Environment

2023 is on track to be Earth’s warmest year on record, while carbon dioxide concentrations are at their highest for at least 2 million years.

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HOUSEHOLDS in Moray have been warned about potential flooding, with a risk continuing into Christmas Eve.

MORAY Council has approved a planning policy that aims to protect the countryside around the region’s main towns from development.

The 2023 Scottish harvest shows cereal production and yield fell, by 6 per cent and 2 per cent respectively, from their record 2022 figures.

NHS Grampian is making a public commitment to decommission all its nitrous oxide pipelines before the end of this year.

THE facility is now in operation after months of testing.

Scottish Forestry has approved 13,111 ha worth of new woodland creation schemes so far this year, making it the highest number recorded this century.

SCHOOLS across the north east gathered to show off their debate skills and passion for climate change.

Amongst the new measures to the Forestry Grant Scheme, is a doubling of the payment for expanding native woodland through natural regeneration.

BEAVERS are on their way back to Upper Spey.

SSEN Transmission have confirmed that plans for a substation near Keith as part of a new power-line development have been revised.

DISTILLERY achieves top visitor rating.

THE Scottish Government's bid to introduce an outright ban on snares has been welcomed by a leading cat welfare charity.

Agri and Rural Affairs Conference attendees travelled from across Scotland to discuss the theme of sustainability in agriculture.

Munitions disposal specialists EODEX UK have completed an operation which included removing a German 2200lb aluminium cased influence sea mine.

Details of a proposed Scottish tax aiming to encourage the use of recycled materials in construction and other industries have been published.

Strike action may have serious implications for water and sewage services including emergency repairs and problems with sewage or drainage.

Enforcement officers will begin an initial phase of farm visits, the next step of the Official Control Regulations which were introduced in 2020.

DRAMATIC pictures from stormy day at sea.