Environment

Farmers have warned that UK Government proposals on seasonal workers could mean 'the end of the Scottish strawberry'.

New research shows the fossil fuel industry has been deliberately and accidentally producing vast amounts of methane, which is 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas, writes Dr Richard Dixon.

The Lookout and Rubha 
Hunish on Skye

An Australian millionaire is to open one of the world’s most exclusive golfing hotels on the remote Hebridean island where George Orwell wrote his dystopian best-seller 1984.

Switching to eco-friendly habits may leave consumers with a bigger bill at the till, but greener groceries could save people in the long run – both in terms of money and the planet.

The future of the Edinburgh International Book Festival is under increasing threat due to the “negative” environmental impact of the event on one of the city’s most historic gardens, it has emerged.

Flaring at the Fife petrochemical plant has transported Kevan Christie back to ’Nam during Operation Rolling Thunder.

Plans to build a controversial 18-hole championship golf course on a protected wildlife site in the Highlands have been refused.

A hydrogen-powered train is to be built and tested in Scotland as ministers prepare to banish diesel from passenger rail services within 15 years.

A Dundee farming pilot and an Ullapool woodland creation project are among the carbon capture projects playing a key role as Heathrow Airport becomes carbon neutral.

Revellers' tents transformed into catwalk clobber

An exotic new food is being prepared by scientists in Scotland – seaweed, writes Bill Jamieson.

CILT promotes excellence in professionalism, driving a transport and logistics ­sector that is fit for the 21st century. However, sometimes we have to take our hats off to the volunteers who ­lobby for the retention and development of our transport infrastructure – and the 25th anniversary of the ­foundation of the Friends of the Far North Line has allowed us to take stock of the group’s achievements, recorded in a recent commemorative booklet.