Fury at SNP climate hypocrisy
SNP MPs have backed a huge handout to the oil and gas industry as the First Minister attends the UN climate conference.
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Climate Minister under pressure to explain why new Bill fails to deliver urgent action needed
The Cabinet Secretary will face MSPs to explain why the Government’s Climate Bill fails to commit to urgent action before 2030 .
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Climate Bill must scale up Scottish action by 2030
Parliament will hear the case for scaling up climate action in the next decade.
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BP Alligin oilfield approval is ‘reckless’ for climate
Campaigners have criticised the decision to extract more fossil fuels just two weeks after the IPCC’s warning.
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IPCC climate report reaction
Environmental campaigners have called on the Scottish Government to scale up action on climate change, in response to the UN climate report. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ‘Special…
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UN climate report should fuel increased ambition in Scotland
IPCC Report is expected to say governments, including Scotland, must increase action over the next decade
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BP North Sea Oil development ‘reckless’ for climate
Responding to the approval of the BP North Sea Vorlich development by the Oil and Gas Authority, Friends of the Earth Scotland Director Dr Richard Dixon commented, “This approval of…
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Shetland gas discovery is a total disaster for the climate
Exploitation of this new gas discovery off the coast of Shetland is incompatible with a country and a world that takes climate action seriously
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Reaction: Programme for Government 2018
Mixed messages on climate action.
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