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Cluff shelves Forth coal gas plan
The multi-millionaire oil tycoon, Algy Cluff, is delaying a planning application to gasify coal under the Firth of Forth in the face of mounting political opposition.
Coal gas contamination sparks fears of disaster
Revelations that an underground coal gas plant in Australia is facing prosecution for allegedly contaminating over 300 square kilometres of farmland have sparked fears that the same could happen in Scotland.
Cluff accused of ‘guilt-tripping’ ministers over coal gas plans
The day after Scottish ministers announced a moratorium on fracking they were privately warned by a multi-millionaire oil tycoon that Scotland would lose investment worth £250 million.
Bhopal: the long flight from justice
Three decades after the Union Carbide disaster, the campaign for justice for the victims, and the effigy-burning, goes on.
Buccleuch accused of “breathtaking arrogance” over huge wind farm plan
The Duke of Buccleuch lobbied the Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, and government officials behind closed doors to fast-track a £1 billion plan for one of Scotland’s biggest-ever wind farms.
Revealed: the £1.4 billion that the public sector pours into pollution, tobacco and weapons
More than 430 public bodies in Scotland are investing over £1.4 billion in pollution, tobacco and weapons despite the dangers posed to the planet, human health and life around the world.
Exposed: the dirty beaches given prizes for being clean
Eight beaches across Scotland officially condemned as "poor" because their polluted bathing waters make people sick have been given prizes for "good water quality" by the government-backed charity, Keep Scotland Beautiful.
Revealed: the government’s plan to play down Fukushima
British government officials approached nuclear companies to draw up a co-ordinated public relations strategy to play down the Fukushima…