Scotland’s sustainabe future
Mairi McAllan is the SNP candidate for Clydesdale. If elected, she intends to: “help build a recovery from Covid-19 which is fair, inclusive, green and focused on the wellbeing of our people and planet....
Category: Environment
How times have changed
That was a belief we all lived with. The Tories boasted of being the party of law and order, upholders of the rule of law, guardians of the unwritten British constitution, a world power...
End of road for Scotland’s premium food and drink industry?
The proposed UK Govt Internal Market Bill will create a “level playing field” across the UK for trade negotiations with the EU which will be imposed on Scotland, Wales & N Ireland. Is this...
Lamont supports lowering of standards
“Important thread about food standards and animal welfare in yesterday’s Agriculture Bill. There were some Tories who could support the important measures in the Parish amendment. Then there were the Scottish Tories.” Tweet from...
The UK is a voluntary union of nations
“I’m going to set out briefly the ongoing regret the Scottish Government feels over Brexit. I will then explain some of the ways in which the Scottish Government will respond to Brexit. And in...
Passion, patience and respect
Nicola Sturgeon sets out the next steps for Independence There is no denying the unhappiness at the First Minister’s speech this morning by those who had built up their hopes and anticipated a date...
Believe in Scotland launches Scotland the Brief
Feeling a bit down now that the EU Withdrawal Bill is now an act of the Westminster Parliament, having been signed into law by the queen? Feeling angry and depressed at leaving the EU...
“This is what Fort William should look like?”
Stavanger – Norway’s fourth largest city, its oil capital, and a new bank headquarters with a very positive environmental story. Alastair Campbell’s article (yes, we know!) in the New European – The wooden wonder...
Greenhouse gases reached record high in 2018
According to an article by George Lee of RTÉ the concentration of heat-trapping Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached another record high last year with the World Meteorogical Organisation indication the continuing long-term trend...
Good news for Eyemouth
Eyemouth Harbour Trust has announced it has been chosen as preferred port for the O&M base for Neart na Gaoithe Offshore wind farm, 15km off the Fife coast. Scottish Renewables Chief Executive Claire Mack...
