The Latest Breaking News from Gillian Martin

Historic Scottish island ferry store to be turned into venison butcher

FIVE Scottish islands are to share £750,000 for projects aimed at cutting emissions as they work towards becoming carbon neutral by 2040.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 29

All six Holyrood parties have MSPs who are landlords

ALL six of Scotland’s main political parties have MSPs who are landlords, The National can reveal.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 16

Pressure mounts as AI data centre anger now 'impossible to ignore' in Holyrood

Campaigners have said community backlash against AI data centres in Scotland is now 'impossible to ignore' ...

The National (Scotland) · Jul 7

Investment in subsea cable network to create thousands of green jobs

The upgrade of the 113 cables linking Scottish islands is expected to support the decarbonisation of island-based industries such as distilleries.

Evening Standard · Feb 17

Offshore wind power auction a ‘missed opportunity’, Scottish Government says

The latest round of contracts under flagship renewable energy auctions has been announced.

Evening Standard · Jan 14

‘New future achievable’ at Grangemouth as two firms plan job creation

Scottish Energy Secretary Gillian Martin said projects by MiAlgae and Celtic Renewables could create 460 jobs in the coming years.

Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2025

Swinney calls for swift and decisive action in tackling climate crisis

Gillian Martin is representing Scotland at the Cop30 summit in Brazil.

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2025

Minister vows to push for ‘accelerated action’ on climate at Cop30 in Brazil

Climate Action Secretary Gillian Martin will attend the UN event, which begins on November 10.

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2025

UK Government unveils plan to ‘train up next generation of clean energy workers’

At the same time, the Scottish Government said it would fund, alongside Westminster, an £18 million fund to help workers transition from fossil fuels.

Evening Standard · Oct 18, 2025

Scotland’s north east ‘dangerously’ at risk of no just transition, says Martin

Scotland’s Energy Secretary Gillian Martin said she would be ‘damned’ if the deindustrialisation of the 1970-80s was repeated.

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2025