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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.
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.
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 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…
