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.
Climate and the Environment
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Consultation on Scottish energy plan “lacking transparency”
The Scottish Government has been criticised for asking the public for views on its new energy plan without publishing the
Woodland bosses accused of failure and putting beavers at risk from guns
Government woodland bosses have been criticised for failing to deliver on a promise to bring beavers back to state-owned Scottish
Natural paradise in Chile under threat from fish farming
One of the world’s last remaining natural paradises is being damaged by the rapid expansion of salmon farming in
Fewer than 1% of unauthorised tree fellings in Scotland result in prosecution
Fewer than one per cent of unauthorised tree felling cases reported to Scotland’s forest regulators have ended in a
Edinburgh firm has £50m investment in embattled coal giant
An Edinburgh investment company which markets itself as sustainable and sponsors major cultural events in Scotland holds £50m worth of
Shell accused of ‘muscling in’ on Scotland’s renewable body
Oil giant Shell is trying to get a staff member elected to the board of Scotland’s renewable energy body,
New row over tree felling at iconic Carnoustie golf club
Hundreds of trees felled at a world famous Scottish golf club which hosts the British Open have not been replaced
Animal welfare groups fear fox hunt law “loopholes” may be exploited
Animal welfare groups have voiced concern that new legislation on fox hunting in Scotland still contains loopholes that could be
Area of peatlands restored by Scottish Government one third less than claimed
An area of peatlands restored last year by the Scottish Government is nearly one third lower than it publicly claimed,
Alarm over scheme allowing more lice at salmon farms
An international food labelling scheme is to allow five times more lice at salmon farms, prompting Scotland’s official fisheries
‘Illegal’ dumping of dead fish in Outer Hebrides continues despite ban vow
The “illegal” dumping of dead farmed fish in sand dunes on a Hebridean beauty spot has been allowed to continue
Revealed: The spiralling cost of Scotland’s flood defences
Twenty-eight ‘vital’ Scottish flood defence schemes are now expected to cost nearly one billion pounds – three times more than was