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University of Aberdeen
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Targets to restore peatlands missed for fourth successive year
The Scottish Government missed its annual target to restore Scotland’s peatland by a wide margin in 2021-22 for the fourth consecutive year.
Gas lobby enlists academics to hone hydrogen PR before Fife trial
The UK gas lobby has enlisted sociologists from an English university to help hone its messaging on why hydrogen should replace natural gas as the main fuel used to heat British homes.
Plans to mine peat for a decade ‘breach climate targets’
Plans to mine peat in South Lanarkshire are “not consistent” with the Scottish Government’s targets to cut carbon pollution, says a leading climate scientist.
Revealed: the private schools that buy in exam help from government body
Scotland's education watchdog has been accused of allowing inequity to be "hardwired into the system" following revelations that a paid-for consultancy service is dominated by private schools.
Nearly all Scottish universities fail to record student suicides
All but one of Scotland’s 15 universities fail to keep a record of student suicides, prompting criticism and calls for change.
Scottish ministers urged to cut climate pollution from farming
The Scottish Government is facing unprecedented pressure to overhaul its plans to cut climate pollution from farming from a powerful alliance of food and environment groups.
Yes they can: taxpayers billed £23,000 for Obama dinner tickets
Taxpayer funded bodies paid up to £1,200 a head for staff and guests to attend an exclusive dinner with former US President Barack Obama.
The Scottish streets poisoned by air pollution
Lethal exhaust fumes linked to degenerative brain diseases have polluted busy streets across Scotland in breach of safety limits.
