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Hi ,
We've been alluding in this newsletter to some changes taking place at The Ferret towards the end of this year.
It's The Ferret's 10th birthday, and we want to make sure the next decade is even better than our first.
So next week, we'll be publishing fewer investigations than usual, as our team works hard on some vital plans which will come to fruition very soon.
Apologies for being cryptic, but rest assured these changes are all geared towards making The Ferret experience better for our members and readers.
And while there may be fewer stories next week, there may be some exciting announcements...
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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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A website launched to help thousands of oil workers move into green jobs attracted just 200 users in Scotland in its first five months, despite millions of pounds of backing from the Scottish Government.
The ‘Energy Skills Passport’, launched in January, was billed by ministers as “critical” to Scotland’s ‘just transition’ – the effort to shift away from fossil fuels in a way that protects jobs and communities.
The website allows offshore oil workers to create profiles, log their qualifications and skills, and see jobs they could move to – as well as what extra training they might need.
But figures in documents released to The Ferret under freedom of information law show that, by the end of June, only 390 people across the UK had created profiles. Just 219 of those were in Scotland and 112 in Aberdeen, the heart of the country’s oil industry. |
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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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Nine out of ten short-term lets approved in Highland tourism hotspot despite housing crisis
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A short-term let control area was introduced in Badenoch and Strathspey 18 months ago, but just 29 applications have been rejected, while 350 passed. |
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Revealed: how whisky firms fought off pollution controls
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Intense lobbying by the multinational whisky industry forced the Scottish Government’s green watchdog to back down on plans to toughen pollution controls. |
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Edinburgh uni boss pressured over outside earnings as job losses mount |
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Edinburgh principal Sir Peter Mathieson joined the board of Roslin Cell Therapies – a biotechnology company with historic ties to the university – in June 2024. |
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Question of the week |
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Are short-term let controls working? |
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Create an account here to get access.
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Best of the rest |
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Investigations we've enjoyed from around the world |
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‘Resistance is when I put an end to what I don’t like’: The rise and fall of the Baader-Meinhof gang |
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The radical leftwing German militant group spread fear through public acts of violence – but its inner workings were characterised by vanity and incompetence. (Guardian) |
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Elon Musk has criticized environmental regulations. His companies have been accused of sidestepping them.
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Musk considers environmental regulation a barrier to innovation. His companies’ past projects have faced scrutiny from regulators and environmental advocates. (ProPublica) |
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US department of justice deletes study showing domestic terrorists are most often right wing
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The study found white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. (404Media) |
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