Environment

The first ever Onshore Wind Week in the UK has just come to a close, with events held across the country over the past seven days

The first ever Onshore Wind Week in the UK has just come to a close, with events held across the country over the past seven days.

McDonald’s is replacing plastic straws with paper ones across all its UK and Ireland restaurants after a successful trial.

Scotland could learn from the example of other countries as it prepares to launch a bottle return system to encourage more people to recycle plastic packaging.

Residents and visitors to the Scottish capital could be lucky enough to go home with a free bunch of fresh flowers created by some of the country’s leading artisan florists this weekend.

An increasing number of moth species are arriving and settling in Scotland as a result of climate change, experts have revealed.

Two of Scotland’s most iconic native mammals have been named in a list of British animals facing a serious risk of extinction.

It’s 2050. The petrol engine and gas heating boilers are curiosities in the Museum of Scotland, part of an exhibition about how society has adapted to a (very) low carbon economy and lifestyle.

Bringing back packs of wild wolves to Scotland has been suggested as a natural solution for controlling increasing numbers of red deer, which are causing a major over-grazing problem in parts of the Highlands.

The idyllic setting of Balmaha on the banks of Loch Lomond will be more accessible to visitors after a new pontoon built by a local business was formally opened.

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Scotland’s emissions of greenhouse gases have fallen to nearly half the levels measured in 1990, according to a new report.

A pensioner was taken to hospital bleeding and in tears after she was divebombed by a seagull.

Scotland has made great strides this year in cleaning up our act on the air that we breathe.

The latest annual figures showing how Scotland is progressing towards its climate goals are due to be published today. The report will reveal the country’s net greenhouse gas emissions for 2016, the most recent full year’s statistics available.

The first woolly mammoth bone to be found in Scotland has been discovered by a marine worker who stumbled across it on a beach.

An Iceland store in Musselburgh has become the first supermarket in Scotland to install a reverse vending machine that will pay customers to return drinks bottles for recycling in a bid to cut the amount of plastic waste polluting the environment.