Coals to Newcastle? No, jute bags to Dundee
ITS past was defined by the manufacture of jute, but now Dundee is to import the material from India in an effort to safeguard its future.

Ambitious new target set for green energy
THE Scottish Government today announced increased targets for the amount of electricity that comes from green sources.

Going green could bring 1m jobs - and spell end of the plastic bag
ONE million new jobs will be created in Britain over the next two decades if the UK shifts to a greener economy, Gordon Brown predicted yesterday.

Builders bulldoze wildlife haven .. to plant more trees
WORKERS building a £4.5 million park-and-ride scheme have bulldozed a nature haven - in order to plant more trees.

Greens calling for 'smart tolls'
THE Greens have called for a system of "smart tolls" to be introduced on the Forth Road Bridge.

Recycling plastic is not as green as you think
Sending rubbish across the world, only for it to return in another form, produces more carbon than it saves, writes IAN JOHNSTON.

Tree planting scheme could help save us
A NEW environmental group is asking people to plant trees to help safeguard the planet.

City lags behind in recycling
EDINBURGH is still lagging behind the rest of Scotland when it comes to recycling, according to statistics published today.

War on waste as families each bin food worth £370
IT IS enough to turn the stomachs of those who scrimped and saved through rationing.

Scotland's bid to cut carbon emissions by 80% 'bound to get harder'
SCOTLAND'S target to cut greenhouse gas emissions is "incredibly ambitious" and will get harder as the years go by, a senior Scottish Government official has warned.

Protesters litter stores with excess packaging
ACTIVISTS have confronted supermarket bosses with piles of rubbish in a nationwide protest aimed at shaming stores into going green.

City bottom of green league
THE smokey chimneys and open sewers of the 18th-century Old Town led to Edinburgh first being handed its "Auld Reekie" nickname.

Going greener in New Town
MORE than £40,000 is to be spent on a pilot project designed to make the historic houses of Edinburgh's New Town more energy efficient, it emerged yesterday

First steps to green future
EDINBURGH Council has become one of the first in the country to sign up to a new initiative aimed at helping them become more environmentally friendly.

Capital homes helped to cut CO2 emissions
HOMES in Edinburgh are to be given energy-saving equipment to help reduce their CO2 emissions.



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