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The SNP manifesto’s climate and nature policies – the verdict
Does the SNP have good green policies? We’ve analysed their 2024 manifesto to find out if they deserve yo
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Scotland’s new circular economy law
MSPs have voted to approve Scotland’s new circular economy law! Parliament has taken over a year to scrutinise and review the new law, and the final debate took place yesterday…
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Dozens of organisations demand Scottish Ministers reject polluting Peterhead gas plans
Pressure is growing on the Scottish Government to reject plans that would lock in climate pollution and high energy bills.
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Good COP, Bad COP – UN Climate Conference comes to Glasgow
Richard thinks the 2020 UN Climate Conference coming to Glasgow is both a very exciting and rather terrifying prospect.
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Grouse moors and climate change
The climate emergency means that the management of all the peat-rich grouse moorland in Scotland will have to change radically.
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Planning Scotland’s transport future in a climate emergency
The new National Transport Strategy must put limits on our damaging travel habits.
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25 years of environmental campaigning
Richard reflects on what has changed in 25 years of environmental campaigning
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Green jobs: for justice, and the planet
Will you help deliver green jobs for Scotland?
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Our environmental recommendations for the Edinburgh Festival
Top tips for climate-themed shows, including theatre, comedy and a reading of ‘the most important climate report in history.’
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No future for nuclear power
The politics of Scotland mean that new nuclear reactors here are almost unthinkable and the price of the renewable energy alternatives have fallen way below the cost of nuclear.
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Political rhetoric on climate change is improving, but political action is lagging behind
The Scottish Government declared a Climate Emergency but failed to seriously increase action in the next decade.
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Transport Bill continues its journey of highs and lows
Looking at the good, the bad and the (f)unfair as the Transport Bill progresses through Holyrood Committee.