More than half a million tonnes of sewage sludge spread on Scotland's fields
Huge volumes of sewage sludge have been used to fertilise Scottish farmland. Studies show it contains microplastics, forever chemicals and cancer-linked pollutants.
Scottish Wildlife Trust
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Ministers accused of ‘skullduggery’ that could harm wildlife sites
Scottish ministers have been accused of rewriting the rules and weakening legal protection for precious wildlife sites to pave the
Ministers ‘pandering’ to farmers on beaver shooting
Conservationists, welfare campaigners and the Scottish Greens have blasted the Scottish Government for delays in giving legal protection to wild
Trump and big name polluters damned as ‘poor’ by government watchdog
Donald Trump’s golf resort in Aberdeenshire has been condemned as “poor” for sewage pollution by the Scottish Government’s
Alarm over Acetamiprid pesticide used on Scotland’s woods
Scotland’s forests are treated and sprayed every year with hundreds of kilograms of a toxic pesticide blamed for killing
Golf plan attacked as ‘stalking horse’ to wreck wildlife sites in Scotland
Intensely controversial plans to build a golf course on one of Scotland’s most precious coastal wildlife sites would be
Bid for more power for communities fighting developers
Scottish ministers are coming under concerted pressure to give communities across Scotland stronger rights to resist property developers proposing controversial
Wildlife in Scotland under less legal protection than in England
Wildlife in Scotland has weaker protection against damaging developments than wildlife in England and Wales, according to emails released by
Scottish ministers urged to cut climate pollution from farming
The Scottish Government is facing unprecedented pressure to overhaul its plans to cut climate pollution from farming from a powerful
Scottish Government ‘repeating mistakes over Trump’ by helping new golf plan
The Scottish Government is under fire for repeating mistakes made with Donald Trump following revelations that it has been secretly
Trump golf links will be stripped of conservation status, say experts
Rare sand dunes on the Aberdeenshire coast are likely to be stripped of their status as a protected nature conservation
Buzzard stamped to death – but case against landowner dropped
Fresh concerns about the Scottish Government’s failure to tackle wildlife crime will be raised this week after the collapse
Fish farm pesticides have polluted 45 lochs
At least 45 lochs around Scotland’s coast have been contaminated by toxic pesticides from fish farms that can harm