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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Scottish Government attacked for COP26 ‘choreography’ with big oil
Climate campaigners have branded the Scottish Government “disgraceful” for consulting the oil and gas industry on “choreography around COP26” at
Environmental groups boycott events sponsored by fossil fuel firms
Scottish campaigners are backing a boycott of media events sponsored by “pariah” fossil fuel companies in the run-up to the
UK Government promoting climate programme alongside fossil fuel polluters
A UN climate programme the UK Government is using as a criteria to decide which companies can access COP26 is
Greens ‘sold out to the devil’ on fishing in pact with SNP
The Scottish Greens have “sold out to the devil” by failing to prevent fishing trawlers from damaging the seabed around
Strathclyde Pension Fund’s investments in fossil fuel increases ahead of COP26, claims study
Strathclyde Pension Fund’s (SPF) fossil fuel investment has increased by nearly £220 million in just one year, according to
‘We’re barred from COP26’: nuclear industry complains after rejected applications
The international nuclear energy industry has complained about being excluded from the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow — prompting environmentalists to
Cambo oil firm under fire over tax haven
The main developer behind the controversial Cambo oil field north west of Shetland is ultimately owned in an offshore tax
‘Persistent intimidation’: activists facing abuse from grouse shooting industry
Conservationists working to protect rare birds of prey claim they are being abused online and intimidated in the field by
Licences to kill: 115 Tayside beavers shot in 2020
The Scottish Government’s wildlife agency licensed the killing of 115 beavers in Tayside in 2020, sparking angry criticisms from
RSPCA Assured food label scheme accused of protecting ‘salmon farmers and retailers’
Animal welfare campaigners have accused the RSPCA Assured food label scheme of “protecting the interests of salmon farmers and retailers”
‘Open sewers’: 25 Scottish beaches contaminated by faeces
At least 25 beaches across Scotland were contaminated with sewage in breach of safety limits in June and July, according
Investigation launched into footage of lice infested salmon
Police Scotland and the RSPCA are investigating after an animal welfare campaigner filmed lice infested salmon at farms run by