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Snares: Hidden cruelty in the Scottish countryside

Badger - credit: Ian Usher
14 November 2016

Associate feature: The League Against Cruel Sports are again stepping up the fight to make snares illegal

European Parliament Strasbourg
Boosting rural development: 20 years on from the Cork Declaration
18 November 2016

 The gap between rural and urban areas is growing across Europe

Climate change
Figures show 2016 set to be the hottest year on record
14 November 2016

Figures from the World Meteorological Organisation mean 16 of the 17 warmest years will have...

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Fracking

"Inadequate" evidence to determine whether shale oil and gas extraction would pose a risk to public health

11 November 2016
Scottish Government commissioned six reports into effect of onshore unconventional oil and gas...
Golden Eagle

Golden eagle numbers rise by 15 per cent since 2003, according to RSPB

10 November 2016
Rise brings the population back towards numbers thought to be present in Scotland historically
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Scottish Government to publish evidence on risk posed by fracking and coal bed methane extraction

8 November 2016
Evidence include Public Health Impact Assessment along with analysis of wider effects on ...
Offshore wind

Wind power output rises by more than a quarter against last year

7 November 2016
WWF said the data should act as an incentive for politicians to make similar progress in heat...
Bee

Sketch: Things get heated as the Scottish Parliament talks Brexit and the environment

28 October 2016
Scottish Parliamentary sketch: MSPs talk Brexit and the environment
Scottish Parliament

Friends of the Earth Scotland warns of the environmental risks posed by Brexit

27 October 2016
The Scottish Parliament will today debate the effect of Brexit on the environment
Windfarm

Public support for wind energy underestimated, finds ComRes poll

20 October 2016
ComRes finds 73 per cent of the British public back onshore wind farms, with the figure rising to...
Oil rig by Steven Straiton

Three billion barrels of oil in UK continental shelf offer “very significant opportunity"

19 October 2016
Oil and Gas Authority research suggests “small pools” of oil are based in 350 unsanctioned...
power plant, energy, energy union, electricity, nuclear, nuclear energy

Lifetime of Scotland's nuclear plants could be extended, says EDF

17 October 2016
EDF’s Scottish Business Director suggests that depending on assessments of how the...
Offshore wind

Callum McCaig accuses Amber Rudd of “taking the hatchet” to the Scottish renewables industry

14 October 2016
SNP conference passes resolution calling on the Scottish Government to develop an...
Heathrow

Scottish Government backs new third runway at Heathrow

10 October 2016
Heathrow airport commits to creating 16,000 new jobs in Scotland as a result of the...
Offshore wind

Scotland could produce 50 per cent of energy needs from renewables by 2030, finds report

10 October 2016
Report finds the most cost-effective way to meet climate targets requires that renewables...
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