Salmon producer accused of ‘Big Brother corporate snooping’ on campaigner
A leading Scottish salmon producer hired a private investigator to snoop on a key critic of the fish farming industry, internal industry documents reveal.
Revealed: Westminster COP26 PR firms linked to fossil fuels
The UK’s chief spin doctor at the COP26 climate conference is on secondment from a PR company which works for fossil fuel firms, The Ferret can reveal.
COP26: Small islands outgunned by oil nations
The world’s top 10 oil producing countries have sent almost twice as many delegates to COP26 as the 38 small island states most at risk from the climate crisis.
Why we are marching: the fight for climate justice
100,000 people took part in the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice march in Glasgow. Activists from Scotland – and around the world – told us why they are calling for climate justice.
Fighting for a future: young people around the globe call for action on the climate
All eyes have been trained on Glasgow since COP26 kicked off at the start of the week, where world leaders continue to hum and haw over the terms of a global climate deal.
Podcast: how green is COP26’s supermarket sponsor?
Why is a supermarket sponsoring vital climate talks? And just how green is it, asks Richard Baynes in this exclusive Ferret podcast.
Insurance companies ‘abandoning climate leadership’
Only three of the world’s 30 biggest insurance companies have adopted policies to stop insuring new oil and gas projects.
The 35 COP26 ‘greenwash’ events run by polluting companies
Dozens of official side-events at the COP26 climate summit are being organised by, or feature, big polluting companies or the lobby groups that represent them, leading to 'greenwashing'
COP26 sponsors cause 350m tonnes of climate pollution
The 11 companies selected as “principal partners” of the COP26 climate summit caused more greenhouse gas pollution globally in 2020 than the whole of the UK.
