Ministry of Defence under pressure on Trident balloon accident
Local people filmed a large balloon meant to provide last-ditch communications in a nuclear war deflating and crashing. But the Ministry of Defence won’t say anything about it.
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Oops: MoD blunder reveals secret details of bomb project
A botched freedom of information response has revealed sites in the frame for the UK’s expanding weapons programme.
These Scottish beaches were officially rated ‘excellent’. But they were polluted with human and animal waste
Unsafe levels of faecal bacteria were recorded at dozens of Scotland’s best beaches this summer. Swimmers and paddlers could be at risk, but officials insist water quality remains high.
Scotland’s waste burners pump out record pollution
More rubbish is being burned than ever – despite a ban on new incinerators. Has the Scottish Government “lost control” of the controversial industry?
Anger as public cash for ‘just’ transition flows to big business
Grassroots organisations say Scotland’s £500m ‘just transition’ fund has been “captured” by corporate interests – including oil billionaire Sir Ian Wood.
Top Scottish Tory accused of ‘cosying up’ to climate deniers
A senior Scottish Conservative controversially elevated to the House of Lords by Boris Johnson is under fire for agreeing to
£3.7m and just 200 users: SNP-backed green jobs scheme off to slow start
A website launched to help thousands of oil workers move into green jobs attracted just 200 users in Scotland in
Edinburgh uni boss pressured over outside earnings as job losses mount
The boss of the University of Edinburgh is facing calls to “come clean” over earnings from a second job, amid
FFS explains: why Grangemouth shut – and what happens next
The closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery in April has cast a long shadow over Scotland’s plans for a
After Oil: Investigating Scotland’s ‘Just Transition’
Scotland is facing a once-in-a-generation shift. For more than half a century, oil – the country’s ‘black
Robertson sought changes to record of Israel meeting after media storm
Angus Robertson had the minutes of his controversial meeting with an Israeli diplomat changed after a public backlash – because he
This company owns some of Scotland’s biggest oil fields. It’s also accused of complicity in Israel’s war
Ithaca Energy is a growing force in UK energy with stakes in six of the UK’s 10 largest oil and gas fields. It's also been linked to Israel's war in Gaza.
When ‘critical friends’ fall out: how the Scottish Government sleepwalked into a crisis over Israel meeting
On a warm summer’s night last August, John Swinney took to the stage at the Edinburgh International Book Festival