This week: climate change, community ownership, listed buildings and industrial action
Plus: the programme for the 43rd Shetland Folk Festival, words on big tech and journalism and lots, lots more local news from our publishing partners and elsewhere...
This week in local news we have stories on climate change, including: news from Glasgow following last week’s Community Energy event on repowering and ownership, plus Scotland’s first National Park leader highlights how climate change is undeniable, and a ‘Newbie’ writer explains how ‘plogging’ can help reduce litter and increase public awareness.
We also have lots of other news to share, like the imminent strike action to be taken by Scottish Water and Unite union members over pay disparities in March, as well as a story on how Stonehaven’s youth club plan on giving a C-listed building back it’s youth after years of neglect.
If all that doesn’t interest you, rest assured there’s much more inside this week’s newsletter from our publishing partners and elsewhere in the world. Scroll for more!
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Latest from our website
Repowering: Communities at the heart of Scotland’s renewable future
Trying to keep up with the constantly evolving government policies aimed at mitigating climate change can feel like navigating a maze…
Climate change is ‘undeniable’ says national park leader
Storm Eowyn showed that bolder action is needed to combat climate change, the head of Scotland’s first national park has said…
On ‘plogging’: an opinion piece on litter and the socially conscious act of picking it up on your morning jog
Newbie shares their opinion on the mentality behind littering and the solutions they've worked into their daily routine – like plogging…
Giving a building back its youth after years of neglect
A building on Stonehaven’s High Street, first constructed as an Episcopal school, will have extensive works to restore it to a standard fit for purpose as Stonehaven’s…
Industrial action to hit Scottish Water
Workers at publicly owned Scottish Water will be taking industrial action in a dispute over pay…
News from our partners
Shetland News: The programme for the 43rd Shetland Folk Festival has been revealed, giving music lovers the chance to start planning their weekends
Migrant Women Press: Unseen Victims—The gendered toll of Pakistan’s climate crisis
The Midlothian View: Scottish heat pump rollout falling behind and Urgent action is needed, says the Plumbing and Heating Federation.
The Illeach: Tim Eagle MSP asked ministers to pause the introduction of the controversial visitor levy for further review
Greater Govanhill: Annie’s Loo—People Power and the toilet which changed tenement living
The Glenkens Gazette: CatStrand Arts Centre in New Galloway reached a major sustainability milestone, transitioning its heating system entirely to renewables
Forres Local: Forres and Mount Dora artists invited to swap places for cultural exchange week
The Edinburgh Reporter: Scotland’s red squirrels have among the lowest genetic diversity of any species in the world, leaving them vulnerable to disease
Elsewhere in local news…
In Germany, social media algorithms are pumping out huge amounts of far-right, pro-AfD content
A new study found that, on TikTok and Elon Musk’s Twitter, nearly 3/4 of all partisan content being pushed algorithmically to German users favoured the party best known for its ties to neo-Nazis. More on this from Nieman Lab.
How publishers should fight back against the greatest heist in history as UK gov back big tech
A coalition of UK creative industries – including the PPA and News Media Association – has launched the Make It Fair campaign to protect copyright material against being used without consent by AI companies. US-based news media consultant Matthew Scott Goldstein sets out the case for making a stand for the Press Gazette.
£2.2 billion: the value of news to Google in the UK
PINF's groundbreaking new research reveals how much Google owes to news providers in the UK. PINF's Campaign & Communications Manager Beckie Shuker lays out the evidence in their blog.
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