Why one farmer is bringing wild venison to food banks in Perthshire heraldscotland.com/news/26088435.…
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Vicky Allan
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Creature from the deep (she/her) and the shallows. Herald environment journo and author. Books: Wild swimming and (latest) histfic Murray Hall
Leith, Edinburgh Bergabung Mart 2011
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Sarwar slammed for support for North Sea oil field as campaigners say £200 million of its profits could go to Israeli fuel group heraldscotland.com/news/26080009.…
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Farmers are worried about the SNP food price cap. And there's also the question, what if, for food security, prices actually need to go higher? My latest Winds of Change newsletter for @heraldscotland heraldscotland.com/opinion/260790…
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Blackdog is just the latest. So many data centres seem positioned to use offshore wind. Is this really what the big clean energy roll out is for? heraldscotland.com/opinion/260412…
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Burning wood for power worse for climate than gas equivalent
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This is partly how we are going to get it done. Gravity Batteries are coming to disused mine shafts near you, raising huge weights while the wind blows with excess power, and lowering them to produce electricity when it doesn’t blow. Easy😉
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Two recent studies have re-examined the risk of birds entering in collision with rotor blades of wind turbines. The research found that there was not a single collision.
"The results from Aberdeen Bay show that modern offshore wind farms can be operated with low risk to wildlife."
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New nuclear plans would “hammer Scottish bill payers” - pointing to North Sea neighbour Norway, where a government-appointed commission this week recommended against investing in nuclear power.
Scottish families “already pay a ‘nuclear tax’ to fund the two most expensive #nuclear plants in the world”, referring to Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C.
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Inspiration from @EdSciFest's Professor Tim Lenton event. The global expert on planetary tipping points was talking about social tipping points.
Could we be hitting one now with EVs?
And could £2 diesel finally push drivers to go electric? ⚡️🚗 heraldscotland.com/opinion/260006…
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Pump prices for diesel at nearly £2 per litre? Just one of the reasons that now could be the right time to get an electric car.
Check the others out here ⚡️🚗
in my @heraldscotland newsletter heraldscotland.com/opinion/260006…
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Yes!! Leith is going for the big toon prize!
Historic Scottish port unveils 'people-powered' bid to become UK's first culture town heraldscotland.com/news/25985725.…
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Scotland 'must not reduce commercial forestry' says report - as battle continues over role of public funding heraldscotland.com/news/25972188.…
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Berwick Bank is set to threaten birds. But climate change, which is why we are building windfarms, also threatens them.
The difficult question posed by one of the world’s largest windfarms heraldscotland.com/opinion/259433…
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Now here's another issue over data centres. Jobs. Or lack of them.
UK data centre job claims slammed as ‘ludicrously inflated’ amid AI expansion - following analysis by @APRScotland heraldscotland.com/news/25931646.…
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