
Why we collapsed a huge house of cards outside the Scottish Parliament
Despite the clear evidence of climate breakdown, the Scottish Government is considering approving the building of a new gas burning power station in Peterhead.


Despite the clear evidence of climate breakdown, the Scottish Government is considering approving the building of a new gas burning power station in Peterhead.

If the Scottish Government approve this dangerous plan, it will lock us in to continued use of volatile fossil fuels for decades to come.

Our research reveals the scale of the lobbying push by big polluters in Scotland.

We have been working hard to end the Scottish Government’s dangerous over-reliance on carbon capture and hydrogen in so called ‘negative emissions technologies.’

People stopped to discuss the fossil fuel industry, local employment, the climate crisis and the history of the Peterhead Power Station.

The impact of incinerators won’t be reduced by carbon capture and storage. We need to stop burning waste.

Our recent hydrogen report exposes this high cost, low efficiency technology that threatens renewable energy supplies

Climate advisors take tough new line with the Scottish Government on their plans.
At scale BECCS would involve creating huge mono-culture Sitka spruce plantations, and building new biomass power stations.