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Highlands and Western Isles

Kinlochbervie wind farm row raises questions over transparency – not turbines

Locals insist they’re not against renewables, but say their voices were silenced over how the ...

By Vox Vallium

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The ‘Hebridean wind rush’: A growth opportunity for global corporations but not community-owned energy? 

A Hebridean wind rush is gathering momentum. But as global corporations secure space on the ...

By Netty Sopata, Fios

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Wind turbines in Claonaig, Scotland, showcasing renewable energy amidst lush fields.

The Power Shift: voices from rural Scotland on the renewable energy rush

Scotland is in the grip of an energy revolution. Across the country, wind and solar ...

By Mike Small and Rhiannon J Davies

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Grasping the opportunity of Scotland’s renewable revolution

The Power Shift is a new project connecting independent media outlets to share knowledge and ...

By Mike Small, The Scottish Beacon

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Holyrood by Jorge Franganillo

Holyrood event announces launch of Scottish Public Interest Journalism Institute

A parliamentary reception held at Holyrood this week spotlighted the ongoing efforts to protect and ...

By Devon McCole, The Scottish Beacon

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Photo: Close-up of stacked coins with a blurred clock. Source: Pixabay (stock)

Significant challenges ahead for local services in Orkney

COSLA, the organisation which represents Scotland’s local authorities, has welcomed the Draft Scottish Budget published on ...
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Penny Armstrong (left) and Alan Robertson (right)

Organic veg producers in Shetland say climate crisis still not taken seriously

FOOD producers Transition Turriefield say they are “tired of fighting to get enough” funding from ...
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Photo: Gordon alongside our fantasticteam of volunteer gardeners. Source: Kyle Chronicle

Bonar Bridge Community Kitchen Garden

It will grow fruit and veg to supply the community café By Kyle Chronicle What ...
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Photo by Elena Shirnina on Unsplash.

Recycle, renew, reuse – transitioning to the green economy

The sprouting idea of sustainable living is emerging in Highland Perthshire By Charlie McCarthy, Bylines ...
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Photo: Eagle Stone. Source: Kyle Chronical

Get to know Highland seers and “second sight”

There was a wright from Kinloch Rannoch who kept hearing planes and hammers at work, ...

By Silvia Muras & Elizabeth Lunardini, The Kyle Chronicle

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Swein MacDonald and isobel MacDonald. Photo courtesy of © Gaye MacDonald-Wilson

The mystical predications of the Highland Seer, Swein MacDonald

Swein MacDonald rose to fame in the 1970s for his mystical predictions, fueled by alcohol, ...
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Opening night of Ness Hall 21st July 1964. Image Courtesy of Comunn Eachraidh Nis

The white elephant on the hill?

Dell Hall, Ness Hall or the Murdo Macaulay Memorial Hall – all titles used to ...

By Netty Sopata , fios

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