Month: April 2018

Scottish Water chief highlights changes in environment as key to future planning

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IT had a closing group balance last year approaching £430bn, supplies vital services to 2.5m homes and 156,000 businesses, and tackles controversy over everything from burst pipes, road works to what it adds in our taps. But now Scottish Water – the organisational giant that supplies 1.35 billion litres of our fresh water every day …

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Friends of the Earth Scotland move to face frackers Ineos in court challenge

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ECO campaigners have thrown their support behind the Scottish Government as it faces being sued over its fracking ban by lodging a so called ‘public interest intervention’. INEOS and Reach Coal Seam Gas are seeking a judicial review of the Scottish Government’s decision to ban fracking. It is thought that would be a precursor to …

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Monsanto Bayer mega merger opposition from Soil Association campaigners

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THE Soil Association has stepped up its opposition against the so-called ‘Baysanto’ mega-merger between agri giants Monsanto and Bayer. It comes after the £45billion deal was given the nod by the US department of justice. It will still need ratified by other countries it operates in. Campaigners say they are increasingly worried about their influence …

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Shell UK and ExxonMobile served with final warning by SEPA over ‘noise, vibration and black smoke’ from flaring  

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THE Scottish Environment Protection Agency has served final warning letters on petrochemical companies ExxonMobil Chemical Ltd and Shell UK Limited. They were issued with Final Warning Letters following “an enhanced unplanned flaring event” at the Mossmorran complex in Fife during June 2017. However it is still investigating two further potential breaches – in October 2017 and again March last month.