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The fight to stop the Radical Road being closed for ever
The reopening of part of the famous path below Salisbury Crags could come with a sting in the tail
 • Edinburgh Inquirer
A very human hill: how we shaped Arthur’s Seat and its surroundings over six millenia
Taking a walk through the history of our most famous natural landmark
 • Sarah McArthur
It will kill 40,000 sea birds to help hit our Net Zero targets
Will the green energy from the giant Berwick Bank wind farm come at too high a price for the Forth’s wildlife?
 • Joe Coroneo-Seaman
'The Cockburn has a reputation for saying no, but honestly it's not deserved'
Conservation charity's new director on a bad rap, supporting ambition, and the problem with Waverley Station
 • Ilona Amos
The night runners of the Pentlands
"It feels like the closest thing I do as an adult to 'play'"
 • Edinburgh Inquirer
We're one of the most congested cities in the UK. Here's how to tackle that.
Award-winning engineer Corey Boyle on breaking the Capital's over-reliance on the car
Are the Capital’s green spaces as green as they used to be?
As volunteers returf one city park, blaming the council for dragging its feet - how big a problem is erosion in Edinburgh?
 • Sarah McArthur
The Capital has adopted the UK’s toughest ban on fossil fuel ads
When will it bite and how might it affect life in the Capital?
 • Joe Coroneo-Seaman
Helsinki just had a year with no road deaths
What can Scotland’s second most deadly city learn from the Finnish capital?
 • Sarah McArthur
'We can't just build our way out of this crisis. It needs more.'
Charity leader Ewan Aitken on what it will take to tackle the Capital's housing emergency
Was ‘traffic-free’ Cowgate the pedestrian paradise we dreamed of?
Bars and music venues were bursting at the seams but the traffic closure experiment was not without its issues
 • Sarah McArthur
Battery-powered trams, cycling squeezed and a cash conundrum
The Capital tries to plot a route to a bigger tram network
 • Sarah McArthur
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