Tickets & Training: The Hidden Costs For Offshore Oil & Gas Workers
The survey results show a workforce in insecure employment, where workers are bearing the brunt of training and certification costs previously borne by employers.
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Research & Briefings
Read our briefings and analysis on key environmental issues
Training Chaos Blocks Scottish Oil Workers Moving To Renewables: Government Must Meet Workers’ Demands To Remove Hurdles
Workers forced to pay thousands for training courses, leading to calls for an “offshore passport” allowing them to transfer skills from fossil fuels to renewables
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Disaster or hope on climate
There are positive signs of change in climate action around the world, including in the most unexpected places.
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New report shows how council pensions are fuelling the climate crisis
Local government is undermining efforts to tackle climate change by investing £1.8 billion in oil, gas and coal companies, according to our new report.
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COP23: Playing my part in building a better world
Rowan explains how climate change has impacted upon her life and why she is travelling to COP23 in Bonn.
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Watch, listen and read: divestment is big news across the country
Hear more about our research on council investment and how we could bring green jobs to Scotland.
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Adair Turner On Debt, Banks and Dangers in the Economy at The David Hume Institute
Adair Turner was at the David Hume Institute last night (13 January 2016) to talk about his new book ‘Between Debt and the Devil: Money, Credit, and Fixing Global Finance’. He said…
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Dart Energy public inquiry opens
Protestors with placards welcomed the parties and witnesses to the Public Local Inquiry into Dart Energy’s proposals for Coal Bed Methane this morning at the Inchyra Hotel (lovely view of…
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Government should heed warnings about sustainabilty of big biomass
Friends of the Earth Scotland and Biofuelwatch joint News Release Environmental campaigners today (23 November 2012) called on the Scottish Government to pay attention to warnings against subsidies for inefficient…
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