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Billionaire lairds and Tory donors broke rules around rural subsidies
Billionaire lairds, sporting estates and Conservative Party donors in receipt of millions of pounds of public grants are among the owners of businesses which broke the rules around rural subsidies.
January 21, 2024
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 drilling firm, The Ferret has found.
January 14, 2024
Scotland’s environment: a review of our coverage in 2023
A round up of The Ferret's coverage of Scotland's environment in 2023 featuring our highlights of the year.
December 27, 2023
Ex-oil lobbyist to be new Scottish Water chair
Deirdre Michie , a former oil lobbyist who worked in PR at Shell, has been announced as the new chair of the board of Scottish Water.
December 8, 2023
Nominee boycotts VisitScotland awards over oil links
Andrew Watson has claimed that the tourism board is "knowingly" funding fossil fuel expansion by offering Lothian Pension Fund as a pension scheme to its employees.
December 1, 2023
Oil investor to cash in on government tree planting plan
A partner in a government scheme to tackle climate change by planting trees has shares in oil firms inlcuding Shell and BP.
November 8, 2023
‘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 stance on the sector.
October 30, 2023
Silent disaster: Eni’s Nigerian subsidiary accused of causing major oil spill
An oil spill in Nigeria was allegedly caused by a firm owned by an oil multinational with billions invested in the North Sea.
September 17, 2023
Is Scotland achieving its climate targets?
Ferret Fact Service looks in detail at how the Scottish Government is performing against its climate targets.
July 21, 2023