Named: the salmon farms rapped over animal welfare
In the past the UK Animal and Plant Health Agency kept secret the salmon farms it censured on animal welfare grounds. Now it has changed its mind.
Climate and the Environment
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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
Revealed: The insurance players entangled in North Sea oil
Fifteen insurance giants have been accused of “threatening people’s futures for dirty profits”, after The Ferret revealed their involvement
East Lothian Council accused of creating ‘two-tier access’ to environmental data
East Lothian Council has responded to just eight per cent of environmental information requests since it introduced a blanket policy
Scientists warn hydrogen heating could be net-zero ‘distraction’
Scientists who advise the Scottish Government have warned that discussion about using hydrogen to heat homes risks becoming a “distraction”