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A webinar series is being hosted by Aberdeen City Council and Kobe City Government as part of the H2 Twin Cities initiative.  

H2 Twin Cities is an initiative under the US Government Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), supported by the UK Government’s Department of Energy Security &…

The NESS Energy from Waste facility, located in East Tullos, has begun full operation following the successful completion of testing.

The plant processes non-recyclable waste from Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, and Moray Councils and…

Aberdeen City Council placed in the top ten of single tier UK councils, and joint second in Scotland, in taking action on climate change, following an assessment by Climate Emergency UK.

Councils were assessed using Climate Action Scorecards,…

S5 pupil Saanvi Kumar of Cults Academy has been named the new Youth Climate Change President for Aberdeen.

Saanvi will be assisted by four vice-presidents: Finlay Robinson (S4 Dyce Academy), Anna Thompson (S6 Cults Academy), Yujin An (S4 Cults Academy), and Vinuth Wijemanne (S4 Cults…

The last work felling and removing thousands of trees which were damaged in and around Aberdeen from Storm Arwen, Storm Malik and Storm Corrie has started.

Aberdeen City Council recorded more than…

Plans are to be drawn up to make an ancient stream flowing through the heart of Aberdeen more accessible to residents.

The estimated £2.1 million Denburn Restoration project – covering approximately a 1.5 mile stretch from Maidencraig to King’s Gate in the west of the city – would also…

Aberdeen City Council was awarded both the ‘Best Plan’ award for the Net Zero Aberdeen Routemap and the ‘Planning Authority of the Year’ for the Strategic Place Planning Service at the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) for Scottish Awards for Planning Excellence ceremony last week (15 June…

A polluted world being unzipped to unveil a clean one was the feature of the winning design in a primary school art competition to promote Clean Air Day in Aberdeen today. 

Eve McAllister, from Airyhall Primary School awarded first prize for her design, with second and third prizes…

People in Torry are invited to attend a drop-in event tomorrow which will explain how a new district heating network works and how they can sign up to the scheme.

 

The Torry Heat Network event…

People are being urged to take measures to avoid nuisance from gulls and damage to buildings as peak nesting time nears.  

Gulls tend to arrive in Aberdeen to nest and raise their chicks between April and September, however an increasing number choose to remain in the city all year…

Today marks a year to go until enforcement of a new low emission zone (LEZ) in Aberdeen city centre goes live which will help to improve air quality.

Cameras are to start to be installed on the boundary of the LEZ in the coming months…

The UK’s largest campaign on air pollution is back for another year. Co-ordinated by Environmental Protection Scotland, this year’s theme is: Clean up our air to look after your mind this #CleanAirDay. 

Aberdeen City Council is hosting a Clean Air Day event on St. Nicholas Street…