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Glasgow demands climate justice as COP29 takes place

Climate campaigners held a rally in Glasgow today (16 November) to demand climate justice, while world leaders are meeting in Azerbaijan for COP29. Protesters gathered at the Buchanan Street steps…

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SSE: fossil fuel polluter rakes in “offensive” £714mill profit

The energy group is making profits equivalent to £3.92million every day.  

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‘People vs Polluters’ Stop Rosebank legal challenge

Climate campaigners are declaring their backing for a court case today (12/11/24) that challenges the previous UK Government’s approval of the controversial Rosebank oil field. The legal challenges by Greenpeace…

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Climate humilitation is complete for Scottish Government

15 years of climate failure by Scottish Government Ministers has brought us to this point.

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Civil society calls for Scottish Government to “make good on its promise” on plastic

Civil society organisations have written to the Scottish Government to call for it to support the Global Plastics Treaty, a worldwide agreement to end plastic pollution, which is being finalised…

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Scottish Government has “lost control” on incineration

Climate campaigners have said the Scottish Government has “lost control” of incineration after new statistics showed a 15.4% increase in waste burned in one year.   The figures, published by SEPA,…

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Peterhead power station: 5 times more climate pollution than developers admitted

The Scottish Government must now order the companies to produce an honest assessment of the climate emissions from the project.

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Incineration boom must be stopped

Environmental campaigners are calling on the Scottish Government to take action to stop a “boom in incineration” before it’s too late. A new report, published by Zero Waste Scotland, has…

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Europe’s Carbon Capture plans have ‘prohibitive’ cost and are ‘nowhere near ready,’ say experts

Europe’s current CCS projects will cost €520 billion and swallow up €140 billion of publi subsidy.  

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