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Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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M&S salmon firm rapped for misreporting pesticide use
The company that supplies Scottish farmed salmon to the retail giant, Marks and Spencer, has been officially reprimanded for misreporting toxic pesticide use.
Scotland ‘way behind’ England on tackling sewage leaks
Scotland is “way behind” England in solving problems with sewage spills into rivers, according to Scottish Government officials.
Climate pollution from wind farms on peat ‘underestimated’
Wind farms on Scotland’s peatland could be doing much more damage to the climate than previously thought.
Revealed: 400 sites in Scotland broke environmental rules
More than 400 industrial sites across Scotland have been officially damned as “unsatisfactory” on pollution.
Over 40 fish farms ‘unsatisfactory’, says government watchdog
Over one in ten of Scotland’s fish farms have been rated as “unsatisfactory" by the Scottish Government’s environmental watchdog.
Nuclear sites ‘set to flood’ due to climate change
The Faslane nuclear base on the Clyde could be forced to shut down by increasing storms and floods caused by climate pollution, according to an expert report.
‘Open sewers’: 25 Scottish beaches contaminated by faeces
At least 25 beaches across Scotland have been contaminated with sewage in breach of safety limits in June and July.
Watchdog helped pesticide firm avoid freedom of information
A Scottish Government watchdog has been caught advising a pesticide company on how to avoid disclosure under freedom of information law.
Sewage spilled into Scotland’s waterways more than 12,000 times
Sewage spilled directly into Scotland’s rivers, lochs and seas at least 12,000 times in one year.
