Midlothian Council is asking residents and businesses to demonstrate their commitment to the environment by supporting WWF‘s Earth Hour at the end of this month.
Scottish Water visited some of the local schools involved in its campaign poster competition to hand out some well-deserved prizes to those who made the shortlist.
A solar farm on the outskirts of Edinburgh University’s Midlothian campus could help make the site carbon neutral over the next 20 years, it has been claimed.
A campaign to encourage local people to think twice about what they flush down the loo, in a bid to help protect the local environment, has been launched by Scottish Water.
It is only 27 months since the ground was broken at the site in Millerhill and over this time construction of the new state-of-the-art energy-from-waste plant, which will serve the City of Edinburgh and Midlothian, has reached an advanced stage.
The recent launch of the Penicuik Heritage Regeneration Project has been hailed as a success with around 150 people visiting the exhibition and other events held in the town.
Bonnyrigg and Lasswade Community Council has written to Midlothian Council calling for a halt to housebuilding in the town while the current infrastructure struggles to cope.