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.
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French sports firm accused of profiting from ‘slaughter’ of songbirds
A global sports retailer with stores in Scotland is embroiled in controversy after being accused of “promoting and profiting” from
Threat of legal action over farmed salmon ‘torture chamber’
Campaigners are contemplating legal action alleging animal cruelty after a video showed farmed salmon being deloused by a floating washing
Oil firm backed by Scots investment company pulls out of Peruvian Amazon project
An oil firm backed by a Scots investment company and accused of endangering an Indigenous group under lockdown in the
Exposed: the businesses that most often lobby Scottish ministers
Most lobbying of Scottish ministers has been carried out by big businesses and farmers, according to an analysis of Holyrood’
Oil firm backed by Scots company allegedly put Indigenous people at risk in Peru
A global financial company based in Edinburgh has £12m invested in an oil firm accused of endangering the existence of
Farmed salmon deaths from disease reach record high
The amount of salmon killed by diseases and other problems at fish farms has reached record levels, with death rates
Scottish Land Fund spent millions on publicly owned buildings
The Scottish Land Fund, set up to help community buyouts, is heavily skewed towards a few local authority areas and
Scotland fails to protect marine wildlife from trawling, say government scientists
Marine conservation areas have failed to protect wildlife from the fishing industry, according to a study by Scottish Government scientists.
Landowners bid to shoot more protected birds to save wild salmon
Sporting estates are drawing up plans to lobby for blanket permission to shoot more birds to stop them eating salmon,
Ineos ‘under-reporting’ climate emissions, says regulator
Ineos has been underestimating climate pollution from its chemical plants at Grangemouth since 2016, according to the Scottish Government’s
Torness nuclear reactor shut by faulty valve
One of the nuclear power reactors at Torness in East Lothian has been shut down following a problem with a
Revealed: the 16,000 hidden victims of Edinburgh Airport noise
As many as 16,000 more people than officially admitted have been exposed to noise pollution from Edinburgh Airport, according