Scottish Government ditches Climate Minister
Words matters, and this decision shows that climate no longer matters to those around the cabinet table.
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Acorn carbon capture support ‘props up an industry ripping us off’
The Acorn project is a fossil fuel polluters pipe dream and will never live up to the hype.
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Scottish climate statistics “grim reminder” of scrapped targets
Climate stats show that the Scottish Government would still miss the targets they scrapped in 2024
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New Peterhead gas assessment exposes project as “climate disaster”
The developer admits the project could be three times worse for the climate than previously disclosed.
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Carbon capture secrecy ‘alarming’ as Minister refuses to release study
The 170 mile pipeline would run from Grangemouth in the central belt to St Fergus in Aberdeenshire.
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Activist “knit-in” exposes SSE’s inadequate transition plans
North Sea Knitters group stages ‘knit in’ protest at SSE’s Perth offices on the day of their 2024/5 profit announcement.
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Scotland is “slowing down on climate action at precisely the moment we should be speeding up”
These carbon budgets see Scotland slowing down on climate action at precisely the moment we should be speeding up.
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Unions & climate groups demand £1.9 billion emergency funding for North Sea workers
Today (Wednesday), a coalition of trade unions and climate groups are rallying outside Parliament to demand the Chancellor delivers an emergency funding package of £1.9 billion per year for North…
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Acorn CCS proposals ‘nothing but polluters pipe dream’
Politicians are pleading on behalf of rich fossil fuel polluters for more public money to be poured into the Acorn carbon capture project.
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