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Andrew Watterson
23 posts
Revealed: the salmon industry’s ‘outrageous’ lobbying
The salmon farming industry has been privately lobbied the Scottish Government for regulations to be relaxed, consents to be streamlined and other changes.
Health concerns raised over asbestos in tap water
As asbestos cement pipes supplying drinking water degrade across the UK, experts ask whether they pose a risk to human health.
Revealed: the Sepa board member with ties to Norwegian oil
A long-serving member of the board of Scotland’s environment watchdog is also a director at a North Sea oil drilling firm, The Ferret has found.
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.
UK regulator failed to publish sea pollution report because expert retired
A UK government regulator has failed to publish a key survey of oil and chemical spills in British seas for three years because the expert who compiled it retired.
Hereditary peer in row with Galloway tenants over water contamination
Baron Vaux of Harrowden is in dispute with his Galloway tenants after water supplies to their homes repeatedly failed quality standards.
Revealed: the drugs that are poisoning Scotland’s water
Medicinal drugs have polluted Scotland’s waterways in breach of safety levels more than 2,300 times over seven years.
Pollution data permanently lost because of cyber attack
Information on thousands of environmental checks and pollution breaches over 15 months has been permanently lost because of a cyber attack.
UK oil authority leaders under fire over oil company shares
Three of the senior executives who run the UK government authority that licenses new North Sea developments have shares worth over £225,000 in the oil industry.
