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Climate clarity - Paterson's views on climate change are a 'known unknown',...
Appearing at the Parliament’s Environment Committee, Owen Paterson was always likely to face some tricky questions. The Secretary of State, described by George Monbiot as ‘the worst environment...
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Talking point: Mind your language
Trawl the internet long enough, or in fact ask enough people the same question, however misinformed, and you will get the answer you want. No matter how many sources may have informed you of the...
View ArticleTalking point: Get in the great outdoors
The picture of a happy mother and son could have been any family snap. What it didn’t show was that the mum was a recovering heroin addict and her wee boy had never been allowed to spend a night in his...
View ArticleTalking Point: Bin the bags
This year Scotland might start to win the war against the pesky carrier bag. There are 750 million of them dished out a year, many of them ending up in a landfill, where they will stay undecomposed for...
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Opinion: Rural Scotland – Yes or No? - Royal Highland Show plays host to key...
Rural Scotland is once again the battleground for the independence debate. At last year’s Royal Highland Show campaigns were launched on both sides of the referendum as they tried to reach out to the...
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Wave and tidal energy – why the wait?
EMEC, the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney has been in place for over a decade, and in that time has become the world’s leading centre for testing wave and tidal machines in some of the most...
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Another revolving door - Westminster reshuffle brings more changes at DECC
During the 2010 election campaign I interviewed David Cameron as he toured the country in one of his last appeals for Scottish votes. In a boardroom near Aberdeen and flanked by a panel of local...
View ArticleTalking point: Beyond 2020
It might be a slightly terrifying thought but 2020, the D-Day for what seems like all government targets, is only six years away. By that time in Scotland, carbon emissions should be cut by 42 per...
View ArticleLetting the numbers speak for themselves - Renewables film to help sell...
In the bid for cleaner, greener energy, the renewables industry often seems like it is fighting an uphill battle. While it is an industry that has built up from a fringe concern to a major employer in...
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Another Trident debate - Comment: Scotland's nuclear deterrent and whether it...
By far one of the most emotive arguments put forward for independence is the possibility of being able to rid Scotland of its very own “weapons of mass destruction”. The nuclear deterrent Trident,...
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