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 Government protecting wind farms not porpoises, say advisors
Plans to protect endangered porpoises around the Scottish coast have been blocked by the Scottish Government to help clear the
The city streets where exhaust fumes breach safety limits
Toxic fumes from cars, lorries and buses are breaching safety limits and endangering health in urban areas across Scotland, according
Concerns over nuclear safety at Rosyth after exercise failures
The nuclear safety regime at the Rosyth naval dockyard in Fife has been called into question after an emergency exercise
‘Dangerous’ plan to ship bombs-grade uranium from Dounreay to US
A secret plan to ship nuclear weapons grade uranium from northern Scotland to the US has been condemned as an
Ineos faces safety crackdown to prevent ‘multiple fatalities’
The Ineos oil and petrochemical complex at Grangemouth is facing a legal crackdown by the UK government’s health and
Firms target more of central Scotland for fracking
Multinational companies are targeting new swathes of central Scotland for fracking that could impact as many as a million people,
Mining for coal gas could cause blasts, fires and quakes, says Sepa
Plans to gasify coal under the sea around Scotland could cause pollution, earthquakes, underground explosions and “uncontrollable” fires, according to
RBS under fire over £4.5bn backing for nuclear bomb companies
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been accused of making money from weapons of mass destruction after it was
Outed: the 371 plants that pollute Scotland
More than 300 industrial sites across Scotland – including a host of well-known names – have been named and shamed by the
MSP pensions put £3.2m into ‘unethical’ firms
The pension fund for Scotland’s MSPs is investing £3.2 million in weapons, tobacco and dirty fuels despite the
Revealed: how the Prince lobbied on ‘pet projects’
The heir to the throne, Prince Charles, secretly lobbied Scottish ministers and public agencies to save red squirrels, protect bees,
Revealed: the £1.7bn invested in risky fossil fuels
The pension funds of half a million public sector workers in Scotland are investing a massive £1.7 billion into