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Hi ,
The Ferret is a blur of activity at the moment.
Ten years in, we're showing no signs of fatigue or slowing down. We're still pumping out our investigations for your delectation. This week's selection covers the 'just transition', Scottish Government funding and carbon emissions.
But behind the scenes, we're working away on our relaunch, which is mere WEEKS away. We'll have a sleek new look, a brand new website and some exciting new content.
And none of this could happen without your support. We can't wait to show you what we've been up to.
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Yours,
Ali
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Story of the week
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An in-depth look at a Ferret investigation
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Community groups claim they have been “shut out” of the Scottish Government’s flagship just transition fund due to “corporate capture” which has seen the vast majority of money from the £500m pot going to the private sector.
Ministers launched the Just Transition Fund in 2022, claiming it would support workers and communities in the North East as the oil industry declines, and will hand out half a billion pounds over ten years.
But community groups told The Ferret their applications were rejected in favour of industry organisations, a number of which are connected with the oil billionaire, Sir Ian Wood.
A network supporting local groups said it had previously helped with seven community-focused bids, all of which had been unsuccessful. The fund is supposed to support both business and community groups.
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What did we dig up this week?
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A round up of our investigations in the last seven days
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Scotland’s waste burners pump out record pollution
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The country’s biggest rubbish-burning sites produced more than one million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) last year.
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Company that sold Highland port for secret sum received £30m of taxpayers’ money
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Global Energy – a business led by Roy MacGregor, the chairman of Ross County football club – sold the Port of Nigg and its fabrication arm to Mitsui in July.
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Question of the week
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Is the waste burning industry a positive for Scotland?
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Best of the rest
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Investigations we've enjoyed from around the world
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Italian investigative journalism TV host targeted in bomb attack near Rome
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A prominent investigative journalist has been targeted in a bomb attack, with the powerful device almost destroying his car and damaging a neighbour’s home. (Guardian)
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This is Ground Zero in the US Conservative quest for more patriotic and Christian school
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The future that the Trump administration envisions for schools is more patriotic, more Christian and less “woke.” Oklahoma has already begun. (ProPublica)
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What Nathan did next: A Kremlin-backed forum on how to subvert Western democracy
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The ex-Reform UK Welsh Leader Nathan Gill was due to give a talk on cryptocurrencies at a Kremlin-backed convention in Moscow when he was arrested. (Byline Times)
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