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Environmental campaigners are calling on the government to end support for hydrogen technologies

Scottish Government urged to ditch ‘high cost, low efficiency’ hydrogen fuel
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners are calling on the Scottish Government to end support for hydrogen technologies after a new report exposed “inefficiencies, soaring costs and a threat to renewable energy supplies”.

Biodiversity Minister Lorna Slater said the Government 'must do more'

‘Transformative change’ needed to protect Scottish biodiversity

'We are rapidly running out of time to gain anything meaningful from our own offshore wind manufacturing sector'

EXCLUSIVE Scotland on edge of missing out on green jobs revolution, governments warned

An M898 extension could start on the north side of the Clyde at the Erskine bridge

Letters Direct link from Glasgow to Oban could keep ahead of rising waters

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will say developed nations need to contribute more

Nicola Sturgeon calls for rich countries to take on climate toll

Two men rest next to the flooded streets of La Fortuna town in Zulia state, Venezuela, after torrential rains in 2021

Countries urged to pay up like Scotland to tackle climate change losses

Net Zero Minister Michael Matheson. Photograph: PA

Scottish Government to ‘maximise’ public money in climate change fight

The UK Government is going ahead with its plan for a new gas field to the east of Aberdeen

Campaigners threaten legal battle after new gas field wins final approval

Threipmuir Reservoir in the Pentland Hills, near Edinburgh, after a long hot summer in 2018

Emergency scheme to combat water shortages caused by climate change launched

Alan Brown said nuclear power won't help with the current cost of living crisis

UK Government urged to ditch 'obsession' with nuclear power and focus on renewables

Lorna Slater, Circular Economy Minister

Companies could be banned from destroying unsold goods under new Green bill

A Just Transition could help fix Scotland's major problems and transform our economy

COMMENT Get Just Transition right and building blocks of new Scotland will fall into place

Scotland's natural assets should be for the benefit of the people who live on the land, experts say

Scotland cannot allow a handful people to make key decisions on natural assets, experts warn

Shell is accused of expanding fossil fuel extraction despite knowing the harms

Shell consultant quits over oil and gas giant's 'extreme harm' to planet

HSBC have suspended senior banker Stuart Kirk over comments he made about climate change during a presentation in London

HSBC suspend senior banker after he dismissed climate change warnings

A small electric car can go a long way

LETTERS I have no fuel crisis sympathy for gas-guzzling car drivers

Islay is one of the six islands which has been selected for the Carbon Neutral Islands programme

Six islands selected by Scottish Government for carbon neutral programme

Alok Sharma highlighted the risk of fossil-fuel reliance

COP26 president returns to Glasgow to mark historic summit six months on

The First Minister said that the 2020s would be ‘the most important decade in human history’

Botched transition from fossil fuels could endanger democracy, says Nicola Sturgeon

At COP26, the world came together to sign the Glasgow Climate Pact

SPECIAL REPORT How COP26’s host city holds the key to global action on climate change

Insect populations in Scotland are down an alarming 30% in 18 years

Letters Many species will struggle for survival if we don't take urgent action

Warmer waters bring on algal blooms that kill off much of the life in our waters, threatening creatures like newts

Letters Scotland's aquatic life is under serious threat due to global warming

Chief Superintendent Lynn Ratcliff said on Tuesday evening a ‘number of people who decided not to cooperate have subsequently been arrested’

Protesters arrested at Scottish oil terminal climate protest, Police Scotland say

The changing flow of currents in the North Atlantic due to a rapid warming of the oceans poses a threat to food production

Letters Will politicians learn to prioritise the three major issues we face?

These are the areas of Scotland that could be underwater by 2030 (Canva/Climate Central)

These are the areas of Scotland that could be underwater by 2030

Earth Day has become a corporate greenwashing event

COMMENT Mike Small: Earth Day is just another way of shifting the blame

A person holding a planet Earth against a mountainous landscape. Credit: Canva

Earth Day 2022: When it is and how you can get involved

Here are Scotland's 20 biggest polluters, including a famous whisky distillery

THE FERRET Here are Scotland's 20 biggest polluters, including a famous whisky distillery

Scottish Greens launch local election manifesto and rule out working with Tories

Greens rule out working with the Tories at local election manifesto launch

Essex Police has arrested more than 350 protesters since the disruption started

Labour call for immediate injunction to stop climate protesters targeting oil supplies

A group has claimed to be deliberately targeting SUVs due to their environmental impact

'Dozens' of SUVs have tyres deflated in Edinburgh climate protest

New fund launched to support carbon utilisation

Scotland launches fund to develop new tech harnessing CO2

Transmission charges are by far the highest in Scotland, according to figures released by RenewableUK

PREMIUM Fears transmission costs will scupper large-scale island wind farm at last hurdle

Cambo takeover 'doesn't change facts about it's climate impact or help soaring bills'

Cambo takeover 'doesn't change facts about its climate impact or help soaring bills'

Tories unveil new oil plans for North Sea as energy strategy panned by environmentalists

Tories unveil new oil plans for North Sea as energy strategy panned by environmentalists

UN general secretary slams ‘lying’ governments as IPPC report urges climate action

UN chief slams ‘lying’ governments as IPPC report urges climate action

The rail service is going into public ownership

RMT announces day of action as ScotRail enters public ownership

Solar Energy Scotland said ministers should remove barriers to new solar developments

Scottish renewable industry leaders in call for 'solar boom'

Climate activists demand Falkirk council stop £131m investment in fossil fuels

Climate activists demand Falkirk council stop £131m investment in fossil fuels

Expanding hydrogen capacity would strengthen Scotland’s self-sufficiency

COMMENT Boris Johnson’s enthusiasm for nuclear power should raise huge red flags for Scotland

Scottish school pupils to climate strike for first time since Cop26

Scottish school pupils to climate strike for first time since Cop26

Scots will be able to delve deeper into the science of food waste with experiments set to be launched for budding scientists to try at home | Credit: Shutterstock

Campaign to highlight food waste as 'number one driver of climate change in Scotland'

Scottish LibDem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar both accepted £200k each from a global gas firm

UPDATED Scottish Labour and LibDems pocket £200K each from gas firm to oppose SNP at Holyrood

Greens hit back over claims Scotland should build new nuclear power stations

Greens hit back over claims Scotland should build new nuclear power stations

Emissions from imported goods are now greater than the rest of Scotland’s emissions combined

INTERACTIVE GRAPHS Charts and graphs show what's driving Scotland's carbon footprint rise

SNP urge Tories keep fracking paused amid 'knee-jerk' calls for extraction to return

SNP urge Tories to keep fracking paused amid 'knee-jerk' calls for extraction to return

Celtic Renewables CEO Mark Simmers and president and founder Professor Martin Tangney OBE

Turning whisky into fuel: Firms join forces to accelerate Scotland's biofuel use

The sea level around the Scottish coast has increased by up to 3cm decade on decade

Scotland 'needs to up its game on climate change' as seas rise

Nigel Farage launched a campaign with the goal to avert the government’s pledge to net-zero

ANALYSIS How can we shatter the right-wing myths about climate change and stop environmental chaos?

Party co-leader Lorna Slater speaking at the Scottish Green Party conference at the Stirling Court Hotel in the grounds of the University of Stirling

Scotland can play leading role in green Europe, says Lorna Slater

Hannah Torrance Bright, left, and Jasmin Roberts said they will go on hunger strike until their demands are met

UPDATED Glasgow students go on hunger strike over university's fossil fuel and arms investments

On a trip to Greenland, Kim Codona’s eyes were opened to the effects of climate change

COMMENT Once the ice sheet is gone it will be everyone’s problem - but we can stop it

Plastic waste that has been dumped and burned in Adana province, Turkey

Scotland set to ban companies from destroying or dumping unsold products

'Reckless' Tories call on Scotland to drill for more oil to undermine Putin

CLIMATE 'Reckless' Tories want to 'ramp up' oil production to undermine Putin