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Peterhead gas pollution risk triples in new analysis
Thanks to successful public pressure and campaigning, we now have a truer picture of the enormous climate pollution from the Peterhead power station plans. The Scottish Government must now finally…

Building a powerful movement
Our vision is of a world where all people and ecosystems are thriving. Achieving that is a monumental task. It will take a movement.

Putting on a play about Torry, Aberdeen
A story about why we’re working with a playwright and local story tellers to put on a play about the exploitation of a community in Scotland.
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Climate change catches up with the oil industry
The court said that Shell’s plans were incompatible with the action needed to tackle climate change.

Lessons from the Braer disaster
Braer Oil Spill Anniversary reminds us of the danger of the fossil fuel industry

Forward and back on climate
Good climate commitments are being undermined by UK and Scottish Government faith in far-off technical fixes.

Tough times for Big Oil
The UK and Scottish Governments should set oil and gas production firmly on a trajectory to its end over the next decade, with an accompanying Just Transition strategy.
Marrakech blog – still waiting for action on climate change
For a while this meeting looked like it might be that rarest of things, a UN climate conference that actually finished on time rather than running into Saturday or even Sunday. But, true to UN form, talks broke down last night.

Campaign stories: International Festival drops BP
The Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) is no longer taking sponsorship from BP: a great victory which draws to a close an inspiring 10 month campaign.
Closure of Longannet: End of coal, the beginning of the end for fossil fuels in Scotland
Find out more about our work to make Scotland fossil free within a generation at www.fossilfree.scot
Happy (B)anniversary: One year on from the fracking moratorium
One year ago today, the Scottish Government took the plunge and announced a moratorium on shale gas fracking and coalbed methane. Although at the time there was a huge amount…
Out, damned logo! Theatrical protest comes to Edinburgh Fest
By Jess Worth, BP or Not BP I never thought I was the kind of person who invaded stages. Raised by a Shakespeare buff, bookish in the extreme, my younger…