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The secondhand clothing conundrum

With costs soaring for everyone except the companies churning out fast fashion, it’s time to change the way second-hand clothes are managed for good. 

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A delegation group from Irvine Without Incinerators deliver a letter to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency calling on the agency not to award a permit to the Oldhall incinerator

What did we learn from our campaign for Irvine Without Incinerators? 

Late last year, after five years of building, and nearly two full years of local protest, Oldhall Waste Incinerator in North Ayrshire were granted the licence to fire up. This is expected to happen this month.  

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What comes next for the new Scottish Parliament? 

This Scottish Government and set of MSPs will be in the parliament for five years – the critical time for finalising Scotland’s transition away from fossil fuels. 

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Climate tipping points

Scientists are sounding the alarm about the risk of passing climate tipping points, leading to ever more dangerous impacts.

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Key issues at the 2019 climate talks

A look ahead at the big issues at the UN climate talks in Madrid, 2-13 December.

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Activists protest against fracking at Grangemouth

Out of time on oil

A new report on the gap between the climate change goals and oil and gas ambitions shows that the current double-think can’t go on.

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Energy and the General Election

What do the parties who want power have to say about energy?

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Protestors gather in Santiago, Chile October 2019

International Climate Justice response to UN Climate Conference relocation

International civil society reaffirms solidarity with Chileans who are rising against austerity and growing inequalities; and condemns the violent repression and human rights violations.

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How climate change could unleash zombie viruses and increased stupidity

One of the most unexpected risks from climate change is the small but real danger of diseases from the past arriving in the present as permafrost melts.

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Paris Climate Conference Hall

Why last minute relocation of UN climate conference is a disaster for many

Last minute switch of the UN Climate Conference from Chile to Spain risks excluding Latin American and other Global South voices.

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Unmasking BHP protests, London 2019

Clean energy’s dirty side

Mining for materials used in renewables should not threaten human rights.

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Circular Economy targets needed

Scotland has a very good reputation for our circular economy thinking but now is the time to make the idea a reality.

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