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.
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How is climate change impacting Scotland?
Climate change is often spoken of as a future threat to humanity. But Earth’s climate has already been warmed
Claim that climate change is caused by natural cycles not human activity is False
One of the most enduring claims about climate change looks at global warming cycles. A widely repeated suggestion by climate
UK regulator failed to publish sea pollution report because expert retired
A UK government regulator has failed to publish a key survey of oil and chemical spills in British seas for
Whisky companies rapped for polluting rivers
Two major whisky companies have been reprimanded by the Scottish Government’s environmental watchdog after leaks which breached legal limits,
Oil spill by Shell in Nigeria polluted water and killed wildlife
A 16,000 litre oil spill by Shell last summer in Nigeria allegedly polluted drinking water, contaminated farmland and killed
Wood firm investigated for toxic pollution lobbied MSPs
A wood production company being assessed by Scotland’s environmental regulator for rises in toxic pollution has been carrying out
‘Illegal’ dumping of dead fish in Outer Hebrides continues despite ban vow
The “illegal” dumping of dead farmed fish in sand dunes on a Hebridean beauty spot has been allowed to continue
Revealed: the drugs that are poisoning Scotland’s water
Medicinal drugs have polluted Scotland’s waterways in breach of safety levels more than 2,300 times over seven years,
Cost of Sepa cyber attack doubles to £5.5m
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has revealed that the cost to taxpayers of a cyber attack that paralysed the
‘Killing us all’: stories from the front line of the climate crisis
People dying before middle age in the oil-scarred Niger Delta, falling ill from the effects of air pollution in Iraq,
‘Ignoring indigenous rights’: West Papuan campaigner speaks out on fossil fuel lobbyists at climate summit
Four months before Raki Ap was born his father, a West Papuan cultural leader, anthropologist and musician, was killed. He
26 Voices: visions from across Scotland on our climate future
Over the last five days The Herald and The Ferret have published a series of in-depth reports ahead of COP26,