Climate for Change

Determined - Charles Clover is also the chairman of Dedham Vale Society

"Chasm between rhetoric and reality." Writer calls out Scottish marine policy
Campaigner and author Charles Clover gave a damning assessment of the failure of Scottish and UK governments to protect our seas in an interview for this week’s Herald magazine.

Dr Richard Lilley of Project Seagrass at Sandy Hirst in East Lothian. STY
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19/7/22

How to save Scotland's overfished and damaged seas? Rewilding

Scottish start-up seals funding award for improved sustainable food packaging

Scottish start-up seals funding award for improved sustainable food packaging

Timber arrives at Troon harbour

Scottish forestry agency moves to let the sea take the strain

Mrs Wolowitz died in a fox attack on Wednesday evening (Credit: Edinburgh Zoo Twitter)

Beloved penguin with 'massive personality' dies in fox attack at Edinburgh Zoo

Businesses and farmers surrounding River Eden in Fife are to stop all water abstraction activities from midnight on Saturday. Archive image.

Scotland water scarcity level rise as parts of England declare drought

The new INTOG leasing round is aimed at promoting further development of offshore wind while also decarbonising the UK’s oil and gas sector

PREMIUM New offshore leasing round aims to electrify oil and gas platforms

200 Broomielaw boosts the supply of Grade A office space in Glasgow

Boost for Grade A office space in Glasgow as prime development nears completion

Sir Donald Runnicles conducts this concert performance of Beethoven's only opera, telling a moving story of a wife's devotion and the resilience of human nature. Usher Hall, Edinburgh. Fidelio curtain call - credit Andrew Perry

PREMIUM At last, a proper-sized International Festival audience! Opera review, Fidelio, Usher Hall, four stars

A protestor wearing a gas mask runs to throw a tear gas canister fired by army personnel during a protest seeking the ouster of Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe amidst the ongoing economic crisis on July 13, 2022 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

David McKay: Chemical-reliant farmers can’t go cold turkey

Shepherd and Hardies have invested in new new electric BMW i4s from Arnold Clark BMW

Shepherd and Hardies invest £1m in EV fleet and office charging infrastructure

Donald Trump at Turnberry golf course. A report warns the famous course could be submerged in water in 20 years due to climate change

The areas of Scotland that could be submerged in water in 20 years

Liz Truss at an event in Ludlow, as part of her campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party and the next prime minister. Picture date: Wednesday August 3, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Tories. Photo credit should read: Jacob King/PA Wire.

Vicky Allan: Truss, Tories and the frightening rise of net-zero-scepticism

Carluke's High Mill. Work to revive one of Scotland’s last surviving windmills is growing - from the ground up

Breathing new life into the 'last surviving windmill'

Puffins breed on the island

Island nature reserve reopens to visitors as fears of bird flu outbreak fade

Community secures ‘historic’ £2m buyout to expand nature reserve

Impression of the new staircases to be built (Image: NTS).

Access to Staffa to be limited amid urgent repairs

The tiny community acted when their shop faced closure.

Skye villagers buy up their local shop

Demand for carbon audits soars as farmers praised for commitment to net-zero targets

Entries are now open for the inaugural Herald Top Employer Awards

Firm favourites

Litter in Scotland

John Crawford: Yet another consultation won't reduce litter – we need action

A group of people shelter during a heavy downpour of rain at West Brewery on Glasgow Green... Photograph by Colin Mearns.3 July 2021..

PREMIUM Rebecca McQuillan: What a lovely dreich day – why Scotland’s weather is the best in the world

Glenmorangie's Alba bottling plant in Livingston. Picture: Glenmorangie

Glenmorangie expansion plans continue with sustainable energy installation

Small dams have been installed in the upper parts of the hills from which The Glenlivet distillery takes its water.

Dams being built to protect Scotland's 'Water of Life'

Growing more flowers to attract insects, and topping up feeders can help birds such as robins. Photos: Lorne Gill/NatureScot

Sponsored 14 ways to make space for nature

The World Congress of Soil Science being held in Glasgow could be key in the global fight against climate change.

Sponsored Soil beneath our feet holds key to tackling climate crisis

Glenmorangie soaks up the sun in drive to sustainability

Glenmorangie soaks up the sun in drive to sustainability

Firefighters drive through a burning pine forest in La Teste de Buch, near Arcachon, southwestern France, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. France scrambled more water-bombing planes and hundreds more firefighters to combat spreading wildfires that were being fed

Vicky Allan: A future where 40°C seems cool? The end of a love affair with sun

A pair of European beavers Picture: SCOTLAND: The Big Picture

Agenda: So what do you think about introducing beavers to Glen Affric?

Boats on the stretch of canal beside the Kelpies sculptures near Falkirk.

Fears canals will become magnet for flytippers in funding row

Other items being auctioned include fossilised dinosaur eggs, meteorite rock and a tooth from a Megalodon shark.

40-million-year-old crocodile fossil to go under the hammer

Greens Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater

PREMIUM Concern Scottish Government rowing back on incineration ban promise

Sir Keir Starmer has upset many on Labour's left

Letters: How are we supposed to know what Labour stands for?

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, pictured in 2017, supporting the 'tie' campaign (Time for Inclusive Education), but actual ties are being discouraged in Spain during the heatwave

Issue of the day: Will stopping wearing ties help save the planet?

An Australian-born biologist is beginning a 10,000km journey following the osprey migration route from the Moray coast to Ghana

‘Human Swan’ embarks on first expedition less than a year after fatal collision

Despite being less well-known than tropical rainforests, those in good condition in Scotland can contain as many as 200 species of lichen, mosses and liverworts in just one hectare

Boost for Scotland’s rainforest recovery as RSPB takes on nature reserve

RSPB Scotland has taken on the stewardship of Glencripesdale nature reserve on the shores of Loch Sunart on the west coast

Ambitious plan to restore Scotland's 'rare and unique' rainforests

‘Woefully inadequate’: Experts savage Scots Gov environmental masterplan to stop breaching international law

PREMIUM ‘Woefully inadequate’: Experts savage Scots Gov environmental masterplan to stop breaching international law

Sustainable Scottish coffee roaster ships beans by sailboat

Sustainable Scottish coffee roaster ships beans by sailboat

Should current domestic and world problems take precedence over thoughts of independence?

Letters: Now more than ever we must preserve the unity of the UK

New buildings will have to install zero carbon heating systems by 2024

Fossil fuels heating to be banned from new buildings by 2024 under SNP plans

Several hundred pairs of petrels make their homes within Mousa Broch, an iron age round tower,

Visitors banned from another Scottish island amid bird flu fears

Businesses in the east of Scotland have already been contacted regarding expected suspensions on extracting water.

Water levels 'critical' in east Scotland after driest January since 1940

The not proven verdict has long enjoyed the confidence of the judiciary

Letters: There is a logic in the not proven verdict and abolishing it will have consequences

Scientists warned that the UK’s extreme temperatures were higher than climate computer models predict

Human-caused climate change made record heatwave ‘at least 10 times more likely’

How high a price will we pay for the so-called golden age of air travel?

Letters: Future generations sweltering on an overheated planet will curse this dark age of ignorance

A Keep Scotland Beautiful spokeswoman said:

Don't feed the seagulls posters on Scots beaches spark anger

Four seals were moved to Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary in Shetland earlier this week

Seals flown to Shetland rescue centre afterwater plant breakdown

Met Office’s annual state of the UK climate report shows how our perception of ‘normal’ temperatures is shifting

‘Unremarkable’ 2021 would have been one of hottest on record before 1990 – study

Drax Cruachan dam and reservoir at Loch Awe

Drax keeps the profits flowing as decision on Cruachan looms

The UK Government has made a U-turn on oil and gas

PREMIUM Iain Macwhirter: Get ready for a long, cold winter as Putin turns the screw

The question to Tory leadership hopefuls was framed around what individuals – not Government – should do about the crisis

BBC criticised for ‘irresponsible’ coverage of climate in leadership debate

Seer abound throughout the Highlands

Drones deployed to help with deer culling

The UK government gave its approval for Shell to develop the field for gas extraction on June 2 (stock pic)

Climate campaigners launch legal challenge over North Sea oilfield