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Environment, Finance, Fracking

Scots pension funds invest more than £100m in controversial Canadian gas pipeline

Billy Briggs on March 16, 2020March 17, 2020

Critics say the project "threatens pristine environments and would provide huge new sources of climate pollution."

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Keep investing in fossil fuels, pension fund tells council

Joe Lo on March 3, 2020March 4, 2020

The managers of a £24 billion pension fund want Glasgow councillors to keep investing in fossil fuels - despite the council declaring a "climate emergency".

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Councils have sprayed 170,000 litres of weedkiller linked to cancer

Kirsty Jenkins on January 12, 2020January 22, 2020

Over 170,000 litres of a weedkiller officially classified as a probable cause of cancer have been widely used by local authorities across Scotland in the last five years.

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How tax haven investors profit from Edinburgh’s empty sick kid’s hospital

Ally Tibbitt on September 29, 2019March 29, 2020

Profits from a controversial new children's hospital in Edinburgh are being channelled through tax havens to offshore investors, we can reveal, prompting criticism of public sector pension fund managers and the Scottish Government.

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Arms trade, International

Pension fund investments in arms firms profiting from Yemen’s war worth £130m

Billy Briggs on April 30, 2019April 30, 2019

Investments worth nearly £130m were made in arms firms linked to Yemen's conflict, which has left an estimated 70,000 people dead.

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Human rights, Housing and homelessness

Anger over delays to information rights for housing association tenants

Rob Edwards on December 7, 2018April 6, 2019

Scottish ministers have postponed plans to restore freedom of information rights to thousands of housing association tenants, prompting accusations of “broken promises”.

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Human rights, International

Union wants pension funds clean-up over links to Trump migrant camps

Billy Briggs on September 4, 2018April 6, 2019

One of Scotland’s largest unions is calling for a radical overhaul of council pension funds over links to Donald Trump's migrant detention camps.

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Environment, Fracking

Fracking in Scotland could make workers sick, say campaigners

Rob Edwards on May 29, 2017April 18, 2019

Allowing fracking in Scotland could pose “serious risks” to the health of workers, according to a new analysis.

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Politics, Fracking

Ineos boss lobbied Osborne to bust unions and back fracking

Rob Edwards on February 27, 2017May 26, 2017

Jim Ratcliffe, boss of Grangemouth petrochemical giant Ineos, secretly lobbied George Osborne when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer to muzzle the unions.

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Unison

Environment, Finance, Fracking

Scots pension funds invest more than £100m in controversial Canadian gas pipeline

Environment

Keep investing in fossil fuels, pension fund tells council

Environment

Councils have sprayed 170,000 litres of weedkiller linked to cancer

Health, Finance

How tax haven investors profit from Edinburgh’s empty sick kid’s hospital

Arms trade, International

Pension fund investments in arms firms profiting from Yemen’s war worth £130m

Human rights, Housing and homelessness

Anger over delays to information rights for housing association tenants

Human rights, International

Union wants pension funds clean-up over links to Trump migrant camps

Environment, Fracking

Fracking in Scotland could make workers sick, say campaigners

Politics, Fracking

Ineos boss lobbied Osborne to bust unions and back fracking

Government delays to information rights ‘draconian’

PFI firms promote coronavirus donations but refuse NHS fee cut

Ewing backs fox control with hounds in public forests

Warning that coronavirus bill could weaken public scrutiny