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A new report from Scotland’s largest trade union body has criticised government rhetoric around investment and jobs from ScotWind as “little more than hot-air” as research reveals a £2 billion black hole in funding to be able to deliver on its commitments.

Trade unions, built environment bodies and energy companies have combined to criticise Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's plans to change some of the UK Government's key green policies, including proposals to water down housing energy efficiency standards and a weakening of targets to phase out gas b

The progress made by local authorities across Scotland to develop their own energy projects has been outlined in new league tables published by the STUC. The ‘Public Power League’ tables, which show Aberdeenshire topping the capacity chart with 226 megawatts of energy, aim to show the pr

Scotland’s trade unions have joined forces with tenants' unions, anti-poverty groups, environmentalists and academics to launch a nationwide campaign to upgrade Scotland’s homes. Led by the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), the ‘Our Climate, Our Homes’ campaign is callin

With the right policies, Scotland’s transition to a low-carbon economy could create up to 367,000 jobs but bad policy choices would create a quarter of a million fewer, according to a major new report into green jobs.

The Scottish Government’s pledge to create thousands of renewables jobs is "in tatters" after the collapse of a deal between BiFab and EDF over the manufacture of jackets for the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm.

Business groups, trades unions and leaders from local government and the third sector have committed to putting fair work at the heart of Scotland’s economic recovery. As Scotland continues to ease lockdown restrictions, organisations including the Institute of Directors (IoD), SCDI, STUC, COS

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out the UK Government’s intention to build its way out of the coronavirus economic downturn with a £5 billion capital investment plan but has once again delayed the publication of a revised National Infrastructure Strategy. Originally due in autumn 20

Provisional analysis of clean infrastructure projects by the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) has outlined the massive benefits of a government-funded green stimulus for Scotland, with a £13 billion investment creating almost 150,000 jobs and re-absorbing workers w

Unions have emerged from their latest meeting with the Scottish Government with major ongoing concerns over the regulation of non-essential businesses and the “flouting” of government guidance to gain a competitive advantage.  Ahead of yesterday’s meeting with cabinet secretar

The Scottish Government should put “place” at the heart of coherent, infrastructure prioritisation and planning to achieve an inclusive net zero carbon economy, according to a 30-year infrastructure blueprint published today. Ian Russell, chairman of the Infrastructure Commission for Sco

Scotland’s economy can be transformed for the better through large-scale investment in the transition to a low-carbon economy, two leading economists will say today. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon launched a public consultation last week on the operational details of the proposed Scottish National

Oxgangs Primary School was the first school in Edinburgh to close Campaigners have called for a “root and branch inquiry” into public private partnerships (PPP) after building defects were uncovered in schools across Edinburgh earlier this year.

Stuart McMillan The formal consultation process on a new bill designed to re-claim the medical costs of treating people suffering from asbestos related diseases begins today.