Environment
Environment
Government officials worried that tree deal with Shell was “greenwashing”
Senior Scottish Government forestry officials feared that a £5 million tree-planting deal with oil giant, Shell, could be viewed as “greenwashing”, according to internal emails.
Environment
Call for landowners to be forced to kill more deer to protect trees
Environment
Councils have sprayed 170,000 litres of weedkiller linked to cancer
Environment
Footage of fox hunt released amid calls for legislation to be strengthened
A video showing a fox being chased by a pack of hounds in Scotland has been released as animal welfare charities up the pressure on the Scottish Government to tighten foxhunting legislation.
Environment
Scottish and UK governments have no records on commercial peat digging
Environment
Scallop dredgers accused of sabotaging creel fishing gear
Environment
Eagles at risk as landowning lobby delays move to license grouse shooting
A proposal to curb the killing of birds of prey by licensing grouse shooting in Scotland has been blocked by the landowning lobby, according to a report for the Scottish Government.