Claim Scottish Labour built six houses in government is False
Online claims questioned Scottish Labour's house building in government between 1999 and 2007.
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Highland peat extraction ‘at odds’ with climate emergency
A decision to allow the extraction of tens of thousands of tonnes of peat every year from a site in
Baillie Gifford ‘hypocrisy’ on £400m fossil fuel investments
An investment firm which funnels hundreds of millions of pounds into the fossil fuel industry has been attacked for “hypocrisy”
Government officials worried that tree deal with Shell was “greenwashing”
Senior Scottish Government forestry officials feared that a £5 million tree-planting deal with the oil giant, Shell, could be viewed
Scottish and UK governments have no records on commercial peat digging
The Scottish and UK governments have no idea how much peat has been dug from the ground for commercial purposes
Warning that wildlife in danger from ‘staggering’ 40% funding cuts
Scottish Government funding for major environment bodies has been slashed by 40 per cent over the last decade putting nature
MSP pension fund aims to be more ethical – but ups fossil fuel investment
The company managing Holyrood’s £86 million pension fund has ploughed more money into fossil fuels and opposed bids to
The North Sea oil industry’s £6.8 billion plan to breach climate targets
Ten oil companies are planning to invest £6.8 billion in six major new projects in the North Sea in
Scotland’s top civil servant took 58 flights while telling staff not to fly
The Scottish Government’s civil service chief, Leslie Evans, has flown to and from London four times more often than
Climate ‘under threat’ from new fossil fuel facilities in Scotland
A raft of new fossil fuel developments being planned across Scotland will lock the country into polluting the climate for
The Scottish Government’s first big climate conversation takes flak
The launch of the Scottish Government’s public consultation on how to combat the global climate emergency has been condemned
Public sector accused of paying ‘lip service’ to climate emergency
The public sector in Scotland is being urged to step up its efforts to tackle the climate emergency, after a
Community climate projects axed as funding halved by Scottish Government
The Scottish Government has quietly halved funding for communities tackling climate pollution, depriving 43 local projects of grants and putting