Carbon capture sell-off “huge embarrassment” for Government
Ministers have promised £280million to the Acorn project but now main backer pulls out
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‘Dreadful’ climate plan does nothing for households, workers and communities
The plan will barely scratch the surface on climate emissions in the coming years.
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Protestors ‘call out SSE boss’ over climate impacts at company AGM
We told SSE shareholders that there is no future in fossil fuels.
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Ministers must reject Peterhead gas plans after climate pollution triples
30 NGOs + 1600 members of the public formally objected to the plans
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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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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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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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