Forestry and Land Scotland

Seven million trees were felled for north of Scotland wind farms.

Millions of trees felled to make way for north of Scotland wind farms

28/02/2020

Almost seven million trees have been felled in the north of Scotland to make way for onshore wind farms since the year 2000, according to new figures.

Green candidates in Aberdeen City and Shire elections.
Guy Ingerson.

Renewables/Energy Transition

Large firms and landowners must stop viewing forests ‘in purely monetary terms’

28/02/2020

By David McPhee

Large corporations and landowners must stop viewing Scotland’s forests “in purely monetary terms”, according to the co-convener of the Aberdeenshire Green Party.

Fuel pumps stand at a Royal Dutch Shell Plc gas station in Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg

Other News

Shell to offset fuel carbon emissions at UK petrol stations

10/10/2019

By David McPhee

Oil giant Shell has announced plans to offset carbon emission from fuel at a number of its UK petrol stations.