Environmental Standards Scotland is consulting on its new five-year Strategy, which sets out how ESS will ensure public bodies in Scotland are complying with environmental law, how ESS will scrutinise the effectiveness of environmental law in Scotland, and how it is...
The proposed five-year, statutory limits on emissions from 2026 to 2045 are: 57% lower than 1990 levels for 2026 - 2030 69% lower than 1990 levels for 2031- 2035 80% lower than 1990 levels for 2036 - 2040 94% lower than 1990 levels for 2041 - 2045 The proposed budgets...
Almost half (44%) of Scots think that reaching net zero by 2045 would improve their quality of life, compared to just 1 in 10 who think it would make it worse - according to the Scottish government's Climate Survey, published in April. A third of households (33%)...
The Scottish Land Commission is seeking ideas on what a fully land reformed Scotland could look like, and what it would mean to you. There's a short online form with two main questions: 1. What changes would you like to see in how land is owned and used in Scotland...
According to Greepeace only 17% of the UK's plastic waste is recycled: the rest is burned, dumped abroad, or sent to landfill. Globally only 9% of all plastics produced are actually being recycled, and in fact only 21% of all plastic is economically recyclable, (i.e....
Last year Scottish ministers' ditched annual climate targets on the grounds that they were no longer achievable - due to lack of action to meet them, according to Friends of the Earth Scotland. Ministers have Abandoned a target to cut car miles by 20% by 2030. Dropped...
The Highland Council Climate Change committee At the last meeting on 21 May, members reviewed progress on a feasibility study exploring the development of city-wide heat networks in Inverness. This forms a key part of the legally required Local Heat and Energy...
The Highland Council is preparing a new Local Development Plan, with the first stage being evidence gathering. Development Plans guide the use and development of land within the Highland Council area, and set out how places will change and adapt in the future, with a...
The council is developing its transport policy for the next 10 years up to 2035. The vision is that "communities, businesses and visitors in Highland will be served by a low carbon transport system that is sustainable, inclusive, safe, resilient and accessible." The...
Photo: Greenpeace Last month, at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, the UK Government admitted that the country's Rosebank oilfield off Shetland, was approved unlawfully by the previous Conservative administration, because the environmental assessment only considered...