60+ climate groups demand incoming UK Government fund just transition for North Sea workers
Leading groups sign open letter calling for a “clear and funded” transition plan for workers and communities reliant on the oil and gas industry.
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44 organisations urge Scottish Government to reject ‘disastrous’ fossil fuel expansion at Peterhead
Organisations from across Scottish society demand Ministers to reject this disastrous development which will only benefit greedy energy companies at a huge cost to Scottish households and the climate
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SSE want to ‘pull wool over’ public’s eyes on Peterhead gas expansion plan
Climate activists protest SSE huge profits and company plans to build new gas burning power station at Peterhead.
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Protest tells energy giant Equinor ‘Scotland will be fossil free’
Demonstration against company’s plans to build a new gas burning power station at Peterhead and to drill the Rosebank oil field.
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Oil giant Equinor posts profits ‘obscene’ as families struggle with energy bills
Equinor is the UK’s largest supplier of fossil gas and is set on continuing to develop fossil fuel infrastructure
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Scottish Government urged not to follow reckless dash for gas from UK Government
The Scottish Government has been warned by climate campaigners not to ‘go down a dangerous path’ in following the UK Government’s approach to energy. Campaigners expressed their concerns after a…
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Budget: Windfall tax extension ‘very least’ Chancellor could do
Fossil fuel companies have made vasy profits while pushing millions of people into fuel poverty.
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Equinor: UK’s biggest gas supplier is profiting from public pain
Climate campaigners have said the announcement of £29billion (US$36.2b) in annual profits showed how the fossil fuel giant Equinor was ‘benefiting from the public’s pain’. The company’s fourth quarter profits…
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UK Government ‘has given up on climate’ after latest oil exploration round
Workers need a real transition plan that can help them shift to secure green jobs, not political stunts that lock us into fossil fuels for longer.
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