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US fertiliser firm bailed out by UK taxpayer as parent company made £684m
The UK Government has refused to reveal how much of taxpayers’ money has been given to a fertiliser firm whose US parent corporation is worth around £9bn.
March 9, 2022
Glasgow in photos at COP26: the good, the bad and the ugly
A photo essay exploring Glasgow in the lead up to COP26 and meeting some of the people responding to it.
November 2, 2021
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
Revealed: Scotland’s new environmental watchdog to investigate air pollution
Air pollution will be the subject of a Scotland-wide investigation – the first to be carried out by the country's new environmental watchdog, The Ferret can reveal.
October 21, 2021
When the stakes are high: pollution in Perth
The traffic is at a standstill on Atholl Street in the centre of Perth, cars, trucks and buses running their engines as they wait for the lights to change.
October 21, 2021
Covid lockdown cut air pollution – but only for a while
The coronavirus lockdown cut toxic exhaust fumes in Scotland’s towns and cities by a third in 2020 – but the reduction only lasted three months.
January 17, 2021
NHS struggled to recruit senior anaesthetists before coronavirus
Many Scottish health boards have struggled to recruit as many consultant anaesthetists as they need, making it harder to keep coronavirus patients alive.
March 29, 2020
Air pollution from traffic is getting worse on some Scottish streets
Air pollution from exhaust fumes has increased on streets in Inverness, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Falkirk and Perth, according to the latest government monitoring.
January 19, 2020
Ammonia air pollution risk as Scotland’s dairy herds grow
The growing size Scotland’s dairy herds could boost ammonia gas pollution, which contributes to millions of deaths worldwide, experts have warned.
September 1, 2019