Energy Price Cap Rise: public are paying for political failure to transition away from fossil fuels
The 13% rise in bills is due to oil companies profiteering from the war in Iran.
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Reform UK’s plan to scrap climate industries could destroy 500,000 jobs
Reversal of decades of climate policy could wipe out jobs across Scotland and erase plans to create more in coming years.
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Reform manifesto oil plans ‘only benefit party donors’
The Rosebank oil field would be a climate catastrophe, and by threatening to approve it, Reform are doing the bidding of its wealthy fossil fuel donors.
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‘Grotesque’ BP profits show politicians must end calls to scrap windfall tax
While ordinary people are worried sick about rising energy bills, it’s grotesque that BP are making billions from the violence in Iran.
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Young people to “grill” political hopefuls on climate crisis
The youth-led hustings in Edinburgh on Wed 22 April will be livestreamed nationwide with questions limited to people under 30 years old.
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Electricity price reform shows need to move on from fossil fuels
Environmental campaigners have reacted to the announcement today from UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband MP that the UK Government are reducing the impact of expensive gas on our electricity bills…
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‘Rip-off’ bus fare rise slated by campaigners
Better bus campaigners have reacted angrily to news that Stagecoach are set to “rip off” passengers with another increase in fares on their routes across the North East of Scotland.
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Campaign for better buses takes root in the North East
A campaign calling for buses in the Grampian region to be taken back into public control has launched across the North East.
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Calls for plastic recycling changes to be green, fair and safe
Civil society groups from across the UK have united on the UN International Day of Zero Waste (30 March 2026) to tell UK and devolved governments not to waste the opportunity to make mandatory bin collections for plastic film being introduced in March 2027 ‘green, fair and safe’.
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