Communities were promised a share of Scotland’s wind boom. Some are being sold short
More than 20 wind farms are failing to pay an agreed amount to locals. That could cost Scottish communities over £50m.
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Ineos plea to keep ‘dangerous’ US fracking pipeline open
The petrochemical giant, Ineos, successfully pleaded with US authorities to reopen a pipeline that supplies fracking gas to Grangemouth, complaining
Bid to end salmon farm row is just PR, say campaigners
A bid by the Scottish Government to resolve fierce arguments over how fish farms harm wild salmon has been dismissed
Scottish Government breaching freedom of information law, says watchdog
The Scottish Government has been condemned by its freedom of information (FoI) watchdog for breaking the law by delaying and
Fracking violates human rights, says international tribunal
The fracking industry has been condemned by an international tribunal for harming humanity, violating human rights and damaging nature. The
Offshore links to Scottish private finance deals revealed
Most of the Scottish Government’s £8 billion private finance projects to build schools, hospitals and roads have links to
Scotland missing targets to prevent wildlife extinction
Scotland is failing to meet international targets to prevent wildlife from becoming extinct, according to the latest assessment for the
Bid for more power for communities fighting developers
Scottish ministers are coming under concerted pressure to give communities across Scotland stronger rights to resist property developers proposing controversial
Ineos tries to block pollution controls on flaring at Grangemouth
The petrochemical giant, Ineos, is bidding to block a crackdown by the Scottish Government’s environment watchdog on pollution from
Safety mishaps during nuclear bomb convoys rise to record high
Safety problems plaguing the nuclear bomb convoys that regularly crisscross the country by road have risen to a record high,
Hunterston cracks are ‘death knell’ for other nuclear reactors
The prolonged closure of an ageing and cracked reactor at Hunterston in North Ayrshire is the beginning of the end
Challenge to Ineos multi-million pound claim for fracking ban
The Grangemouth petrochemical giant, Ineos, is facing a legal challenge to its bid to sue the Scottish Government for multi-million
Glasgow University lifts ban on fracking critic after legal action
The University of Glasgow has been forced to withdraw an online ban imposed on an emeritus professor after he criticised