Sustainability & Environment

Scotland is on course to miss key climate targets unless ministers use the forthcoming Programme for Government to strengthen its Head in Buildings Bill

Whisky industry waste in Speyside is being turned into biomethane, with a new facility set to produce enough low-carbon gas to decarbonise more than 30,000 homes.

Scottish Water is using new technology to disinfect and recycle laboratory plastics previously sent to landfill or incineration.

Surplus farm food, real help for families in need

Reducing prison overcrowding is a more complicated task than it may seem, though here is what can be done…

A group of millionaires are among those calling for the Scottish Government to bring forward plans to implement a tax on private jets

North Sea oil giant highlights growth opportunities in the area after acquisitions support strong first half performance

Aberdeen’s Hazlehead Reuse Shop has sold more than 104,000 pre-owned items, helping keep goods in use and reduce waste.

I am always pleased to hear that many of our visitors like Glasgow and are delighted with the welcome they receive. It is a fact that “People Make Glasgow”.

Dunfermline Abbey could be transformed into a “nationally significant” cultural heritage and pilgrimage destination through an £18m heritage regeneration project.

Rural school pupils visiting a Scottish conservation charity’s rewilding estate near Loch Ness have been helping shape a “pioneering” nature-based research programme to boost young people’s mental health and wellbeing.

Andy Burnham could be set to approve Rosebank and Jackdaw. Here’s why it could all end up going down like the oysters, says Vicky Allan

From the Cairngorms to communities across Europe, devastating wildfires are becoming a defining feature of modern summers.

East Ayrshire Council has paid £410,000 to acquire a Kilmarnock building which houses part of its archive.

The Angus Glens, like so many rural areas of Scotland, are not asking for special treatment. These communities are asking for something far more reasonable: that policy makers recognise reality.

The furry animals are spreading across Scotland – now’s the time to get to know them

More than 200 artists have signed an open letter calling on Andy Burnham not to grant a drilling licence for the Rosebank oil and gas field

The latest figures on seabird populations are terrifying. Do we have a plan, asks Mark Smith

Scotland’s small hydro operators, which helped put the country at the forefront of the renewable energy revolution, are being put at risk by a business rates and payments regime which could also threaten billions of pounds of investment in the next generation of…

A ‘bizarre’ legal loophole that sees the exact same water pipe taxed twice has plunged Scotland’s hydro industry into chaos – putting hundreds of green power projects at risk.

Community campaigners have called for the halting of a Highland electricity substation over fears of wildfire risk to Glen Affric

A German wind farm company has slashed its expected profit target for 2026, blaming connection timelines for several Scottish developments

The SNP government is spending more than it is raising in taxes, but this isn’t an argument against Scottish independence.

A hidden population of one of Britain’s rarest moths has been found at a site where it has not been seen for 70 years – by a conservationist who has spent his life searching for them.

A Scottish charity is under fire after making “historic” claims against an estate over signage which they said restricted walking access to four popular hikes.

Nature finds a way …

Staff at the Scottish Government agency responsible for managing Scotland’s national forests and public land are urging visitors to enjoy the outdoors responsibly after an increase in evidence of campfires, littering and irresponsible behaviour at sites across Skye and…

Fresh figures show the dire picture facing some of the country’s most famous wildlife

A single lamb was affected

Andy Burnham under intense pressure from supporters and opponents of planned Rosebank oil development off Shetland ahead of deadline next week

The RSPB team in the Cairngorms has spoken out over “criticisms of its management” during the wildfire.

More than 90% of the Sun has been obscured by the Moon, the most it has been blocked above UK skies since the total eclipse in 1999.

One Glasgow street has shown a “significant” rise in a type of air pollution while all other locations across the city centre have stayed stable.

A habitat restoration project at Thornielee in the Scottish Borders is helping protect the rare Northern Brown Argus butterfly by restoring calcareous grassland.

The latest bin lorry fire in Glasgow city centre has prompted a warning to Glasgow residents to dispose of their electrical goods correctly.

It is a Scottish beauty spot that lures in tourists with its spectacular scenery and high-profile television appearances.

McDonald’s teams from four Glasgow restaurants collected 17 bags of rubbish during a 4.5km litter-picking relay with Keep Scotland Beautiful.

A rare solar eclipse is due to occur on Wednesday, August 12, with Scotland among the best places in the UK to see it. Here’s when and how to watch safely.

It seems utterly bizarre to castigate an MSP for thinking through the same concepts as a High Court judge is instructed to consider

Out guide to seeing tonight’s celestial event

Populations of the distinctive upland bird have seen a series of sharp declines over the last 10 years in Scotland and England

Scots ministers have been found to have failed in their legal duties to protect the nation’s precious seas – after a statutory target for the condition of the nation’s seabed to reach the required environmental standard by 2020 was missed and remains unmet, it can be…

Campaigners calling for a moratorium on new hyperscale data centres are pressing for a meeting with the First Minister amid concerns over the “disastrous effects” of such developments on both communities and the environment.

A warning has been issued for the public after a harmful “red tide” algae bloom is feared to have appeared in a Scottish loch.

Octopus is encouraging its customers to switch off their washing machines and dishwashers during the eclipse. Is it worth doing in Scotland?

Projects to expand woodland, restore peatlands, and protect threatened species across Scotland have been awarded £880,000 from Scotland’s nature agency.

Swimming restrictions at two Three Towns beaches have been lifted following the completion of a temporary wastewater pipeline.

BP decision to sell North Sea portfolio causes consternation amid windfall tax furore

Innovative scientists based in Stirling are part of an international team monitoring a major glacier break in Greenland which has remarkably created an ice island as big as Manhattan in New York City.

Councillors today (Monday, August 10) refused plans for a £5m luxury Scottish Borders holiday park.