Did Scottish ministers “rewrite history” over Israel meeting?
The Scottish Government changed key parts of the official record of Angus Robertson’s controversial Israel meeting after a backlash, raising questions about government secrecy.
Pollution
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Revealed: how whisky firms fought off pollution controls
Intense behind-the-scenes lobbying by the multinational whisky industry forced the Scottish Government’s green watchdog to back down
Named: five lochs polluted by fish farms
Five freshwater lochs in the Highlands and Islands have been damaged by pollution from fish farms, according to a long-
‘Licence to pollute’? Prosecutions of environmental rule-breakers plummet
Complaints about pollution in Scotland leapt over the last ten years while successful prosecutions of polluters have fallen from 18
Danger of lead pollution after company wins court battle
Toxic lead pollution from a chipboard factory near Stirling could increase sharply after its operators won a five-year legal
Ministers bow to salmon industry pressure on pesticide
A new safety limit on a pesticide that kills marine wildlife has been delayed by four years following pressure from
More than 50 waters fail quality tests due to metal pollution from mines
More than 50 rivers and groundwaters have failed quality tests because they have been contaminated by toxic metals flowing from
Plastic waste illegally burned at Hebridean farmed fish dump
A dump for dead fish at a Hebridean beauty spotwas condemned by Scotland’s green watchdog after plastics, gas canisters
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
Watchdog investigates Sepa ‘failure’ to stop sewage pollution
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) is under scrutiny by a new government standards watchdog for allegedly failing to stop
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
Polluters let off as Sepa cuts legal action threefold
The Scottish Government’s environment watchdog has slashed its legal enforcement actions almost threefold over the last seven years, prompting