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Upgrade of Edinburgh's botanic garden facing cuts and delays

Upgrade of Edinburgh's botanic garden facing delays as costs rise
ONE of Scotland’s most ambitious conservation projects is facing cuts and delays because of inflation driving its costs “significantly” over budget.

Shell appeared to hit the jackpot when it posted an eye-watering £32.2 billion profit

Opinion Alan Simpson: We are all responsible for Shell’s huge profits and we can’t moan

Updated Climate advisers call on Harvie to reform 'not fit for purpose' energy standards

The project aims to breathe new life into the Firth of Forth’s once-thriving oyster habitats

Project to save Scots oysters from brink of extinction reaches first landmark

Should only the highest council tax bands be raised?

Letters It would be unfair to increase the differentials on council tax bands

Dead wild Scots pine

Warning future of prized ice age era trees 'on a knife-edge'

Social entrepreneur, writer and climate campaigner Jeremy Legget

Sponsored Invest in Scotland and save the country from environmental apocalypse

Electric Toyota Proace conversion from Campervan Co.

Staycationing goes green with world's first totally zero-emissions campervan

The comet will pass Earth on February 1 and was last seen during the Stone Age.

Rare comet last seen 50,000 years ago to make close pass by Earth today

Wyndford flats will not be granted listed status.

Updated Maryhill tower blocks refused listed status

A helicopter was brought in to support the work at the tourist attraction.

Helicopter assists restoration work at beloved Skye beauty spot

80 percent of Scotland's peatland is degraded or damaged yet the momentum for a solution continues to stall

Opinion Vicky Allan: For peat's sake! Scottish government's missed targets and false figures

The Port of Cromarty Firth is already a major renewables hub. Green Freeport status will bring fresh investment

Sponsored Why the Port of Cromarty Firth is a catalyst for change

Is there any reason to believe visitors would be put off by a modest tourist tax?

Letters Three ways Scotland's councils could make life easier for themselves

Energise your career at forthcoming Glasgow jobs fair

Sponsored Energise your career at forthcoming Glasgow jobs fair

The beavers leave their cages

Wild beavers released at Loch Lomond marking major milestone in species return

New safety measures could be introduced at Loch Lomond

New lower speed zones recommended for Loch Lomond in bid to improve safety

Green Home Systems says its measures can help households save money

Irvine firm embarks on energy upgrades

Green for go: Scotland’s Ports - click here for a special 16-page review

HERALD SPECIAL FOCUS Green for go: Scotland’s Ports - click here for a special 16-page review

Leith resident and campaigner Jim Jarvie at Rennie's Isle where waste has built up. STY ALLAN.. Pic Gordon Terris Herald & Times..24/1/23.

'We were horrified.' Calls for monitoring as filthy river branded a health hazard

Why is private enterprise missing out on the renewables opportunities?

Letters Is capitalism dead here? Where are so-called giants of industry when we need them?

Fears for Scotland’s puffins as hundreds wash up dead on Spanish coastline

Exclusive Fears for Scotland’s puffins as hundreds wash up dead on Spanish coastline

BBC Winterwatch presenter Iolo Williams on site at the Water of Leith in Edinburgh STY ALLAN.. Pic Gordon Terris Herald & Times..24/1/23.

Iolo Williams on why a Scots wildlife 'superhighway' became a BBC star

With its close proximity to a number of offshore windfarm locations, the port of Nigg in the Cromarty Firth is ideally located to benefit from the renewable energy revolution

Sponsored Scotland's ports are the gateways to good fortune

Scapa Flow is Europe’s biggest natural deep-water harbour, and a key location for energy transition and decarbonisation projects

Sponsored Investment will give Scapa Flow a deeper purpose

Edinburgh has committed itself towards plant-based diets to lower the city’s 'consumption-based emissions' after the city council endorsed the Plant Based Treaty at Cop26

Opinion Alan Simpson: Edinburgh going vegan is just virtue-signalling nonsense

Fire crews at the O2 ABC venue on Sauchiehall Street shortly after the devastating blaze in June, 2018.

LETTERS Good news about The Mack, but now can we start caring about the rest of the damage?

Aberdeen has a few lessons to teach Glasgow

Opinion Mark Smith: What Glasgow can learn from Aberdeen

Alex Meredith is SSE Renewables project director

Agenda Berwick Bank can deliver a win-win for Scotland

The 39th Sled Dog Rally is due to take place this weekend.

In pictures: Huskies prepare for Aviemore sled dog rally

Why Scotland's peat bogs are the superheroes of the climate crisis

Why Scotland's peat bogs are the superheroes of the climate crisis

A vertical farm at the James Hutton Institute

Agenda Scotland is at the forefront of agricultural innovation

Gravitricity plans to build a full-scale demonstrator project at a former mine in the Czech Republic

Scottish firm launches £40m funding drive for green energy storage projects

Should freight traffic be transferred to rail wherever possible?

Letters We all will have to make changes to solve our transport problems

There needs to be a strong focus on green hydrogen

Opinion Richard Muir: Aiming high with green hydrogen

Josiah Lockhart is Chief Executive of Changeworks and member of the Climate Emergency Response Group

Agenda Strong leadership on net zero transition is needed now more than ever

10 ways to make space for nature

Sponsored 10 ways to make space for nature

NO WATER in several Glasgow postcodes

Updated Glasgow residents left without water as burst pipe hits supplies

Cars can be alluring and romanticised objects but is there a disconnect between perception and the reality of our car use?

Opinion Vicky Allan: 'War on cars' making you fume? Perhaps you have a case of car brain

Scotland's deposit return scheme aims to boost recycling of single-use drinks containers to 90%, about two billion containers annually

Cost fears as the launch of 'supposedly enlightened' bottle returns draws near

Green Home Systems is based in Irvine, Ayrshire

Ayrshire energy efficiency provider on strong growth trajectory

Wind power is playing a key role in electricity supply

Letters Onshore wind is backbone of our electricity system. We must develop further

Edward Mountain MS is Convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy & Transport Committee

Agenda Councils need more help to help us reach net zero

Has Nicola Sturgeon chosen the wrong battle?

Letters: Time will show that Nicola Sturgeon has chosen the wrong battle

Red deer are checked by culling

Expert calls for new law to force landlords to cull deer herds

Edinburgh Zoo's panda Tian Tian and Yang Guang will be going home

Pandas might be going home but Edinburgh Zoo will continue conservation fight

SSE said work was continuing on the Dogger Bank windfarm Picture: SSE

Scottish energy giant raises earnings forecast after price boost

Windpower firm boss warns new tax will hit Scots green power jobs

Exclusive Windpower firm boss warns new tax will hit Scots green power jobs

A relative of a couple who died under the rubble after Russia hit their apartment block with a missile, mourns by the coffins during a funeral service in Dnipro, Ukraine. Britain is promising to send tanks to help the country fight back

Letters Give Ukraine tanks, but attach strings to the deal that give Putin a way out

Agree with their politics or not, it's hard to argue with the recent successes of the Scottish Greens

Opinion Andy Maciver: The Greens have transformed Scottish politics. But for better or worse?

A wolf fish captured on camera (All pics/Videa Neptune Energy)

Watch What lies beneath: Weird sea life filmed under North Sea oil platform

Ministers to lever in 'responsible private finance' to plug £20bn nature funding gap

Glasgow cycling groups receive £160,000 boost to promote biking across the city

Glasgow cycling groups receive £160,000 boost to promote biking across the city

Should the SNP reverse its policy on Trident and Faslane?

Letters SNP must stand with UK over Ukraine and reverse Trident stance