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North Sea
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BP targeting Scots with ‘greenwashing’ Facebook adverts
BP has spent nearly £60,000 on social media adverts targeted at Scottish users and championing its green credentials in the last three months.
NatWest has lent £3 billion to North Sea firms since Paris Agreement
Edinburgh-based bank NatWest lent £3 billion to North Sea oil and gas firms between 2016 and 2021 prompting criticism from environmentalists.
MSPs lobbying at £200 a head dinner sparks call for better transparency rules
A dozen Scots politicians, including two government ministers, were wined and dined by companies at a £200 per head dinner during the COP26 summit, The Ferret can reveal.
Insurers invest £6bn in North Sea oil firms while removing cover on climate frontline
Insurers have invested over £6bn in North Sea oil and gas firms since 2016, while removing cover and hiking prices for communities facing climate breakdown.
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.
Fact check: Scottish party leaders in the Channel 4 debate
The leaders of the five largest parties in the Scottish Parliament tussled over issues which have dominated the campaigning ahead of May's election.
Claim Brexit let UK Government ban pulse fishing is Mostly True
A claim by Conservative party politicians that Brexit let the UK Government end "pulse fishing" is Mostly True.
The North Sea oil industry’s £6.8 billion plan to breach climate targets
Ten oil companies are planning to invest £6.8 billion in six major new projects in the North Sea in breach of international targets to cut climate pollution.
Revealed: North Sea oil assets snapped up by private firms
Increasing sales of North Sea oil assets to unlisted private companies have raised concerns over transparency and accountability in the sector,
