A vast area of peatbog in Scotland’s Flow Country could become one of Unesco’s newest World Heritage sites. But why do some people believe the landscape deserves the attention? Heather Jardine was a girl when the machinery arrived to carve up the ground on hills around her home in Sutherland Read more
Onshore wind turbines are providing an “alarming” threat to Scotland’s endangered birds of prey, new research has warned. Some 33 raptors, including ospreys, golden eagles and peregrine falcons, have been killed as a result of collisions with onshore wind turbines in Scotland since 2019. NatureScot, which compiles the records, confirmed Read more
Wind farm fears as SNP ministers admit they don’t monitor ‘toxic’ leading edge erosion Energy minister Michael Matheson also admitted that no wind farm operators have been fined for failing to maintain their turbines and there is no scheme in place to monitor microplastic pollution A Scots Tory MSP has Read more
Two nuclear power stations crucial to keeping Britain’s lights on risk being closed next year as a result of Jeremy Hunt’s windfall tax, their French owner warns today. EDF, which operates all five of the country’s serving nuclear plants, said the Chancellor’s raid on power producers will make it harder Read more