Why are Scottish wind farms paid billions to switch off?
Despite Scotland’s booming wind sector, turbines are still routinely paid not to spin. The Ferret unpacks why this happens, what makes it so costly, and what it means for your bills.
COP26
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Unmasked: the 138 ‘polluters’ at key climate talks
More than a hundred executives with links to industries blamed for pollution were permitted to take part in vital international
‘Big energy’ dominates lobbying of Scottish Government amid climate crisis
Questions have been raised over the power and influence of energy companies following analysis by The Ferret revealing how key
Scottish Government accused of ‘false solutions’ to climate crisis
The Scottish Government’s climate change plan contains “false solutions” to meet its net-zero targets, a leading environmental group has
Scottish Government ignored by Westminster over plans for Glasgow COP26 summit
Westminster ignored repeated Scottish Government requests to be consulted over plans to hold the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, internal
Oil firms under fire for lobbying on COP26 climate summit
The oil industry has lobbied the Scottish Government on “the importance of balanced messaging” in the run-up to the global
Parent firm of COP26 sponsor opened big gas plants in Mexico
The parent company of one of the ‘green’ sponsors of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow has opened four new
Scots university members of green COP26 network invest £5.2m in fossil fuels and arms
Scots universities signed up to a COP26 green network of academic institutions committed to tackling climate change have shares worth
Hundreds of police recruits ‘breach coronavirus rules’
Hundreds of new police recruits who started training this week at the Scottish Police College in Tulliallan were not given
US climate-denying think tank plans to host event in Glasgow
An American think tank which disputes climate change is planning to hold an event in Glasgow in the run-up to