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 ...

Scotland’s largest university has turned to Nous Group at the same time as it is making savings that could lead to nearly ...

Following a sharp rise in far right activity, we’ve spent the last three months attending protests, speaking to activists ...

The UK Government has publicly announced that sites in Scotland are being considered for new munitions factories, just a day after The Ferret revealed secret details of the plan. The Ministry of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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