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Formaldehyde used 200 times by fish farm industry
A toxic pesticide that causes cancer was used by fish farms nearly 200 times over a three year period, despite
Named: 19 fish farms posing ‘high risk’ to wild salmon
Nineteen fish farms on lochs along the west coast of Scotland have been identified as posing the most risk to
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
Sepa pensions invested in oil and sewage-dumping water firm
Pensions for Scotland’s environment agency are invested in fossil fuel giants and an English water company that spilled more
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
‘Nauseating’: Illegal sewage spills polluted protected waters, data suggests
Scottish Water illegally discharged sewage hundreds of times during dry weather, soiling beauty spots such as West Sands beach at
Crackdown on nuclear firm after cyber security ‘shortfalls’
A multinational nuclear power company has been hit by an official crackdown because of cyber security failures that critics warned
‘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
Scottish Government funding for environment agency slashed
The body tasked with protecting Scotland’s environment has had its funding slashed by more than a quarter in real
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
Is environmental regulation in Scotland failing?
Scotland is facing mounting environmental problems. Many of our species are in decline, habitats are suffering, and our biodiversity is