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Rosebank and Jackdaw are contentious topics in the SNP

Swinney accused of 'weakly watching on' in SNP oil and gas 'civil war'

Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant, one of the UK's four nuclear warhead-carrying submarines, at HM Naval Base Clyde (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Readers’ letters: Trident submarines have helped keep Europe free

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Readers letters’: BRIC economies are to blame for wildfires

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In recent years Edinburgh University has distanced itself from philosopher David Hume

Readers' Letters: Edinburgh University should tackle modern slavery

Crowds at the Tall Ships Aberdeen event

Turning the tide on food waste, one ship at a time

From tents to glitter: 7 ways to go greener at Glastonbury

Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband at the St Fergus gas terminal (Paul Campbell/PA Wire)

Ed Miliband: We 'owe Scotland' over Acorn project funds amid jobs vow

Standout single-origin options include Mayan Gold, a smooth, organic coffee from Mexico with sweet notes of caramel and vanilla, along with hints of citrus and honey, the perfect dark roast for those who enjoy a smooth and flavourful cup

How to create the perfect coffee station at home

Stationer Ryman launches Ink Cartridge Recycling scheme, with up to £1 rewarded for every cartridge returned

500 million empty ink cartridges end up in landfill each year

Former Labour prime minister Sir Tony Blair this week said limiting fossil fuels as part of the UK's drive towards net zero was 'doomed to fail' (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Blair's comments on net zero should stir us into action

St John's Road, Corstorphine is regularly named as one of Scotland's worst-polluted streets (Picture: Steven Scott Taylor)

Figures show Scotland failed to use pandemic as climate turning point

The Natede Smart uses the power of plants to clean up the air in your home

Why the Natede Smart is the cleverest plant pot you’ll ever own

Scotland's only wolf pack, father Tor with his six new cubs, making their debut at the Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig, near Aviemore

Reintroducing wolves into Highlands 'would help fight climate change'

One of Signpost International's activities, family cooking classes using surplus food.

Feeding bellies, not bins

The Carbon Removers

Scottish firm strikes groundbreaking deal for North Sea Carbon Storage

The SwitchBot Meter Pro and Meter Pro CO2 sensor are useful gadgets to have in your home

Review: Make your home a healthier place with this smart CO2 monitor

Ratcliffe on Soar power station near Nottingham

Researchers call for fresh policy approach on curbing climate change

Keith Muir, Davidson & Robertson Assocaite Director

How best to capitalise on woodland for investment and climate change?

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We want to invest in two Scottish drone bases. Here's why - Charles Tavner

Activists demanding that rich countries pay up for climate finance for developing countries of the Global South protest at COP29 (Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Sale of indulgences is alive and well at COP29

Step Count Challenge

Scots walked over one million miles in Step Count Challenge

Plans for the wind farm extension featuring ten new giant turbines have been given the nod.

Green light for wind farm extension featuring tallest onshore turbines in UK

Jim McGill drove from Land's End to John O'Groats. Images David Smith

I drove from Land's End to John O’Groats on 100% sustainable fuel

If the United Kingdom embraces the green economy, everybody wins (Picture: Adobe)

Unearthing investment for the green economy - Nick Dimmock

Tourists visit the Gerlache Strait, which separates the Palmer Archipelago from the Antarctic Peninsula. Photo: JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images

CO2 increasing ten times faster than any point in last 50,000 years – study

The waste strategy will allow a full implementation of improvements to maximise reuse and recycling across the region.

Aberdeenshire Council refreshes waste strategy

Experienced industry figure Paul Currie has been appointed chairman of Inverclyde-based Ardgowan Distillery.

Inverclyde's £20 million 'cathedral of whisky' appoints heavy-hitting chairman

It is hoped that the 'UK engineering breakthrough' could reduce CO2 emissions caused by flaring and venting from oil and gas fields (file image). Picture: AFP via Getty Images.

Glasgow chosen as manufacturing location of 'breakthrough' oil and gas device

Workers picket during a past strike at the Grangemouth oil refinery. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Acorn Project's future in doubt if Grangemouth refinery shuts, academic warns

A hydrogen filled balloon is used to replicate the sun

Why low-carbon 'blue' hydrogen could solve decarbonisation dilemmas

Air quality, moisture levels and temperature in our homes can have significant mental and physical health implications for households, and four-legged friends. Image: AdobeStock

Kirsty McLuckie: keep a close eye on your winter heat

Extreme weather once defined as natural disasters are now being attributed to climate change due to carbon dioxide emissions

Scotsman Letters: Mitigate climate effects rather than obsess over net zero

Image: Ingo Bartussek

David Corrie: New system will not be as easy as EPC

Europa or "Jupiter II" is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, with this moon orbiting at about 417,000 miles from the gas giant.

Breaking A huge carbon source has been found on Europa

Alan Baker, director Ardgowan Distillery; Alan Muir, joint managing director, Muir Construction; Roland Grain, investment director, Ardgowan Distillery; David Fairweather, business development director; Martin McAdam, CEO Ardgowan Distillery; Stephen Caughey, construction project manager, Ardgowan Distillery. Picture by Peter Sandground

Work starts on ambitious project to create Inverclyde 'cathedral of whisky'

On Monday July 3, global average temperature broke all previous records. Picture: ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images

Readers letters: Climate crime

The UK Government has been told to move faster on carbon capture and storage technology.

UK Government told to accelerate its plans for Scottish carbon capture project

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
Multi-billion-pound plans have been unveiled to erect hundreds of floating wind turbines to provide “green” power for North Sea oil and gas platforms.

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

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries