from Sunday Herald, 22 February 2009 Large amounts of dead mackerel have been dumped in the sea off north west Scotland, contaminating fish catches and damaging sales. Fishermen from Kinlochbervie in Sutherland are complaining that their recent catches of cod, haddock and monkfish stink of rotting m...

from Sunday Herald, 08 February 2009 The UK government deployed Trident nuclear missiles because they could cause the total breakdown of Russian cities by killing half their inhabitants, according to a top secret document passed to the Sunday Herald. To ensure that the warheads inflicted “unaccept...

from Sunday Herald, 01 February 2009 Climate pollution from two major new coal plants planned for Scotland could force as many as 70,000 people from their homes around the world by 2050, campaigners have claimed. The massive amounts of carbon dioxide emitted by proposed plants at Hunterston in North...

from Sunday Herald, 25 January 2009 Ministers’ plans for a major expansion of renewable energy into the seas around Scotland could threaten wildlife, according to the government’s nature conservation advisers. In a report due out tomorrow, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) will highlight the risk ...

from Sunday Herald, 11 January 2009 A controversial plan by a Danish energy company for a new coal-fired power station in Scotland would not be permitted in Denmark because it causes too much climate-wrecking pollution. Environmentalists, experts and Danish politicians say that DONG Energy, based in...

from Sunday Herald, 11 January 2009 A controversial plan by a Danish energy company for a new coal-fired power station in Scotland would not be permitted in Denmark because it causes too much climate-wrecking pollution. Environmentalists, experts and Danish politicians say that DONG Energy, based in...

from Sunday Herald, 11 January 2009 A pioneering Scottish woodwork project famed for its environmentally friendly furniture has been broken up, prompting bitter recriminations, redundancies and regrets. Borders Woodschool, at Ancrum near Jedburgh, has been restructured and its co-founder and manager...

from Sunday Herald, 11 January 2009 A pioneering Scottish woodwork project famed for its environmentally friendly furniture has been broken up, prompting bitter recriminations, redundancies and regrets. Borders Woodschool, at Ancrum near Jedburgh, has been restructured and its co-founder and manager...

from Sunday Herald, 14 December 2008 Major new transport projects given the green light by Scottish ministers will spew out 900,000 extra tonnes of pollution by 2020, jeopardising the government’s targets to tackle climate change. The transport minister, Stewart Stevenson, told the Scottish Parlia...

from Sunday Herald, 30 November 2008 Government departments which breach their targets to cut climate pollution would be penalised under a radical new scheme being proposed by leading environment and development groups. Departments which authorise airport expansions, road-building or new coal-fired ...