Oops: MoD blunder reveals secret details of bomb project
A botched freedom of information response has revealed sites in the frame for the UK’s expanding weapons programme.
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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
Revealed: The revolving door between fossil fuel industry and the UK Government
Over 100 people from the oil and gas sector have taken up senior government roles under the Conservatives, and two
Hundreds of green activists face legal threats from private companies and governments
Hundreds of environmental campaigners in the UK – including marine conservationists in Scotland – have received legal threats, prompting claims that private
‘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
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
Ex-oil lobbyist to be new Scottish Water chair
The new chair of Scottish Water has shares in Shell and is a former oil lobbyist, prompting questions about her
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
Oil investor to cash in on government tree planting plan
A Swiss bank with shares in some of the world’s biggest oil companies will profit from a controversial Scottish
‘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
Abrdn’s shares in polluters caused millions of tonnes of climate emissions
An Edinburgh financial giant’s investments in 20 firms indirectly caused nearly five million tonnes of climate pollution in 2022
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