Richard Dixon

Environment

Government officials worried that tree deal with Shell was “greenwashing”

Rob Edwards on January 16, 2020January 22, 2020

Senior Scottish Government forestry officials feared that a £5 million tree-planting deal with oil giant, Shell, could be viewed as “greenwashing”, according to internal emails.

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1km emergency zone around cracked reactors will do, says nuclear firm

Rob Edwards on November 22, 2019November 24, 2019

EDF Energy under fire for advising that the emergency zone to protect people around cracked nuclear reactors at Hunterston could be shrunk to a kilometre.

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The North Sea oil industry’s £6.8 billion plan to breach climate targets

Rob Edwards on November 3, 2019January 22, 2020

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.

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Safety fears as Hunterston’s cracked nuclear reactors start to crumble

Rob Edwards on October 17, 2019October 20, 2019

The graphite cores of two ageing nuclear reactors at Hunterston in North Ayrshire have begun to crumble as cracks spread.

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Environment, Politics

Scotland’s top civil servant took 58 flights while telling staff not to fly

Rob Edwards on October 16, 2019January 22, 2020

The Scottish Government’s civil service chief, Leslie Evans, has flown to and from London four times more often than going by train while telling her 6,000 officials to “avoid domestic air travel".

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Climate ‘under threat’ from new fossil fuel facilities in Scotland

Rob Edwards on September 15, 2019September 16, 2019

New fossil fuel developments planned across Scotland will lock the country into polluting the climate for decades and help “fry the planet”, campaigners are warning.

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Fracking, Environment

Scottish Government move to renew Ineos fracking licence ‘disappointing’

Rob Edwards on July 1, 2019July 2, 2019

Scottish ministers have come under fire after extending a licence for the Grangemouth petrochemical giant, Ineos, to frack for shale gas in the central belt.

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Environment, Health

Gas leak at Mossmorran plant in Fife prompts safety probe

Rob Edwards on June 24, 2019June 28, 2019

The UK government’s safety watchdog has launched an investigation into a prolonged leak of highly flammable gas at ExxonMobil’s petrochemical complex at Mossmorran in Fife.

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Anti-litter charity criticised for links to packaging industry

Joe Lo on May 26, 2019May 31, 2019

Keep Scotland Beautiful is under fire for links to an industry lobbyist who described moves to reduce the use of plastic bags as a "witch-hunt".

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Richard Dixon

Environment

Government officials worried that tree deal with Shell was “greenwashing”

Environment

1km emergency zone around cracked reactors will do, says nuclear firm

Environment

The North Sea oil industry’s £6.8 billion plan to breach climate targets

Environment

Safety fears as Hunterston’s cracked nuclear reactors start to crumble

Environment, Politics

Scotland’s top civil servant took 58 flights while telling staff not to fly

Environment

Climate ‘under threat’ from new fossil fuel facilities in Scotland

Fracking, Environment

Scottish Government move to renew Ineos fracking licence ‘disappointing’

Environment, Health

Gas leak at Mossmorran plant in Fife prompts safety probe

Environment

Anti-litter charity criticised for links to packaging industry

Injury risks from “weaknesses” in Ministry of Defence safety, warns watchdog

Buccleuch Hunt accused of “mayhem” after losing control of hounds

Scottish school children targeted by arms firm allegedly complicit in war crimes

Air pollution from traffic is getting worse on some Scottish streets