Environment, International
The Bosnian steel town choking to death
Air pollution is a major problem in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The country has the world’s fifth highest incidence of death by air pollution.
Pollution
Environment
Ban on polluting pesticide dropped after complaint from fish farmers
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency secretly ditched a plan to ban a toxic pesticide after pressure from the fish farming industry.
Environment
Cover-up alleged after pollution from oil rig revealed
The UK coastguard agency has been accused of a pollution “cover-up” over the oil rig that ran aground in northwest Scotland last month.
Environment
Coal Authority on final warning after river runs red with pollution
The Coal Authority is to review the way it manages minewater treatment facilities across Scotland after a pollution incident in Lanarkshire.
Environment, Fracking
Burning underground coal left ‘trail of destruction’
Plans to set fire to coal under the seabed at 19 sites around the UK could cause massive climate pollution, groundwater contamination and toxic waste.
Environment
Outed: the 371 plants that pollute Scotland
More than 300 industrial sites across Scotland – including a host of well-known names – have been named and shamed.
Environment, Finance
Revealed: the £1.7bn invested in risky fossil fuels
Pension funds of 500,000 public sector workers in Scotland invest £1.7 billion in fossil fuel firms, exposing them to financial risk.
Environment
Exposed: the dirty beaches given prizes for being clean
Eight beaches across Scotland officially condemned as “poor” because their polluted bathing waters make people sick have been given prizes for “good water quality” by the government-backed charity, Keep Scotland Beautiful.