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Shetland
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Shetland spaceport under fire from local community
Disgruntled islanders have criticised Scotland’s first spaceport in the far north of Shetland for a “culture of secrecy and
Fishing boat off Shetland abandoned 80km of nets in seas for almost a month
A fishing boat off Shetland broke down and abandoned more than 80km of netting in the sea for almost a
Who runs Scotland’s space industry?
The latest frontier of Scotland’s industry may well be space, with significant investment being made in this emerging sector.
Star wars: alarm at space agency’s 130 meetings with MoD
Senior officials from the UK Space Agency held over 130 meetings with the Ministry of Defence in 2024, prompting renewed
Surge in potent form of climate pollution at oil site
Faults at a Shetland oil site caused its emissions of a potent greenhouse gas to nearly double last year, The
Photo essay: the blight of plastic pollution
As part of The Ferret’s Scotland’s Seas in Danger series, our co-editor Billy Briggs, and photographer Angela Catlin,
Alarm at Shetland spaceport climate pollution
Plans to launch rockets into space from the north of Shetland are facing allegations they could increase climate pollution by
Revealed: The Bermuda-based firm crucial to new North Sea oil
A company set up by the fossil fuel industry and based in Bermuda is providing vital insurance coverage to firms
Councils could be “massively underestimating” their climate emissions
Concerns have been raised that Scottish local authorities are “massively underestimating” their carbon footprints, after an external review of one
Low earning Scots face paying more than half of salary on rent
Low earners in Scotland face paying more than half of their salary on rent, while middle earners could be paying
Climate pollution from wind farms on peat ‘underestimated’
Wind farms on Scotland’s peatland could be doing much more damage to the climate than previously thought. The volume
‘This doesn’t happen here’: young women highlight sexual violence in Shetland
When 16-year-old Rhea from Shetland put a call-out on an anonymous social media app in June, asking young women to