Scotland’s billionaires are turning climate change into a trophy game
- The Atlantic
- 20 May 2022
A net-zero land rush is sweeping the country, and both locals and wealthy “green lairds” are trying to buy in
A net-zero land rush is sweeping the country, and both locals and wealthy “green lairds” are trying to buy in
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Scotland’s land market has been transformed as corporate buyers swoop in for farmland in an effort to offset carbon emissions.
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