The Aquaculture Stewardship Council monitors standards at Scottish fish farms to help consumers choose “environmentally and ...

Despite Scotland’s booming wind sector, turbines are still routinely paid not to spin. The Ferret unpacks why this happens, ...

Ferret Fact Service looked at SNP claims about the UK Government budget on energy bills, taxes and unemployment and found ...

There have been hundreds of applications for battery energy storage schemes (BESS) across Scotland. They are part of the ...

The Lochaber food bank in Fort William claims energy multinational SSE tried to "rip them off". After a year of fighting – and questions from The Ferret – it has received an apology. But it's still ...

Scotland’s largest university has turned to Nous Group at the same time as it is making savings that could lead to nearly 2,000 job losses. Staff say they were misled about the extent of its work.

The Royal Navy threatened legal action as part of a fierce, high-level, behind-the-scenes battle to block publication of information about radioactive pollution at the Coulport nuclear bomb base on ...

The Ministry of Defence has apologised after it accidentally leaked secret documents to The Ferret revealing it was considering Grangemouth and other sites across the UK for new arms factories. Twelve ...

In an abandoned Paisley car park, weeds and saplings have forced their way through the weathered tarmac. Yet in another nearby parking bay, barely a space is free. Vehicles are jammed together on the ...

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Dozens of wild swimming spots where water quality is classed as “good” or “excellent” were contaminated with human or animal faeces this summer, analysis by The Ferret has found. Official testing ...