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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Trump 2.0: new row over golf and wildlife
A major row is brewing over plans by a US millionaire to build a golf course on a precious wildlife
SNP promise to ditch Trident dissed by US diplomats
The US Embassy in London dismissed Scottish Government plans to get rid of Trident after independence, according to secret cables
Oil rig firm under fire for accidents, leaks and safety breaches
The multinational whose rig ran aground on the island of Lewis last week was implicated in one of the world’
Trident plans ‘in doubt’, says government watchdog
The UK’s £31 billion programme to replace Trident submarines in on the skids, according to a high-level government spending
Farmers shooting ‘as many beavers as possible’
Farmers and gamekeepers are shooting “as many beavers as possible” on Tayside before they are brought under legal protection, according
Burning underground coal left ‘trail of destruction’
Plans to set fire to coal under the seabed at up to 19 sites around the UK would cause massive
Blow to plans to burn coal under the sea
Much vaunted plans to set fire to coal under the sea around Scotland look set to be dealt a blow
Westminster ‘lied’ on Trident independence
Successive Westminster governments have deceived the public by pretending that Trident is a British bomb when it’s actually American,
Economic figures ‘manipulated’ to fit government narrative
Vital information on the health of the economy is “arbitrarily” altered using “dark art” to avoid awkward questions from journalists,
Energy firms prevented porpoise protection
Big energy companies scuppered plans to protect porpoises off the north east of Scotland by forcefully lobbying the Scottish Government
Revealed: scandal of the missing pollution filters in diesel cars
Scores of diesel cars have been illegally belching lethal exhaust fumes in towns and cities across Scotland because their pollution
Seabird populations crashing because of climate pollution
Tens of thousands of seabirds on the remote Scottish islands of St Kilda have starved to death because of food