Gillian Martin

Outside the entrance of COP31 in Antalya

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Regius keeper Professor Julia Knights at the reopening of the Palm Houses. Pic: Lisa Ferguson

Edinburgh Palm Houses re-open after 5 years as glorious future grows

Dr Julia Knights, the Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinbirgh

Exclusive Fundraising for further £65m for Botanics glass house to begin

The forest is 91 per cent Sitka spruce

Scottish forest planted with 91 per cent Sitka goes on sale for £10m

Bays Geocrab on the Isle of Harris

Isle of Harris community given £1m to buy 11,000-hectare estate

Helicopters have been tackling the devastating wildfire.

Cairngorms wildfire 'undoubtedly' started by humans

The wildfire near Nethy Bridge.

Evacuated residents return as Cairngorms 'major incident' downgraded

A helicopter carrying water tackles the wildfire burning near Nethy Bridge in Cairngorms National Park in north-east Scotland (Jane Barlow/PA)

Cairngorms: 'Unpredictable' blaze creating 'treacherous' conditions

Scotland is not making enough progress in cutting emissions

Scotland's carbon footprint increases amid 'meagre' climate progress

Supported by £35.5 million of Scottish Government funding, 15,448 hectares of restoration is a record annual figure for the Peatland Action Group

Scotland's peatland restoration project sees record results

The estate said its work is being continually assessed using robust science and the latest monitoring techniques, with the knowledge gained benefiting other river systems throughout the world.

Duke opens up estate home to one of 'Europe's last wildernesses'

According to a proposed new law, many homes will have no option but to install an expensive heat pump (Picture: Damien Meyer)

SNP warned net zero plans contain 'significant risks'

Ecocide could be outlawed in Scotland under Monica Lennon's plans

Exclusive Holyrood committee trying to kill ecocide law despite MSPs' support

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn

Analysis How SNP's list selections ensures Westminster class enters Holyrood

Scottish Labour MSP Monica Lennon this week urged her party to help rid politics of 'toxic' misogyny (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Analysis Ecocide bill passes first vote - is SNP running out of steam?

The Torness Nuclear Power Station in East Lothian

SNP ministers told to scrap climate change plan over nuclear exclusion

Giant turbines in the Seagreen windfarm off the coast of Montrose (Picture: Andy Buchanan)

Exclusive SNP warns Scottish snub in UK wind contracts would be 'devasting'

PIC: PA.

Exclusive SNP under fire for 'costly wasted opportunity' to cut waste

Exclusive SNP reject climate meat reduction advice as 'Scots are too unhealthy'

Expertise in marine engineering built up in the North Sea oil and gas industry could help create a world-leading marine renewables industry (Picture: Andy Buchanan)

SNP under fire for three-year delay to long-awaited energy strategy

Donald Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in Washington, DC on 6 January 2021 (Picture: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: BBC should not apologise to Trump over Panorama

Gillian Martin MSP has been recognised in Time Magazine's Climate 100 list.

Scottish minister named one of Time Magazine’s top 100 climate leaders

John Swinney (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Exclusive John Swinney to snub COP30 talks as SNP to send 'delegation' to Brazil

Landfill is one of the areas affected by the new rules (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

SNP's landfill ban effectively extended due to 'capacity shortfall'

Torness in East Lothian, Scotland’s last remaining nuclear power station, is due to be decommissioned in 2030 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

World's nuclear industry to descend on Scotland with Labour government

ScotWind is planning floating wind farms in deep waters off Scotland (Picture: Miguel Riopa/AFP via Getty Images)

Exclusive SNP ministers warned China energy investment 'cannot come at any cost'

Torness Nuclear Power Station.

Ministers plan nuclear power in Scotland in anticipation of Labour win

North Sea oil and gas companies' expertise in offshore engineering can help build renewable energy schemes (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Exclusive SNP 'all over the shop' as conference set to shun oil and gas debate

Activists protest outside Bute House last month after the scrapping of a key climate change target (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

SNP says net zero 'never in question' despite 'slowing' climate action

Glorious Glen Affric is a great place to go forest bathing in Scotland this autumn.

Battery storage plant to be built near scenic reserve as summit looms

The move sees Hitachi Energy lease the top floor at the landmark 110 Queen Street building in Glasgow city centre.

Global giant's new base to employ almost 90 people in ‘massive coup’ for Glasgow

The Brent Charlie oil rig from the North Sea is towed on its way to be dismantled. Picture: Getty Images

Survey reveals North Sea oil and gas workers looking to quit

The Whitelee Wind Farm on Eaglesham moor. Planning applications for new wind farms are often contentious (Picture: John Devlin)

Readers’ letters: Public need more influence on wind farm planning

Renewable energy wind farms are a contested issue in Scotland

'Overwhelmed' communities push for SNP to copy England on energy

Scottish Water had lodged plans to install solar panels in Bo'ness sewage works (Picture: Michael Gillen, National World)

Exclusive SNP overseeing water 'scandal' amid 'no consequences' for waste spills

First Minister John Swinney during a visit to the Coalburn 1 battery energy storage site in Lanark, South Lanarkshire

Exclusive John Swinney responds to letter calling for net-zero project freeze

Energy Secretary Gillian Martin

SNP ministers admit 'shortcomings' in water body spending saga

A technician shovels the fat as he works in a Victorian sewer. Picture: Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images

Exclusive SNP 'washing hands' of fatbergs sewage crisis costing £20k a day

The £20 fine that has been dished out just once in over 3 years

The Grangemouth complex is one of the biggest single sources of climate-harming greenhouse gases in Scotland, belching out around three million tonnes of emissions each year

SNP will 'not ask the impossible' as weakened climate aims revealed

Torness nuclear power station. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

SNP must embrace opportunities of nuclear energy, GMB Scotland say

The Grangemouth complex is one of the biggest single sources of climate-harming greenhouse gases in Scotland, belching out around three million tonnes of emissions each year

SNP told more heat pumps must be installed 'rapidly' in homes
The Scottish Government will need to ramp up action to ensure Scotland can still reach net zero by 2045 - with costs of up to £19bn predicted.

Stephen Flynn MP, Anas Sarwar MSP and Maree Todd MSP

The 16 seats to watch out for in the 2026 Scottish election

SNP warned of 'catastrophic consequences' if Rosebank oil plan shelved

Robert Gordon’s College, in Aberdeen, has been battling plans for the development proposed for a site near its grounds – arguing it could put pupils in danger.

School set for court battle over plans for battery storage site

Swinney told to publish boiler ban plan amid 'damaging' business fears

Gillian Martin said the draft Heat in Buildings Bill would ‘make people poorer’

Reality check for Scottish Government's housing policies is a welcome sign

Plans that would require homeowners to switch heating systems from gas boilers to alternatives such as heat pumps have proved contentious

Swinney's verdict after SNP government's green heating plans delayed

There is a drive to reskill North Sea oil and gas workers to undertake renewables work.

Labour's North Sea plan to create new energy jobs despite oil decline

Concerns have been raised over ‘monster pylons’ across the Scottish countryside as renewables are scaled up

SNP warned over 'monster pylons' across countryside

Written questions are used by MSPs to obtain information on Government and parliament for the public.

The Scottish politician who cost taxpayer £100k over 900 questions

Ineos anounced the closure of the ethanol plant in Grangemouth last September. Pic: Michael Gillen

SNP 'teeing up' investors to fund a green future for Grangemouth

Increased windfall taxes on the UK's offshore oil and gas industries would cost the sector about £13 billion over the next five years and lead to a fall in tax receipts, a trade body has warned. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

John Swinney urged to give 'full-throated support' to oil and gas

An £800 million deal which will create two further battery energy storage sites in Scotland – each of which are the largest in Europe – has been hailed as “formidable” by First Minister John Swinney.

Inside £800m deal to build Europe's largest battery storage sites

The northern fulmar is one of the globally important seabird species which are in decline

The 8 seabird species in stark decline - and the plan to save them

The UK's North Sea oil and gas industry is a mature one that is having to grapple with decommissioning and transition.

Scottish bishops call on SNP to back oil and gas 'rapid transition'

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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