England’s best beaches revealed with Blue Flag awards
More than 200 beaches around England’s coasts have received awards for being clean, safe and meeting high environmental standards.
Environment
Call for ‘puffarazzi’ to submit photos of puffins to help threatened seabird
People are being asked to join the “puffarazzi” and photograph puffins with fish in their bills to help find out what the seabirds are feeding their young.
Glasgow pledges to be first carbon-neutral city in the UK
Glasgow has pledged to become the first carbon neutral city in the UK.
Scottish response to climate emergency must be in ‘national psyche’
Scotland’s response to the global climate emergency must be “hardwired into our national psyche”, Environment minister Roseanna Cunningham has said.
Climate change targets for Scotland ‘most ambitious in world’
Targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Scotland are the “most ambitious in the world”, according to experts.
Hunt on for Tree of the Year
Members of the public are being urged to nominate stunning trees with fascinating stories to compete in the Tree of the Year contest.
Edinburgh councillors to debate ‘ambitious’ carbon neutral target
Councillors are to consider plans which would commit Edinburgh to becoming a carbon neutral city by 2037.
Chris Packham cancels appearance at dog festival after death threats
An appearance by TV presenter Chris Packham at a festival for dog lovers has been cancelled after he received death threats following his campaign to stop the shooting of birds.
Food waste ‘bigger cause of climate change than plastics’
Food waste is a bigger cause of climate change than plastics, according to Zero Waste Scotland.
Second osprey chick hatches at wildlife reserve
A second osprey chick of the season has hatched at a Scottish wildlife reserve, just 24 hours after the first.
Food giants and supermarkets pledge to help slash waste
Food giant Nestle and major supermarkets Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose will pledge to help halve food waste by 2030, ministers have announced.