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Scotland should follow on-demand bus schemes example of other UK regions, says charity

Envirotec Magazine

Schemes which would see passengers order on-demand bus services should be introduced in Scotland, a leading mobility charity has said. CoMoUK has conducted research into the potential scale and benefits of shared transport in Scotland. Similar schemes are up and running elsewhere, such as Go Coach in Kent (image credit: Editor 5807 ).

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AstraZeneca UK injects £2m into forestry planting in England and Scotland

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Pharmaceuticals company announces new partners in support of plans to plant one million trees around the UK. AstraZeneca UK today launched a new £2m initiative in partnership with Forestry England, Borders Forest Trust, and One Tree Planted to plant more than one million trees in England and Scotland by 2025.

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Conservation charity launches Scottish Oil Beetle Hunt for 2024

Envirotec Magazine

UK conservation charity Buglife’s citizen science project, the Scottish Oil Beetle Hunt , is issuing a call for help. The Black Oil Beetle was also confirmed from Scotland, following doubt about previous records due to issues with misidentification. Short-necked Oil Beetle (image credit: (c) Peadar O’Connell).

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‘Nowhere is the need for grid capacity more acute than Scotland’

Envirotec Magazine

Scottish Renewables hosted its Grid and Networks Conference in Glasgow on 15 February, where Graham Stuart, UK Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, told delegates that transforming the electricity network is essential if Scotland is to achieve its ambitions for a cleaner, greener future.

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£147 million deal will double Scottish energy storage capacity

Envirotec Magazine

Construction has commenced on a new energy storage facility in Scotland, part of a drive to maximise the efficacy of renewables and reduce the cost of wasted wind to consumers. The facility at Blackhillock: how it will look. ” “Equally, the site is expected to prevent 3,400,000 tonnes of CO2 over the same period.

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Scotland’s climate targets are in danger of becoming meaningless, warns advisory group

Envirotec Magazine

Evidence from across the UK is that Scottish emissions will rebound in 2021. Underlying progress in reducing emissions in Scotland has largely stalled in recent years. Scotland’s lead in decarbonising over the rest of the UK has now been lost. Scotland’s lead in decarbonising over the rest of the UK has now been lost.

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Risk of recycling crisis as UK Government ‘deaf’ to industry concerns about Red Diesel ban

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The body representing Scottish SME resource and waste management operators says recycling services across the country are under threat following the UK Government’s refusal to exempt the sector from today’s cutting of the Red Diesel exemption.

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