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New licences to store carbon dioxide means Scotland could lead the world again

If Scottish universities don’t carry out weapons research for the Pentagon, above, someone else will.

Scotsman Letters: If our universities won't accept military cash, others will

Professor Isla Myers-Smith monitors vegetation on Qikiqtaruk-Herschel Island in the Canadian Arctic (Picture: Jeffrey Kerby)

Arctic ‘greening’ is accelerating global warming in more ways than one

Tri Floater semi submersible floating offshore wind turbine foundations. Picture: NOV

£20bn plans unveiled to turn North Sea platforms green

Much of Scotland's land is suited to raising sheep (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Bid to ban meat from student union is self-righteous and misguided

The vast expanse of wetland and peatland in Caithness and Sutherland is the largest of its kind in Europe (Picture: Getty Images)

How Scotland's peatlands can soak up even more carbon from atmosphere

Biffa has been convicted multiple times of exporting poorly sorted and contaminated waste

Anger over ‘big climate polluter’ role in flagship recycling scheme

Students in the Netherlands have built a 3D printed car that is fully electric and removes carbon dioxide from the air.

Students build fully electric car that removes carbon dioxide from air

Mark Huxham staff portraits Sighthill. Blue Background Oct 2022

Here’s a conservation success story that’s fit to be repeated - Professor Mark H...

Andy Russell, MD of Bureau, a market leading workspace solutions and furniture consultancy operating.

Put business sustainability first - Andy Russell

Lumen metabolism measuring device and app

Lumen: can the metabolism measuring device help you lose weight?

Peatland restoration work, like this on the Invercauld estate, often requires heavy machinery

SNP's land reform plans may wreck its net-zero ambitions – Drew McFarlane-Slack

The existing building - formerly known as Excel House, in the city’s Exchange District - will be stripped back to its frame before two new floors are added as well as a new facade.

Work kicks off to develop Edinburgh's greenest office building

Rishi Sunak should talk to nation about UK finances on TV, says reader (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Sunak should tell UK pay rises are unaffordable

Electric vehicle parking signage. Picture: John Walton/PA Wire

Electric vehicles 'tax' could keep older cars on roads for longer - analysis

Seeing the sights on foot can help to cut your carbon footprint when travelling (photo: Adobe)

Ten tips for tourists to cut their carbon footprint

The average motorist leaves their car running for 244 minutes every winter – gen...

Lord Duncan of Springbank is Chair of Confor: promoting forestry and wood

Celebrating the unsung heroes of climate change - Ian Duncan

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi walks through crowds at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt. Picture: AP Photo/Peter Dejong

COP27: Carbon emissions from fossil fuels climb to new highs, scientists warn

The Accelerator Packs are being rolled out to 12 towns across Aberdeenshire (Photo:Aberdeenshire Council)

New project set to digitally transform Aberdeenshire

A woman holds a shopping basket of groceries.

Cost of living: Groceries cost could soar by £1.7bn

The research outlines how the experience, resources, knowledge and skills shared by Denmark, Norway and the UK could be used to lead the North Sea’s clean energy transition.

Climate change goals at risk due to 'lack of clear net zero strategies' - report

Robin Winstanley, sustainability and external affairs manager at Banks Renewables. Picture: Ian Georgeson Photography

Green light for Lanarkshire wind farm that will power 21,000 homes

Customers at Specsavers Ellon will be able to drop off both glasses, sunglasses, and contacts lenses and accessories.

Specsavers launch glasses and contact lens recycling initiative

MV Hebrides docks at Tarbert, Harris, Outer Hebrides

CalMac's staff 'deeply sorry' for ferry disruption, says managing director

MV Hebrides docks at Tarbert, Harris, Outer Hebrides with rainbows

CalMac issue apology after Skye ferry withdrawn after second fault in days

Fast-growing conifer plantations soak up the highest levels of CO2 in the first 30 years after planting but other types of woodlands – including native broadleaves and naturally regenerated woodlands – start to achieve comparable levels of uptake over a longer period, a new report from government agency Forest Research has found

Take a bough: How timber forests can help win climate and nature crises battle

OEUK's Supply Chain & Operations Director Katy Heidenreich with Verlume's Operations Director Jonny Moroney (Pic: Michal Wachucik)

North east Scotland and Shetland set to become centres for the UK’s burgeoning £...

Cristina Richie PhD is a Member of the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics and a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, and a Lecturer the Philosophy and Ethics of Technology department at Delft University of Technology (Netherlands).

Standard of “informed consent” could reduce carbon emissions in healthcare - Cri...

Friends of the Earth attributed the dramatic fall to the public travelling less during lockdown.

Aberdeenshire transport emissions fell by record amount in 2020

CF Fertilisers

Farming: Closure heightens fertiliser shortage production fears

A child waves a saltire flag as pollution spills from a chimney at Glasgow Green as climate protestors gather for the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice march on November 06, 2021. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Independence or not, politicians must address the environment - Lloyd Austin

Bamboo only needs one-third as much water as cotton, plus it releases 30% more oxygen than hardwood trees

Ad Feature How to make your bedroom eco-friendly

The new £12 million bio-energy plant at BrewDog's Ellon headquarters in Aberdeenshire will result in 7,500 fewer tonnes of carbon emissions every year when running at full capacity.

BrewDog goes green with new gas plant to fuel production of 176 million pints

Steve Spalding, CEO, Timberbush Tours

Coach operators’ "green” credentials plays an increasingly important part of our...

The project team will create CO2 repurpose and reuse technologies to support sustainability across the industry.

Greener Scotland: Distillery and Heriot-Watt team up to 'repurpose' CO2

A coal miner walks through the site at Kellingley Colliery in Yorkshire, northern England, on December 18, 2015, on the mine's last operational day (Picture; Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Winds of change are failing UK householders

There is much work to be done in Scotland. Picture: Getty Images

Decarbonisation battle plan in Scotland faces many challenges - Jason Brown

Agricultural carbon auditing is imprecise

Farming carbon auditing scheme is still a work in progress - Brian Henderson

Eco-friendly labels (photo: adobe)

Going Green - Many things are labelled eco-friendly but can we trust them all?

Menzies Distribution turns HGV side curtains into rucksacks and toiletry bags

The world wide web may not produce visual signs of its carbon emissions, but they are very real (Picture: Boryana Katsarova/AFP via Getty Images)

How the internet is driving climate change (and how it can stop) – Shane Herath

Green ambitions: The solar panels at Edinburgh Castle
Pic: HES

Solar panels installed at Edinburgh Castle

Ready to rock (dust)

Spreading rock dust on fields could remove CO2, reveals new study

Zenobe is a battery storage and electric fleet specialist.

Construction starts on Scotland’s largest transmission-connected battery

The visit included a tour of the potential site for Peterhead Carbon Capture Power Station. Picture: Newsline Media

Peterhead carbon capture plant to deliver 'significant benefits' to local area

Wood will provide conceptual engineering for Total Eren’s H2 Magallanes scheme - a green hydrogen production facility to be located in the Magallanes region of southern Chile.

Aberdeen's Wood to engineer major green hydrogen project in Chile

Councils have an important role in fighting the climate emergency, from bike scheme to planning for low-car use housing developments. PIC: Thomas Nugent/geograph.org/CC.

Councils have key role in climate change fight - let's test them on May 5

Indoor activity at Roslin Primary

Data Capital: The primary 6 class of dedicated data enthusiasts

JW Filshill has signed a memorandum of understanding with ScottishPower to explore the potential of using green hydrogen and electrification to power its fleet.

Wholesaler JW Filshill to work with ScottishPower to turn vehicle fleet green

Storegga is the lead developer of the Acorn project, which is based at the St Fergus plant, Aberdeenshire.

New agreement boost for Scottish carbon capture plant linked to Virgin Atlantic

The drive to net-zero carbon emissions will be helped by planting trees and restoring peatland (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

With CO2 up almost 20% in 26 years, we need science to reach net-zero

Scottish Labour's website

Scottish Labour top list of most environmentally unfriendly websites

A pedestrian takes a selfie with the wind-damaged roof of The O2 Arena, in London after Storm Eunice battered the country

Readers' Letters: Storm hysteria is fanning the flames of fear

Mixed plastics recycling gv

Scientists aim to increase recycled material used in drinks bottles

Can we carbon off-set flights? (photo: phaisarnwong2517 - stock.adobe.com)

Going Green: Can we off-set our carbon footprint if we board flights?

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Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown during a 'Making Britain Work For Scotland' rally

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