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Making sense of the Scottish Parliament vote on data centres
What the hell happened with data centres yesterday?
Iran War shows we must chart a path away from fossil fuels
If we were generating energy in the UK with reliable, affordable renewables we would be far more insulated from these external shocks.
Why public ownership is the answer for Scotland’s buses, and our climate
Putting public transport into public hands is a no brainer – for people, communities, workers and the planet.
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Where your money goes: the toxic toll of BHP Billiton in Borneo and Colombia
By Emilie Tricarico and Stuart Anderson BHP Billiton is the world’s largest mining company. Partly based in the UK and funded by Scottish funds, including the Scottish Parliament own pension…
People Power in Paris: We are making another world possible
After 4 days of false starts, or rather false endings – the final Paris Agreement text was eventually produced at 1:30CET, and gavelled though after a last minute fight over…
People Power at Paris Climate Summit
The French chair of the process at the climate conference is aiming to get a final agreement signed by 6pm tomorrow. Past experience suggests this is unlikely. I’ve already several…
Glasgow community groups need your help to tackle air pollution in the city
Action Hillhead and Glasgow University Climate Action Society are calling for urgent action to tackle air pollution on Byres Road and beyond through a new petition. If you are a Glasgow…
Halfway through, far from halfway there
At the halfway point of the Paris climate talks very little progress has been made on any of the key issues up for negotiation; that is, issues fundamental to the…
What is Scotland’s role in tackling climate change?
WHAT is Scotland’s role in tackling the greatest crisis of our time? The day after the COP21 negotiations in Paris opened with a glitzy summit for world leaders, a group…
Is COP21.5 a realistic possibility?
AFTER only three days of negotiations there is already talk of whether the disagreements can be resolved, the necessary compromises made, and the political will secured to actually get a…
A Paris Deal: on whose terms?
The 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change officially opened this morning, with about the amount of pomp you might expect for the…
Where your money goes: BP, corruption, spills, and “gross negligence”
By Emilie Tricarico “In a country where death, corruption and state terrorism are the law truth becomes a synonym for terrorism. Therefore solidarity is the strength that the powerless need.”…
