Freedom of Information

Environment

Revealed: the 16,000 hidden victims of Edinburgh Airport noise

Rob Edwards on June 24, 2020June 25, 2020

16,000 more people than officially admitted have been exposed to noise pollution from Edinburgh Airport, according to a scientist who has resigned as an airport adviser.

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Environment, Politics

Seal scarers used by fish farms branded ‘sonic torture’

Rob Edwards on June 17, 2020June 17, 2020

Noise alarms used by the salmon farming industry to scare away seals could damage the hearing of whales, dolphins and porpoises, according to the Scottish Government’s wildlife agency.

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Fergus Ewing is ‘un-ministerial’, says civil service union

Rob Edwards on June 5, 2020June 7, 2020

The rural economy secretary, Fergus Ewing, has been criticised for "an abdication of responsibility" and as "very un-ministerial" by a civil service trade union.

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Fergus Ewing attacked over 25 meetings with fish farm firms

Rob Edwards on June 1, 2020June 2, 2020

The rural economy secretary, Fergus Ewing, has been accused of breaching the ministerial code by failing to record 25 meetings with the fish farming industry.

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Toxic fish farm pesticide polluted ten lochs across Scotland

Rob Edwards on May 24, 2020May 27, 2020

Ten lochs across Scotland have been polluted by a toxic pesticide used by fish farms to control fungus, parasites and disease.

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Human rights, Politics

MSPs reject Scottish Government curbs on freedom of information rights

Rob Edwards on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020

The Scottish Government has been forced to withdraw all the emergency relaxations it made to freedom of information (FoI) law in April.

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Information law must be toughened to prevent evasion, say MSPs

Rob Edwards on May 19, 2020May 21, 2020

MSPs are recommending a new law requiring Scottish Government meetings to be minuted to prevent any “deliberate attempt” to evade freedom of information rules.

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Relief as opposition parties move to restore information rights

James McEnaney, Rob Edwards on May 15, 2020May 17, 2020

Laws weakening freedom of information rights in Scotland look set to be repealed after just a few weeks because opposition MSPs have united against them.

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Environment, Nuclear weapons

Westminster bid to re-launch toxic plutonium reactors

Rob Edwards on April 26, 2020April 29, 2020

The UK government is trying to resurrect plutonium-powered reactors despite abandoning a multi-billion bid to make them work in Scotland.

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Freedom of Information

Environment

Revealed: the 16,000 hidden victims of Edinburgh Airport noise

Environment, Politics

Seal scarers used by fish farms branded ‘sonic torture’

Environment, Human rights, Politics

Fergus Ewing is ‘un-ministerial’, says civil service union

Environment, Politics

Fergus Ewing attacked over 25 meetings with fish farm firms

Environment

Toxic fish farm pesticide polluted ten lochs across Scotland

Human rights, Politics

MSPs reject Scottish Government curbs on freedom of information rights

Human rights, Politics

Information law must be toughened to prevent evasion, say MSPs

Human rights, Politics

Relief as opposition parties move to restore information rights

Environment, Nuclear weapons

Westminster bid to re-launch toxic plutonium reactors

Pension scheme chasing retirees for money forced to review governance

Scottish Natural Heritage condemned for Diageo peat extraction deal on Islay

‘This doesn’t happen here’: young women highlight sexual violence in Shetland

Trident damned as ‘deadly farce’ after costs rise £1bn