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Latest news stories about Friends of the Earth Scotland from The Ferret.
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.
Slater urged to block three new waste incinerators
Campaigners have written to circular economy minister Lorna Slater asking the Scottish Government to block the building of new incinerators.
‘Repeat climate offenders’: CO2 emissions surge at Ineos and SSE sites
Two oil and gas sites which already pump out more climate pollution than anywhere else in Scotland saw their emissions increase further in 2022.
Environmental regulator accused of law breaking over pollution
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has been accused of breaking the law by failing to maintain a public register of over 175,000 pollution permits.
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.
Ineos accused of falsifying flaring record
Fossil fuel multinational, Ineos, accused of falsifying a record and flaring gas from a chemical plant at Grangemouth in breach of pollution rules.
‘Pioneering’ CO2 storage projects could have leaked
Two Norwegian carbon capture projects reportedly faced problems which could have caused carbon dioxide (CO2) to leak.
Costa lobbyists tried to write Scottish Government rules on building of drive-throughs
Coffee giant Costa sought involvement in drafting guidelines for drive-through restaurants, sparking concerns about lobbyists influencing new planning rules.
Council to urge Scottish Government to boost community planning appeal rights
Edinburgh councillors have voted to give local communities more power to appeal planning decisions and level the playing field between developers and residents.