The Scottish Executive has firmly refused to have nuclear waste buried north of the border, when asked as part of a new government consultation exercise.
… Scotland says no to nuclear waste 27th June … Waste Nuclear Power Radioactive Radioactivity Scotland Scottish Executive Nuclear Waste … out-of-mind policy should not extend to Scotland.' The Scottish Labour Party accused …
Public bodies in Scotland are agonising over the expansion of hydroelectric power schemes, weighing the benefits of clean power against the environmental damage caused by tapping water-courses.
… Scottish hydropower 18th October 2007 News Scotland Hydro Hydroelectric Power Energy … Energy News web pic 2_64.jpg Public bodies in Scotland are agonising over the expansion of … new report which assesses the threat posed to Scotland’s water by hydroelectric and other …
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has been found guilty by a court in Scotland of dumping radioactive nuclear waste into a conventional landfill site and allowing radioactive particles to leak from its Dounreay reprocessing plant.
… News Nuclear Waste Landfill UKAEA Dounreay Scotland Nuclear Waste Landfills Industrial … (UKAEA) has been found guilty by a court in Scotland of dumping radioactive nuclear waste …
Four years since the death of Dolly the cloned sheep, her legacy very much lives on...
… Dolly's birth at the Roslin Institute in Scotland marked just the beginning of a long … at the centre of what was supposed to provide Scotland with an emerging "biotech tartan …
Already on sale in some British supermarkets, is farmed cod really the long-term solution to the problem of declining wild populations.
By Tom Hargreaves
… cod farm – situated on the shores of Scotland’s Loch Striven (pictured right). Many …
Caroline Lucas was arrested on 8th January for protesting against the Trident missile system at the Faslane naval base in Scotland. She spoke to the Ecologist shortly after her release to talk about the illegality of the weapon, and why politicians should be spending less time in the House, and more time under the placard...
… missile system at the Faslane naval base in Scotland. She spoke to the Ecologist shortly …
Energy giant BP has scrapped plans to build a 'carbon capture' power plant in Scotland, which would have been able to bury its CO2 emissions underground, because of government delays.
… to build a 'carbon capture' power plant in Scotland, which would have been able to bury …
Ploughshares actions started in 1980 in the US. They have taken place in many different countries, with weapons as diverse as rifles, warships, missiles, submarines and aircraft being dismantled or damaged.
… after disarming a Trident-related facility at Scotland’s Faslane nuclear submarine base in …
In the 1930s US dentist Weston Price travelled the world to study the diets of ‘primitive’ peoples. He found a startling lack of disease and proof that a system of environmentally-friendly local food production is the best way to ensure human health.
… Gallic fishermen living off the coast of Scotland consumed no dairy products. Fish …
Have you ever heard of – let alone tasted – the Rats Tail radish, the Crookneck squash or the Prince of Prussia pea? We report on what’s being done to save Britain’s rich agricultural heritage.
… Ryder’s Midday Sun, Salt Spring Sunrise, Scotland Yellow, Spanish Big Globe, Sub-Arctic …
Growing crops to solve the planet’s energy needs doesn’t work. Recycling the energy in our waste just might have a significant part to play. By Jeremy Smith & Jon Hughes
… or landfilled. It’s a solution suitable to Scotland (and potentially Wales) because of …