The vape shop at the centre of the fire that engulfed historic buildings on Glasgow’s Union Street fire had not paid business rates, The Ferret has found, and does not appear to be registered to sell ...

Campaigners complained to a government animal welfare watchdog, with videos of badly injured salmon at a fish farm. This prompted a review, but should more have been done?

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With a decision on the Rosebank oil field imminent – and lobbying around the windfall tax at fever pitch – some are ...

Huge volumes of sewage sludge have been used to fertilise Scottish farmland. Studies show it contains microplastics, forever chemicals and cancer-linked pollutants.

A leading Scottish salmon producer hired a private investigator to snoop on a key critic of the fish farming industry, ...

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Investigations into allegations of poor fish welfare at salmon farms by the UK Animal and Plant Health Agency have risen by ...

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Rob has more than 40 years’ experience specialising in reporting on environmental issues. He has co-authored three books about nuclear power, produced radio and television programmes. He likes ...