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Revealed: the Sepa board member with ties to Norwegian oil
A long-serving member of the board of Scotland’s environment watchdog is also a director at a North Sea oil
Revealed: Glasgow developer part of bid for new coal mine
A Scots real estate firm is involved in plans for the UK’s first deep coal mine in thirty years
Ex-oil lobbyist to be new Scottish Water chair
The new chair of Scottish Water has shares in Shell and is a former oil lobbyist, prompting questions about her
Slater urged to block three new waste incinerators
Green minister Lorna Slater has been urged to block the construction of three new waste incinerators, which campaigners claim could
‘Repeat climate offenders’: CO2 emissions surge at Ineos and SSE sites
Two oil and gas sites which already pump out more climate pollution than anywhere else in Scotland saw their emissions
Environmental regulator accused of law breaking over pollution
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has been accused of breaking the law by failing to maintain a public register
Silent disaster: Eni’s Nigerian subsidiary accused of causing major oil spill
An oil spill in Nigeria that polluted rivers and destroyed crops was allegedly caused by a firm owned by an
Ineos accused of falsifying flaring record
The fossil fuel multinational, Ineos, has been accused of falsifying a record and flaring gas from a chemical plant at
‘Pioneering’ CO2 storage projects could have leaked
Two Norwegian carbon capture projects – used by the Scottish Government to justify its support of the controversial technology – reportedly faced
Costa lobbyists tried to write Scottish Government rules on building of drive-throughs
Coffee giant Costa wanted to help write Scottish Government guidelines on the future of drive-through restaurants, sparking concerns about lobbyists’
Council to urge Scottish Government to boost community planning appeal rights
Edinburgh councillors have voted unanimously to give local communities more power to appeal planning decisions – a move campaigners argue would
‘Corporate con’? Big polluting investors behind push for hydrogen heating
Authoritarian regimes and financial giants with stakes in the fossil fuel industry are among investors who would benefit from plans