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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…
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…
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 Hydrogen Vehicle Club, an opportunity for companies across the North East to access information on hydrogen vehicles and fuel, was launched today at a seminar for HyTrEc2 in Aberdeen.
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A range of actions are set to take place as part of a city-wide collaborative programme to support the delivery of Net Zero Aberdeen and Aberdeen Adapts.
Plans include producing child-friendly versions of key documentation, and encouraging wider sign up and participation from public,…
The Scottish Government’s new Minister for Energy, Gillian Martin MSP, toured the ACHES (Aberdeen City Hydrogen Energy Storage) refuelling station at Cove this morning as part of a visit to meet with key stakeholders across the hydrogen and carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) industries in…
Aberdeen City Council has added its voice to the growing number of local authorities around the world to have responded to the global climate change and nature loss crises by declaring a climate and nature emergency.
Councillor Ian Yuill, Co-Leader of the…
Aberdeen welcomed Minister for Industry and Investment Security, Nusrat Ghani, in a visit to Aberdeen City Hydrogen Energy Storage (ACHES) on Thursday afternoon.
The visit highlighted the progress being made in energy transition and reaching Net Zero in the region.
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Aberdeen City Council’s work in the hydrogen sector has been given a Twin Cities award today (16 November) in the sibling cities category by the US Department of Energy for a collaboration with Kobe, Japan.
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