MoD confirms potential Scottish bomb sites after Ferret revelations
Government names areas being assessed for new munitions plants after The Ferret uncovers hidden details in a botched FoI response.
Climate and the Environment
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Scottish Government refused to support ban on peat-based compost
Scottish ministers refused to join with their Welsh and English counterparts in supporting proposals for a ban on the sale
Microplastics found in 80 per cent of Scottish coastal waters in last two years
Scientists found microplastics on the surface of 80 per cent of the waters they tested off the Scottish coast in
Beavers to be relocated to three new sites in Scotland
Conservationists have welcomed plans by the Scottish Government’s woodland agency to bring beavers to three new sites on its
Closure of historic Edinburgh footpath to be reviewed
The closure of one of Edinburgh’s most famous footpaths is to be reviewed following pressure from access and conservation
We may have lost red squirrel nests, says forestry agency
The Scottish Government’s forestry agency has admitted that red squirrel nests may be “lost” when it cuts down trees,
Ministers urged to reject new Peterhead gas plant
A proposed gas plant at Peterhead is on “rotten foundations” and could “seriously jeopardise” Scotland’s climate targets, the Scottish
Industry lobbies MSPs to back nuclear power
The UK nuclear industry has stepped up its lobbying of MSPs in a bid to get the Scottish Parliament to
Banks urged to stop funding Shell if it proceeds with Jackdaw gas field
Climate activists have urged banks to sever financial ties with Shell if it goes ahead with plans to develop a
Adverts attacking salmon farming ‘censored’
Five local newspapers in Scotland have refused to publish an advert backed by 26 environmental and community groups criticising the
Offshore wind farms paid ‘measly’ sum to communities
Scotland’s six offshore wind farms have paid just £150,000 to nearby communities in the last 12 months. Holyrood
Oil industry climate plans are “grossly insufficient”, study finds
Climate pledges by eight of Europe and America’s biggest oil and gas companies are “grossly insufficient” to limit global
Councillors call for local government pension funds to bin fossil fuels
Councillors from four rival political parties have called on Scottish local government pension funds to end their investments in fossil