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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Scottish ministers facing slap down for freedom of information failures
Scotland’s information watchdog is threatening tough legal action against Scottish ministers for repeatedly failing to respond to information requests,
Buzzard stamped to death – but case against landowner dropped
Fresh concerns about the Scottish Government’s failure to tackle wildlife crime will be raised this week after the collapse
Named: the 17 streets in Glasgow where it’s dangerous to breathe
Toxic fumes from vehicle exhausts have polluted 17 of Glasgow’s busiest streets in breach of a legal safety limit
Anger over Buccleuch ‘land grab’ in bowling green battle
Britain’s biggest landowner, the Duke of Buccleuch, has been accused of a “land grab” after he sold off a
Ban on polluting pesticide dropped after complaint from fish farmers
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) secretly ditched a plan to ban a toxic pesticide contaminating sea lochs and killing
Scottish ministers roasted on freedom of information
An investigation by Scotland’s information watchdog has lambasted ministers for their “poor” approach to freedom of information law. The
Ineos plans for fracked gas at Grangemouth under fire
A £450 million plan by Ineos to develop the Grangemouth petrochemical complex for fracking is facing fierce opposition from hundreds
Scottish councils pour £1.7bn into polluting fossil fuels
Scottish local authorities are investing £1.7 billion in 52 fossil fuel companies blamed for causing climate chaos, according to
Government watchdog bowed to industry pressure on fish farm pollution
The Scottish Government’s green watchdog suppressed a critical report on pollution after private lobbying by the fish farming industry,
Fish farm pesticides have polluted 45 lochs
At least 45 lochs around Scotland’s coast have been contaminated by toxic pesticides from fish farms that can harm
Ineos boss lobbied Osborne to bust unions and back fracking
Jim Ratcliffe, the boss of Grangemouth petrochemical giant Ineos, secretly lobbied George Osborne when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer
Trump to miss out on Scottish council rates cut
A Scottish council is designing a £3 million rates relief scheme to try and avoid giving money to Donald Trump