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Terry A’Hearn
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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.
Is environmental regulation in Scotland failing?
Our new series 'Is environmental regulation in Scotland failing?' will look at the performance of the body tasked with protecting Scotland's environment, Sepa.
Sepa may stop naming and shaming rule breaking polluters
Sepa has not committed to publishing the results of its compliance assessments which names and shames firms who break environmental rules.
Concerns over ongoing ‘bullying’ and secretive culture at environmental regulator
Alongside claims of bullying, responses to an internal survey at SEPA also said “it is not safe to speak out” at the environmental agency.
New bullying allegations at Scots environment agency
Staff at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency have demanded an independent inquiry into allegations of bullying and harassment.
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.
Cyber attack cost environment watchdog £2.5m
The Scottish Government’s green watchdog has lost £2.5 million income from industry permits and inspections following a debilitating cyber attack.
Environment at risk from ‘disastrous’ cyber attack on government watchdog
Five months after a cyber attack, the Scottish Government’s environment watchdog is still struggling to process pollution permits and planning applications.
Green watchdog communications wrecked by cyber attack
Computer systems at the Scottish Government’s green watchdog have been crippled for two weeks by a “complex and sophisticated” cyber attack.
