Claim John Swinney stayed at Peter Mandelson's residence is Mostly True
The first minister has been criticised online for staying with Mandelson on a trip to the US last year. We looked at the truth behind the claims.
North Sea
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After Oil: Investigating Scotland’s ‘Just Transition’
Scotland is facing a once-in-a-generation shift. For more than half a century, oil – the country’s ‘black gold’ – provided jobs
UK approves carbon storage drilling in nature sanctuaries
The UK government has sold licences to oil giants to drill on the seabed in marine protected areas to store
Fact check: Scottish Conservatives manifesto
The Scottish Conservatives launched their manifesto this week, urging Scots to move on “from the SNP’s divisive independence obsession”
SNP under fire for ‘exaggerated’ oil jobs claim
The SNP has been accused of spreading ‘misinformation’ over its key election claim that Labour’s plans for the North
Revealed: UK government gave oil licences to IDF-linked firm
A fossil fuel giant awarded new North Sea oil licences by the UK Government has links to an Israeli company
How do oil and gas licences work?
The North Sea oil and gas industry is a central part of Scotland’s economy but it has a significant
Revealed: Chronic North Sea oil spills threaten marine protected areas
There have been more than 2,000 oil spills in the North Sea since 2011 including 215 in marine protection
‘Hard to fathom’: second ex-Shell employee added to Sepa’s board
The Scottish Government has appointed a former head of North Sea exploration at oil giant Shell to the board of
‘Special access’: Oil giants lobby Yousaf at private dinner
Oil giants lobbied first minister Humza Yousaf to publicly endorse the North Sea industry and criticised the Scottish Government’s
‘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
Claim that climate change will be worse if we don’t develop new oil and gas in North Sea is Mostly False
The future of the North Sea oil and gas industry has been central to the debate about how Scotland should
New Scottish energy minister did a decade in PR for oil industry
Scotland’s new energy minister spent a decade working in public relations for the oil and gas industry. Aberdeenshire East