Environment

Eating for health (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: Eating a healthy diet to help save the planet

Bird keepers in Midlothian are being urged to comply with the mandatory biosecurity measures applied to the Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ).

Bird keepers urged to comply with measures as cases of Avian flu increase

There are apps for IDing plants, birdsong, and even star constellations

8 top apps for learning about nature, from plants to the night sky

Footballer James Omondi Osowo has been found murdered

Going Green: Football under pressure due to climate change

Tom Hudson, BP’s project director, offshore wind, Ian Robertson, Friends of Inch Park (FOIP)'s secretary and Shireen Chambers, Future Woodland Scotland's chief executive.

Local projects set to receive funding to plant more trees

Making global warming palatable to children (phorto: Adobe)

Going Green: Making going green more child friendly

Student developments and short term lets may pay for bin collections

Campaigners swoop on Holyrood calling for action to protect seabirds

The damage caused by Storm Eowyn is still being assessed.

Warning to 'remain vigilant' if entering forested areas following storm

Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Iolo Williams are the presenters of BBC's Winterwatch, which came live from an RSPB reserve in Dorset this week (Picture: BBC Studios/Jo Charlesworth)

Winterwatch can make you fall in love with Chris Packham

Seafield sewage works records 165 spills in a year

MSPs clash over Holyrood Park car ban

Edinburgh's latest new walking and cycling route officially opens

Sewage tankers empty a local tank at the bottom of Graham Drummond's garden several times a week.

Council leader calls for sewage solution for residents

New rules will allow more flexibility over bin hub locations

Tyre Extinguishers spray-painted 20 SUV cars in the New Town area of Edinburgh in the early hours of Monday.

20 SUV cars graffitied as Tyre Extinguishers strike again in city
The Tyre Extinguishers have struck again in Edinburgh, with the vigilante eco-activist group spray-painting 20 SUV cars in the New Town.
Gary Flockhart

How to feed garden birds in snow: Top high-fat foods for birds

Have an eco-friendly Christmas (photo: Adobe)

Going green: Have yourself a merry little Christmas while staying green

Residents fear rule changes on bin hubs don't go far enough

Council to relax rules on location of bin hubs

Using digital scripts on film set (photo: Adobe)

Going green: ‘albert’ bringing green issues into sharp focus

Tyre Extinguishers deflated the tyres of a number of SUVs in Edinburgh overnight and sprayed several vehicles with paint.

Climate change protestors target New Town SUVs overnight

Take damaged goods to repair cafes (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: How repair cafés work for the environment

The 'spooky' Edinburgh monument 'built to entomb a vampire'

P&O Cruises and Cunard employees complete the tenth beach clean of 2024

Communal bin roll-out to estate halted after residents object

Seafield is Scotland’s largest wastewater treatment works, treating the wastewater from the population equivalent of 850,000 people. Biogas captured during the treatment process is used to generate green energy.
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Big drop in stink complaints about city sewage plant
Scotland’s biggest sewage plant has seen a huge drop in complaints about the smell.
Donald Turvill, Local Democracy Reporter

Blitz on discarded chewing gum on city's streets and pavements

Circular and Co Leakproof Reusable Coffee Cup

Six easy eco-friendly switches you can make today

Ian Murray visits Nova Innovation

Scotland will lead on clean power, says Ian Murray

Waste left by travellers at the site at Granton Park Avenue.

Residents left fuming at mess left by travellers

Lothian Buses' first fully electric double deckers take to the road

Council objects to wind farm in Lammermuirs

Swimmers have been urged to avoid 19 beaches across the UK due to serious health concerns. (Photo: Andrew - stock.adobe.com)

Warning to avoid 19 UK beaches

Veg patches could be created on council land. Image: Incredible Edibles.

City's ‘grey spaces’ could be repurposed for community growing

Overflowing bins were a common sight during previous strike action in Edinburgh in 2022

Scottish Government finds money in bid to avert bin strike

Eco-friendly subscriptions including Smol, Who Gives A Crap, Purdy & Figg and Wild

Mum's easy eco switches as 'greenagers' want planet-friendly homes

Doors and general rubbish dumped at the site between Silverknowes and Gipsy Brae in Edinburgh that the travellers had used in June and July.

Residents' fury at mess left by travellers

Residents urged to take dog poo home if bin strike goes ahead

Edinburgh City Council leader Cammy Day

Calls for urgent resolution of dispute to avoid bin strike

The rubbish lining the streets in Edinburgh after six days of the bin strikes in 2022 (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Union serves formal notice of bin trike from August 14

Overflowing bins in the Grassmarket area of Edinburgh where cleansing workers from the City of Edinburgh Council took part in strike action last year over a pay dispute.

Bin strike talks 'positive' and 'productive'

Overflowing bin on Edinburgh's Royal Mile during the final week of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2022. Picture: Katielee Arrowsmith

Fringe chiefs fear losing sponsorship funding if bin strike goes ahead

Cruise liner Carnival Legend docks at Leith's outer berth

Cruise liner at Leith's new deep-water outer berth for first time

The cost and logistics of building and maintaining offshore wind farms remain daunting (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Edinburgh could be in running for headquarters of GB Energy

Exclusive The bin strikes demand to salvage ‘Scotland’s reputation’

Council leaders to ask Scottish Government to fund pay settlement

Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Cammy Day calls for Scottish Government to fund better pay offer

Bin strike looms larger as unions reject latest pay offer

Harrison Park has won a Keep Scotland Beautiful 'Green Flag' for the 18th consecutive year.

38 green spaces in Capital win Green Flag Awards

One study found children hit by SUVs were eight times more likely to die than those hit by other passenger cars (Photo: National World/Adobe Stock)

'It's time to ban SUVs from school pickups for child safety' Amber Allott

Bid for 'eco-house' at Water of Leith rejected amid flooding fears

Bacteria alert sparks warning not to swim or paddle in the sea

Eden Project brings care home residents closer to nature with sensory workshops using plants

Eden Project Brings Care Home Residents Closer To Nature

Pavement stencils could return in new campaign against dog fouling