Ferret Underground: Housing

Alastair Brian Sep 10, 2026

Adult adoptees are taking desperate measures to obtain their family ‘health histories’

Adult adoptees are calling for access to genetic testing to address the ‘health gap’ caused by their lack of information about genetically inherited conditions.

Katharine Quarmby Sep 6, 2026

Pollution

More than 50 rivers polluted by toxic chemicals used to treat fleas on pets

Wildlife is under threat from water pollution caused by pesticides which are hazardous, widespread and persist for years.

Rob Edwards Sep 4, 2026

Cluff

2 articles

Politics and power

Cluff shelves Forth coal gas plan

The multi-millionaire oil tycoon, Algy Cluff, is delaying a planning application to gasify coal under the Firth of Forth

Rob Edwards Aug 26, 2015

Climate and the Environment

Coal gas contamination sparks fears of disaster

Revelations that an underground coal gas plant in Australia is facing prosecution for allegedly contaminating over 300 square kilometres of

Rob Edwards Aug 24, 2015