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COMMENT: 2026 Carbon Credit Forecast Calls for Greater Diversification as VCM Scales
By Ross McKenzie, Executive Vice President & Co-Leader, Elimini Progress rarely follows a straight line, yet the voluntary carbon market (VCM) appears to be the exception heading into 2026. External pressures this past year ranged from the explosion in energy demand as the AI race reached full steam, to shifts in the policy and economic landscapes, creating new headwinds for broadscale decarbonisation efforts.
Backsliding into the Bushes
Some Edinburgh residents will recently have noticed the increasing length of the grass on Council land, as a reduction in mowing frequency is trialled with a view to promoting the structural diversity of wildflowers, thus increasing the resources available to pollinators.
Former councillor cleared of code breach
Paul Walker, Standards Commission Member and Chair of the Hearing Panel, said: “In this case, the Panel found that former Cllr McLellan’s conduct towards the solicitors present at the meeting was inappropriate.” The Panel heard that former Cllr McLellan had attended a private meeting organised to allow councillors to read a report on alleged historic abuse within the council, which had been prepared by solicitors from an external legal firm, Pinsent Masons.
Peter Howson tells a Bowie tale
The Glasgow-based painter, 65, said the pop icon dozed off while posing for him in his studio, and fell off his plinth. He said the Starman singer, who died in 2016, tore his shirt and ended up on the floor. Howson, whose retrospective at the City Art Centre in Market Street closed last week, said: “David Bowie came to the studio. I did a drawing of him. I asked him to pose for me so he said ‘fine’. He took off his coat and I put him on a plinth and he fell asleep.
First Minister writes to the Foreign Secretary calling for Gaza humanitarian corridor
Mr Yousaf told Gina Davidson of LBC on Monday about his parents-in-law who are in Gaza. Following the events of last weekend the First Minister said he feared for their safety. The text of the letter follows: To: Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, James Cleverly From: First Minister Humza Yousaf “I am writing concerning the horrific terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas over the weekend, and the escalating conflict in Israel and Gaza.
Comment - who wants controlled parking in Gorgie?
Those tenements are now dominated by private landlords and an increasingly transient population. Those streets are the most fly-tipped in Edinburgh, and suffer from substandard street cleansing and daily struggles with communal waste. Small businesses on Gorgie Road are struggling to make ends meet, evidenced by the high turnover of shops and compounded by a recent spate of break-ins and vandalism, thought to be related to an increase in drug dealing.
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