Environment
Named: supermarkets selling salmon from ‘poor’ welfare firms
Supermarkets are selling farmed salmon from companies accused of poor animal welfare, The Ferret can reveal.
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
Environment
Scotland lagging behind the rest of the UK on recycling
Scottish ministers and councils have come under fire after official figures revealed that Scotland recycled less household waste than the rest of the UK.
Environment
Shell fined £40,000 for breaching climate pollution rules at Fife plant
The oil multinational, Shell, has apologised after being fined £40,000 for breaching the rules on reporting climate pollution at its Mossmorran petrochemical plant in Fife.
Environment
Shell and ExxonMobil accused of ‘putting profit before safety’ in Fife
Two oil multinationals have repeatedly failed to reduce the risks of major accidents at petrochemical plants in Fife, according to documents from the UK government’s Health and Safety Executive.
Environment
Ineos tries to block pollution controls on flaring at Grangemouth
The petrochemical giant, Ineos, is bidding to block a crackdown by the Scottish Government’s environment watchdog on pollution from gas flaring near Grangemouth.
Environment, Nuclear weapons
‘Significant’ radioactive waste problem at Trident submarine base
After a breach in radioactive waste management procedures at the Trident submarine base on the Clyde, Ministry of Defence bosses admitted there had been "clear process failings and a lack of management supervision."
Environment
Communities across Scotland at risk from flooding reservoirs
More than 550 reservoirs have been rated as “high risk” because of the homes, roads and airports that could be flooded if they burst – and the dangers will increase with climate pollution.
Environment
Scotland’s green watchdog wined and dined by polluters
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has been repeatedly wined and dined by the fish farming, whisky and power industries.
Environment
Food safety checks to be increased at Scottish chicken plant
Surprise food safety inspections are to be stepped up at a Scottish slaughterhouse following a scandal in England.