Mossmorran plant closes
Big business is setting the agenda and trampling over workers and communities and our elected politicians are afraid to stand up to them.
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2025: Third warmest year on record
Global temperatures from the past three years had all breached agreed warming levels of 1.5C.
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Waste plan is ‘wasted opportunity’ for Scotland
Civil society groups and environmental campaigners are demanding major changes to the Scottish Government’s draft plan on waste and material use.
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‘A huge plastic hole’ Ministers slammed over waste plan’s gap
Campaigners are concerned that by Christmas 2026 households in Scotland will have seen no reduction in the excessive plastic they are forced to deal with.
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Ministers urged to “make Scottish businesses responsible” for supply chain impacts around world
International human rights experts this month told the Scottish Government how it can reduce the harms of damaging business supply chains.
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“Rotten foundations” of Peterhead gas power station are collapsing with carbon capture failure
The lead carbon capture developer has pulled out of the troubled Acorn project
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Watchdog puts Scottish Government on notice regarding incineration overcapacity
Environmental groups have reacted to the publication of an investigation by Scotland’s environmental watchdog about incineration.
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SNP independence claims on energy in “stark contrast” to actions of Ministers
It is deeply worrying to see the First Minister pleading poverty on behalf of oil companies by demanding the end of the windfall tax.
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Carbon capture exposes ‘delusional’ climate gamble by Scottish Ministers
Despite its consistent failures, Ministers had hoped the technology would capture 1/3 of Scottish climate emissions by the end of the next decade
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