Environment

The company behind the plans for a biogas plant in Easter Ross has offered assurances amidst simmering discontent.

Ullapool locals have managed to haul out 130kg of waste from the sea, including a “massive net”, with help from a couple of German journeymen.

A water scarcity warning across Scotland has prompted a Highland Council alert to householders with private supplies.

A highly controversial plan for a £36m biogas plant that sparked fierce backlash and was rejected by Highland Council has been granted on appeal.

A report flagging Highlands and islands investment potential of up to £100bn, much in renewable energy, has been roasted by critics.

Up to 320 jobs in construction phase, it is claimed, as port prepares for trailblazing floating offshore windfarm role.

A major expansion by a Highland-based energy and construction company could create more than 50 new jobs in Inverness, it has claimed.

A Highland rewilding initiative has launched as an independent charity in a bid to restore nature across more than 200,000 hectares in the region.

Families in the Ullapool High School catchment area are set to benefit from £87,000 in funding to support family wellbeing through nature connection.

A Sutherland garden has earned national recognition after taking top prize in the Domestic Landscape category at the Natural Stone Awards.

Mountain bikers at a popular Ross-shire resort have been asked to be considerate and stay off a new wheelchair and buggy-friendly path.

Scottish Conservatives slam quango responsible for ‘industrial jungles’.

A couple have been rescued by Wester Ross “heroes” after getting ‘cragfast’ up a Munro on the Glenelg peninsula.

Energy giant SSEN is continuing investigative work along the controversial super-pylon route stretching from Caithness to Peterhead through Beauly.

Locals near various energy proposals have said a council map showing development across the region is a worthy starter but needs “significant work.”

Energy giant SSEN is continuing investigative work along the controversial super-pylon route stretching from Caithness to Peterhead through Beauly.

A huge NATO training exercise is set to bring an invasion of warships, submarines, aircraft and armed forces to Highland coastal waters from Saturday.

Water scarcity alerts have been issued in several Highland river catchments following a drier than normal April in many parts.

Helen Crawford says it is a ‘good day for democracy’ as she sought to keep communities informed of the wave of projects planned for the region.

Young people in the Cromarty Firth are being given an opportunity to have their say on green energy tonight (April 30).