It should be uncontroversial to state that ‘net zero’ names a limited, corporate, technocratic horizon of decarbonisation. Numerous climate scientists have said as much themselves, calling net zero targets a ‘dangerous trap’ that slows necessary decarbonisation efforts by banking on the meso-scale deployment of future carbon removal technologies. The road to net zero is paved […] Source

A 49-year-old man has been sent to prison after grabbing and hitting his partner after an argument. …

A few years ago, the Unionist community realised that their previous line that we should abandon thoughts of independence because we were in a ‘Partnership of Equals’ was ridiculous and indefensible by even the most casual glance at reality. So what they did was they pretended they’d never said that, and it was just a […] Source

The idea that Palestine Action – people taking NVDA against the weapons of genocide – should be proscribed as a ‘terrorist group’ is a pitiful indictment of our current government’s complicity in atrocities in Gaza and of the absurdity of our current predicament. Palestine Action’s response was clear: “Today we exposed Britain’s direct involvement in […] Source

A Viking style wooden ship has appeared in Buckie ahead of filming a blockbuster movie in the local area. …

EasyJet has announced plans to introduce a new direct service to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport from Aberdeen International Airport. …

Town’s traffic system being redesigned. …

SCOTLAND has been the top destination for foreign direct investment in the UK outside of London for a decade, new research has found … Source

A SCOTTISH fishing industry body has launched a scathing attack on a film narrated by David Attenborough claiming it is “anti-fishing propaganda” … Source

Scotland’s economy is set to outstrip the UK’s as a whole in 2026, according to a top financial firm Source

“Making durable changes isn’t always about the raw numbers,” says Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò. In this episode, Olúfẹ́mi and Kelly talk about protest, why large “awareness raising” events will not defeat Trump, and the kind of actions and formations we need in these times. Source

Cosmonauts and Stale Porridge, Alexander Trocchi’s Influence on Radical Scottish Media, exploring Scotland’s radical publishing traditions. This is adapted from a talk at the Trocchi at 100 event in the Kelvinhall Glasgow organised by the Department of Scottish Literature at Glasgow University and the Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies. The Glasgow-born writer Alexander Trocchi, […] Source

NEXT month is a milestone for North Yell. On July 14 the first house purchased by the local development trust will be let, and its new tenant will move in Source