Environment

If anything is worth investing in as we try to save our planet, it’s our long-term economic future.

At Loch of Blairs, a tranquil and attractive corner awaits the walker, dog owner and wildlife watcher.

The Scottish Government has announced that tax reliefs at the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport will be extended to 2034.

3380 bins for its for the revamped waste and recycling collections had ‘minor problems' but service is not affected.

Project director Donald Weir says it is a ‘renaissance of a form of energy generation that has been dormant for decades.’

The public have been urged to do their bit to help protect the country’s water.

A number of bothies along the Cape Wrath Trail and in the Cairngorms are due to be closed during the spring.

A solar-powered future is on the cards for a Black Isle sawmill after it secured permission to install the panels to help meet its energy needs.

Hundreds of grow-your-own enthusiasts stocked up on seed potatoes at the popular Black Isle Tattie Day.

The Labour MSP says 'local benefit from these developments has not improved and communities are losing out.'

Nature's spectacular lights' display thrilled people on both coasts of Ross-shire last night.

The visitor centre have started the next phase of landscaping, by planting many trees of different varieties around the centre.

Improvements to waste and recycling collections across Highland are set to start in Ross-shire, the local council announced today.

A wildfire was detected an average of every day during the peak of last year's season ­– with the Highlands hit by almost a third of all blazes.

A clan chief has expressed “surprise” at a power giant’s enlargement of controversial plans to build an electricity substation on his ancient lands.

More than 600 secondary school pupils have attended Scotland’s first Green Careers Expo.

Ullapool Sea Savers bagged-up the final 71 bags of coffee pods to be recycled, as the highly-successful scheme comes to an end.

Recurring years of increased reports of dog attacks on sheep, has shown the urgent need for action to tackle this crisis.

Can we press pause on more National Parks? Just till we’re back on track with the vital stuff?

The MSP warns that 'it is practically impossible' for Highland homes to meet proposed energy performance standard.