Rachael Revesz
@rachaelrevesz.bsky.social
Journalist behind Audible Original podcast 'Coatbridge: The Disappearance of Moira Anderson'. Trustee of Transform Scotland.
My latest for the Edinburgh Reporter. Both Apatura and Shelborn - two developers - may have to submit environmental assessments for their proposed AI data centres. But Shelborn is already awaiting planning permission - and the timeline won't be extended.
theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/12/coun...
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Council to review if data centre requires environmental assessment
Two data centres which will use the same energy as all the houses in Edinburgh and Glasgow twice over, are going through the planning process. Now Edinburgh Council says it will review its decision to...
theedinburghreporter.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
My latest for the Edinburgh Reporter. Both Apatura and Shelborn - two developers - may have to submit environmental assessments for their proposed AI data centres. But Shelborn is already awaiting planning permission - and the timeline won't be extended.
theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/12/coun...
theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/12/coun...
20% of the Rosebank oil field - and $1bn worth of assets in the north sea - are owned by an Israeli company. Another good reason for this government to scrap Rosebank.
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
North Sea exploration ban senseless amid looming gas supply threat in Scotland
The Labour Government sparked fury in the North Sea with its Budget as it confirmed plans for a move that will make the UK increasingly reliant on…
www.heraldscotland.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
20% of the Rosebank oil field - and $1bn worth of assets in the north sea - are owned by an Israeli company. Another good reason for this government to scrap Rosebank.
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
@neweconomybrief.bsky.social finds one way to mitigate any AI-induced financial crisis - stop rushing to grant planning to every developer wanting to get rich and build a data centre. #overcapacity #ai #datacentre
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
@neweconomybrief.bsky.social finds one way to mitigate any AI-induced financial crisis - stop rushing to grant planning to every developer wanting to get rich and build a data centre. #overcapacity #ai #datacentre
Action to Protect Rural Scotland is rightly baffled as to why AI data centres don't have to submit environmental impact assessments. Sign their petition! @aprscotland.bsky.social
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
Why AI and data centres pose massive threat to Scotland's countryside
Data centres that use vast amounts of electricity are causing problems for efforts to decarbonise the economy and are a new source of pressure on the natural world
www.scotsman.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Action to Protect Rural Scotland is rightly baffled as to why AI data centres don't have to submit environmental impact assessments. Sign their petition! @aprscotland.bsky.social
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
Why does it take a charity petition to wake us up to the fact that huge AI data centres should be required to submit environmental impact assessments to get planning permission? Sign the petition here, and email your MP! aprs.scot/press-releas...
Petition launched to demand EIAs on Data Centres - Action to Protect Rural Scotland
Today APRS, Scotland's Countryside Charity, launched a petition calling on the Scottish Government to make Environmental Impact Assessments compulsory for data centres and to issue strict standards fo...
aprs.scot
October 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Why does it take a charity petition to wake us up to the fact that huge AI data centres should be required to submit environmental impact assessments to get planning permission? Sign the petition here, and email your MP! aprs.scot/press-releas...
Rosebank oil field is still on the table, please tell them to shove it off. actionnetwork.org/forms/the-go...
Decision time: Tell Keir to #StopRosebank
This is the moment we've been building towards: it's final decision time for the UK Government. Equinor is trying to get the new Rosebank oil field re-approved. It's up to us all to convince the Gover...
actionnetwork.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Rosebank oil field is still on the table, please tell them to shove it off. actionnetwork.org/forms/the-go...
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greentogrey.eu - This is a great report, and reminds me of a little (quite large) area of land by the canal that Apatura wants to build on to build an AI data centre...
Green to Grey – How Europe is squandering the little nature it has left
Green to Grey is a pioneering collaboration between journalists and scientists counting every green space lost in Europe between January 2018 and December 2023.
greentogrey.eu
October 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
greentogrey.eu - This is a great report, and reminds me of a little (quite large) area of land by the canal that Apatura wants to build on to build an AI data centre...
A company called Apatura wants to build a handful of AI data centres across the central belt, the first next to Heriott Watt. It claims it's doing consumers a favour by zapping up 200MW of electricity and an Olympic swimming pool+ worth of water. www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
Why I’m not buying energy-hungry AI data centres’ claims to be green
Rachael Revesz finds the temperature a little too warm at a public meeting to discuss a proposed data centre in Edinburgh, and urges people to come to the next one
www.scotsman.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A company called Apatura wants to build a handful of AI data centres across the central belt, the first next to Heriott Watt. It claims it's doing consumers a favour by zapping up 200MW of electricity and an Olympic swimming pool+ worth of water. www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
I wrote this piece for anyone who has wondered why there are Air Canada adverts on Lothian Buses and Emirates adverts on the tram, given that Edinburgh Council has a ban on fossil fuel advertising: theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/09/are-...
Are arms length bodies a wasted opportunity?
What do Edinburgh Leisure (which does not guarantee a real living wage for staff) the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (which has hosted conferences for weapons manufacturers and has in the p...
theedinburghreporter.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wrote this piece for anyone who has wondered why there are Air Canada adverts on Lothian Buses and Emirates adverts on the tram, given that Edinburgh Council has a ban on fossil fuel advertising: theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/09/are-...
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New Zealand will replace its gas tax with road user charges based on distance, time, and weight.
"Weight" is an intriguing variable. Will owners of massive SUVs and utes need to pay extra b/c of their environmental and safety costs? (They should.)
"Weight" is an intriguing variable. Will owners of massive SUVs and utes need to pay extra b/c of their environmental and safety costs? (They should.)
Transport Minister announces all vehicles will pay electronic road user charges
All drivers will pay for NZ’s roading network through electronic road user charges rather than petrol tax, Transport Minister Chris Bishop says
www.interest.co.nz
August 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
New Zealand will replace its gas tax with road user charges based on distance, time, and weight.
"Weight" is an intriguing variable. Will owners of massive SUVs and utes need to pay extra b/c of their environmental and safety costs? (They should.)
"Weight" is an intriguing variable. Will owners of massive SUVs and utes need to pay extra b/c of their environmental and safety costs? (They should.)
Thank you @keepscotbeautiful.bsky.social for letting me write this blog on dental flossers. How can a pack of 30 plastic 'plackers' from Tesco be called 'eco sensitive' (and get away with it....)? www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/blog/2025/de...
Dental flossers | Keep Scotland Beautiful
#FlossDontToss the new litter item being found everywhere - have you seen one?
www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org
August 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Thank you @keepscotbeautiful.bsky.social for letting me write this blog on dental flossers. How can a pack of 30 plastic 'plackers' from Tesco be called 'eco sensitive' (and get away with it....)? www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/blog/2025/de...
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Our charity is delighted to have signed this letter calling for a ban on single use dental flossers which our members are finding littered on walks on streets, parks and beaches. There are more sustainable options. #DontFlossandToss #dentalflosser
August 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Our charity is delighted to have signed this letter calling for a ban on single use dental flossers which our members are finding littered on walks on streets, parks and beaches. There are more sustainable options. #DontFlossandToss #dentalflosser
Are people... flossing in public? Now, 22 orgs, charities and community groups have signed an open letter calling to ban single use dental flossers, or dental 'harps' - a growing feature on our beaches and streets. #dontflossandtoss #singleuseplastic #litter
August 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Are people... flossing in public? Now, 22 orgs, charities and community groups have signed an open letter calling to ban single use dental flossers, or dental 'harps' - a growing feature on our beaches and streets. #dontflossandtoss #singleuseplastic #litter
I've drafted an open letter to call to ban single use plastic dental flossers. Luckily I've had some big names agree to back it. Can anyone recommend Scottish community groups around plastic pollution / litter that I can send it to? #donttossandfloss
July 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I've drafted an open letter to call to ban single use plastic dental flossers. Luckily I've had some big names agree to back it. Can anyone recommend Scottish community groups around plastic pollution / litter that I can send it to? #donttossandfloss
I finally get an outlet to write about this topic = thanks @transform.scot!
📣 A positive story for sustainable transport.
Board member @rachaelrevesz.bsky.social outlines why the reclassification of pick up trucks matters for safer streets 👇
transform.scot/2025/07/21/h...
"This shows that the government can make progressive change without causing a huge fanfare."
Board member @rachaelrevesz.bsky.social outlines why the reclassification of pick up trucks matters for safer streets 👇
transform.scot/2025/07/21/h...
"This shows that the government can make progressive change without causing a huge fanfare."
Here's one tax against large cars that went entirely under the radar - Transform Scotland
Board member Rachael Revesz reports on a recent policy win for sustainable transport which has received very little attention. She outlines what the re-classification of pick-up trucks as cars means.....
transform.scot
July 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I finally get an outlet to write about this topic = thanks @transform.scot!
@dastonsnp.bsky.social Thank you Danny for your proposed moratorium on student blocks in Edinburgh! It isn't right to keep demolishing old buildings in a climate emergency, just to provide a high return for institutional investors.
June 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
@dastonsnp.bsky.social Thank you Danny for your proposed moratorium on student blocks in Edinburgh! It isn't right to keep demolishing old buildings in a climate emergency, just to provide a high return for institutional investors.
@gillianamartin.bsky.social We'd like to raise the fines with engine idling, as we've done with pavement parking, as we've done with LEZs, and enforce the fines, so kids - and all of us - have cleaner air. £20 fine doesn't cover the cost, it won't change behaviour. www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
The £20 car engine fine that has been dished out just once in over 3 years
Only one motorist has been penalised in more than three years with this £20 fine.
www.scotsman.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
@gillianamartin.bsky.social We'd like to raise the fines with engine idling, as we've done with pavement parking, as we've done with LEZs, and enforce the fines, so kids - and all of us - have cleaner air. £20 fine doesn't cover the cost, it won't change behaviour. www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
Fewer bus stops is not the answer to solving the 'riddle' as to why Edinburgh is one of the most congested cities in the UK. We need a congestion charge, and more segregated bus lanes! www.heraldscotland.com/news/2520571...
What would it take to make Edinburgh buses faster? Fewer bus stops
The buses in Edinburgh are slow. Could it be down to the number of bus stops? Or are better bus lanes and congestion measures the key?
www.heraldscotland.com
June 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Fewer bus stops is not the answer to solving the 'riddle' as to why Edinburgh is one of the most congested cities in the UK. We need a congestion charge, and more segregated bus lanes! www.heraldscotland.com/news/2520571...
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Oh, hello. euroweeklynews.com/2016/04/29/t...
Tony Blair unmasked as chief lobbyist for Saudi oil firm
FLYING somewhat under the radar since his absurdist stint as Middle East peace envoy, Tony Blair has resurfaced as a key broker in a booming nexus of Chinese and Saudi oil companies.
euroweeklynews.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Oh, hello. euroweeklynews.com/2016/04/29/t...
I wrote for The National about the Land Reform Bill - I don't argue this in the article but I feel the SNP would get a lot more people on side with independence if they made bold land reforms www.thenational.scot/politics/250...
Scotland's Land Reform Bill is only tinkering round the edges
I USED to go for family holidays near Ullapool every summer in the 1990s
www.thenational.scot
April 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I wrote for The National about the Land Reform Bill - I don't argue this in the article but I feel the SNP would get a lot more people on side with independence if they made bold land reforms www.thenational.scot/politics/250...
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And here it is! The Carriers official announcement in @thebookseller.com 🎉
www.thebookseller.com/rights/trans...
www.thebookseller.com/rights/trans...
Transworld acquires Ruth Newton’s high-concept thriller The Carriers
Transworld has acquired Ruth Newton’s debut novel The Carriers, a high-concept thriller that asks: would you offload your negative emotions if it meant someone else had to feel them for you?
www.thebookseller.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
And here it is! The Carriers official announcement in @thebookseller.com 🎉
www.thebookseller.com/rights/trans...
www.thebookseller.com/rights/trans...
I'm always fascinated by career switches. Guy Ingerson switched from a decade in oil to Friends of the Earth! Here is my first piece for the Local Storytelling Exchange - in @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/business/249...
I worked in Scotland's oil and gas sector — now green transition is my job
I STARTED working in the oil industry after gatecrashing a Christmas party. I was working in Primark at the time but found out about a job at the…
www.thenational.scot
March 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I'm always fascinated by career switches. Guy Ingerson switched from a decade in oil to Friends of the Earth! Here is my first piece for the Local Storytelling Exchange - in @scotnational.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/business/249...
Is Britain 'open for business' or 'up for sale'? Every stage of our lives - and where we live - is now designed to profit institutional investors. by Adam Almeida cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f3...
February 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Is Britain 'open for business' or 'up for sale'? Every stage of our lives - and where we live - is now designed to profit institutional investors. by Adam Almeida cdn.prod.website-files.com/62306a0b42f3...