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.
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Anger over licences to kill 4,000 ravens
Revelations that farmers and landowners in Scotland have been licensed to kill more than 4,000 ravens in the last
Exhaust fumes blamed for killing mountain wildlife
Pollution from vehicle exhausts is “devastating” the fragile wild plants that cling to the arctic summits of Scotland’s highest
Fish that eat lice off farmed salmon suffer, says report
The use of cleaner fish on Scottish salmon farms as a treatment for sea lice should be suspended due to
MSP pensions invested in iPhone firm with mass suicides
The pension fund for Scotland’s MSPs has invested over £100,000 in a Taiwanese company blamed for mass suicides
Published: film of seabed ‘pulverised’ by scallop dredging
Underwater film footage revealing the damage allegedly caused by illegal dredging is being published today by The Ferret in the
Ministers ‘pandering’ to farmers on beaver shooting
Conservationists, welfare campaigners and the Scottish Greens have blasted the Scottish Government for delays in giving legal protection to wild
Think tank under fire for tobacco and oil ‘propaganda’ in schools
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has been accused of “pumping seemingly paid-for propaganda” on tobacco, oil and tax havens
MSPs demand tougher regulation for fish farming
Scotland’s fish farming industry must bow to tougher environmental regulation if wants to expand, a committee of MSPs has
Cracks delay plans to restart Hunterston reactors
Cracks that are spreading in two ageing nuclear power reactors at Hunterston in North Ayrshire have delayed plans to reopen
Closure urged after 350 cracks found in nuclear reactor
More than 350 cracks have been discovered in an ageing nuclear power reactor at Hunterston in North Ayrshire, breaching an
Kelp harvesting ban backed by Scottish Government
A ban on the mechanical harvesting of kelp around Scotland’s coast is to be backed by the Scottish Government,
Wildlife widely damaged by fish farm pesticides, says Sepa
Pollution from fish farm pesticides is more widespread than thought and is harming marine wildlife, according to the Scottish Government’