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Details revealed for Scotland's bottle and can deposit return scheme

12 May 2019

The National   8 May  2019 "SCOTLAND'S new deposit return scheme will include aluminium and steel cans as well as drinks containers made of glass and Polyethylene terephthal...
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Highland Council declares a climate emergency Highland carbon-neutral target 2025

10 May 2019

Press and Journal   9 May 2019  Susy Macaulay "Extinction Rebellion protestors gathered outside Highland Council yesterday to lobby councillors heading in to declare a climate a...
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Nature crisis: Humans 'threaten 1m species with extinction'

08 May 2019

BBC News  6 May 2019 By Matt McGrath   Environment correspondent, Paris "On land, in the seas, in the sky, the devastating impact of humans on nature is laid bare in a compelli...
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UK Parliament declares climate change emergency

06 May 2019

BBC News      1 May 2019 MPs have approved a motion to declare an environment and climate emergency. This proposal, which demonstrates the will of the Commons on the issue but doe...
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We are part of the rapidly expanding worldwide Transition Towns movement. The Black Isle is a peninsula of about 100 sq miles ENE of Inverness in Scotland, UK.