Those were the heady days in the wake of the Scottish independence referendum in 2014, and we were full of optimism. I burnt ...

Energy giant SSE may keep Peterhead power station 10 years longer than planned, which critics fear could “blow an enormous ...

Human rights checks on firms seeking grants will be tightened following criticism those supplying states accused of war ...

Scottish universities have accepted millions of pounds from Chinese organisations with alleged links to the military, human rights abuses and spying, The Ferret can reveal. Some universities accepted ...

A Scottish investment giant upped its shares in a host of US fossil fuel firms last year, while also claiming millions of taxpayer money for a carbon offsetting scheme to plant trees in the Highlands.

Nuclear sites, King Charles’ childhood school and a famous battlefield were among nearly 1,000 sites across Scotland which broke environmental rules in the past two years. The Dounreay nuclear ...

The owners of the Grangemouth oil refinery are set to earn a multimillion pound windfall when the plant closes next year due to a loophole in a key climate scheme. The closure of the refinery will ...

Protests and riots were sparked by the fatal stabbings of three young girls in Southport, after false speculation spread online that the perpetrator was a Muslim asylum seeker who had come to the UK ...

Ineos has been branded as ‘greedy’ for taking over £400,000 in Scottish taxpayer ‘handouts’ months after the firm announced it was closing the Grangemouth oil refinery – a move that could cost ...

Over 100 people from the oil and gas sector have taken up senior government roles under the Conservatives, and two dozen have left such positions to work for major oil companies. An investigation by ...

Radioactive air pollution from the nuclear weapons plant at Coulport, on the Clyde, has more than doubled over the last six years, prompting cancer warnings from campaigners. Emissions of the ...