environment
Marine litter concern as tangled gannets found dead in Shetland
Ian Nicolson came across two gannets found fastened together when he was out on his ...
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U-turn by Scottish Government halts Flamingo Land plan
The Scottish Government has performed a dramatic U-turn and pressed the pause button on Flamingo ...
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Study finds community energy generates 100x more wealth than corporate counterparts
New research shows a ‘staggering imbalance’ in who benefits from Scotland’s renewable energy boom. A ...
By Devon McCole, The Scottish Beacon
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Introducing: The Power Shift – a collaborative investigation into impact of Scotland’s green energy boom
The Power Shift is a major new collaborative journalism project from the Scottish Beacon which ...
By Mike Small, The Scottish Beacon
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The Optimistic 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 ...
Read full storyThe 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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