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Monica Lennon
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Toxic particle air pollution tops pre-pandemic levels in a third of Scottish streets
Almost a third of Scotland’s streets have higher levels of toxic particle air pollution than they did before the Covid-19 pandemic.
October 21, 2021
Westminster admits it could stop oil drilling at Cambo
The UK Government has accepted it has powers to stop the disputed Cambo oil development “in the public interest” after a legal challenge by campaigners.
October 3, 2021
UK Government ‘confident’ of go-ahead for Cambo oil field
The UK Government is “confident” that the controversial Cambo oil development could go ahead without breaching climate targets.
September 17, 2021
UK oil authority leaders under fire over oil company shares
Three of the senior executives who run the UK government authority that licenses new North Sea developments have shares worth over £225,000 in the oil industry.
September 17, 2021
Transport Scotland £500m fund claim branded ‘absurd’ by campaigners
Campaigners have branded a claim made by Transport Scotland that no correspondence exists about its flagship bus partnership fund policy as "absurd”.
July 22, 2021
Windfall: one third of Scotland’s biggest wind farms linked to tax havens
Campaigners say Scotland’s renewable energy wealth is being “looted” by international tax avoiders, and millions in profits “siphoned overseas" into tax havens.
July 13, 2021
Scottish Government ‘resisted’ calls to give apology over forced adoptions
The Scottish Government had decided not to apologise to victims of historic forced adoption before meeting with a leading campaigner, it has been revealed.
June 16, 2021
Marks and Spencer to up welfare checks on migrant farm workers after rights fears
A major UK supermarket has pledged to interview migrant agricultural workers on a Scottish fruit farm following claims of unfair working practices.
April 18, 2021
Claim period products bill was brought by Labour and opposed by SNP is Half True
Ferret Fact Service looks at who was behind the period products bill at Holyrood.
March 8, 2021