Thanks to a zero-interest loan fund from the Scottish Government, with more than half the £7.8million pot claimed already, interest in electric cars among Scots has sky rocketed....
£5,000 of funding has been awarded to an educational greenspace initiative that plans to bring unique green spaces to Scottish schools, from the Central Scotland Green...
WWF Scotland director, Lang Banks, has responded to news today that the world’s most powerful tidal turbine has now been installed at its mooring in Orkney for...
A new report released today [1] has suggested that it is possible to produce half of all of Scotland’s energy across transport, electricity and heat from renewables by 2030....
New figures by the Energy Saving Trust has found that Scottish homes and businesses are realising the benefit of renewable heat. Energy Saving Trust, on behalf of the...
Today’s decision by the Scottish Government to ban Underground Coal Gasification has been welcomed by Friends of the Earth Scotland. According to Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse, UCG poses...
Local enterprise development bodies across Scotland are set to receive an investment boost after the announcement of a targeted funding call from Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change,...
Lang Banks, WWF Scotland director, has reacted to today’s ratification of the Paris climate change agreement by EU members with the following statements: “It’s great to see that the...
According to official figures emerging today cycling rates have decreased in Scotland, leading to campaigners calling for the Scottish Government to increase its spending on walking and...
Following news of the arrival on the first shipment of ethane from fracked US shale gas to Scotland today Friends of the Earth Scotland’s Head of Campaigns, Mary...
On Tuesday 27th September, ethane from US fracking will arrive in Scotland for the first time. Campaigners from both continents attacked bosses at INEOS for their financial gain from...
The impact of the Brexit vote will be discussed at the first of two summits in Edinburgh today and how the vote will affect the energy sector...
Following the news that The Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS) have awarded the Paris COP21 leadership team with the 2016 Shackleton Medal for Leadership and Citizenship, Fabrice...
Today’s official launch of the MeyGen tidal stream project in Scotland, the largest of its kind worldwide, is an important advance in the development of marine energy,...
The Scottish Government is making headway ahead with its aim to improve the transparency of land ownership. Ministers are seeking views on proposals for a register of...