Richard Baynes

Environment

Call for landowners to be forced to kill more deer to protect trees

Richard Baynes on January 13, 2020January 16, 2020

A powerful alliance of Scottish environmental groups has called for a radical rethink in the way deer are managed, which will mean making culls compulsory for landowners.

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Ministers ‘pandering’ to farmers on beaver shooting

Richard Baynes on December 2, 2018April 6, 2019

Farmers blamed for blocking legal protection for beavers, allowing more to be shot.

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Scottish salmon farming expansion must be stopped, say critics

Richard Baynes on August 7, 2018July 29, 2019

Expansion of Scotland’s salmon farming industry should be banned until welfare standards are improved, according to a new report from a leading Scottish animal charity.

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Probe into farmers’ failings on biomass boilers

Richard Baynes on December 14, 2017April 18, 2019

Energy watchdog launches investigation into revelations that Scottish farmers failed to get planning permission for ‘green’ boiler systems.

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Richard Baynes

Environment

Call for landowners to be forced to kill more deer to protect trees

Environment

Ministers ‘pandering’ to farmers on beaver shooting

Environment

Scottish salmon farming expansion must be stopped, say critics

Environment

Probe into farmers’ failings on biomass boilers

Air pollution from traffic is getting worse on some Scottish streets

Claim Scotland needs a deficit of 3% or lower to join EU is Mostly False

Government officials worried that tree deal with Shell was “greenwashing”

UK tried “diplomatic blackmail” to force Mandela to buy Scottish warships