Scottish Government must now reject Peterhead power station expansion plans
Aberdeenshire Councillors missed the opportunity to trigger a public inquiry into the contoversial proposals.
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Aberdeenshire Councillors urged to say no to expansion of Scotland’s biggest polluter
SSE wants to build an extra fossil fuelled power plant at Peterhead.
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Energy Strategy: Scottish Government must ‘bite the bullet’ on oil & gas phase out
Scotland needs a fully renewable energy systems by 2030.
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SSE admits new Peterhead gas plant will belch out more climate pollution
The current Peterhead plant is Scotland’s biggest polluter producing over 1 million tonnes of climate changing gases each year.
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Acorn project fails to get funding – Scottish Government must now develop plan to ‘plug the climate gap
Climate campaigners say that instead of being over-reliant on these ‘dangerous distractions’ Ministers should be rolling out climate solutions that will rapidly cut fossil fuel use.
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UK Government ‘ignoring elephant in the room’ of oil and gas production
Environmental campaigners have said that the UK Government needs to address the ‘elephant in the room’ of domestic oil and gas production as it unveils a raft of energy announcements…
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Budget: Carbon capture funding is massive handout to polluters
Climate campaigners have said that the UK Government decision to pledge £20 billion over the next 20 years to the carbon capture industry is a ‘massive handout’ to rich oil…
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‘Legacy of failure’ of carbon capture highlighted by climate campaigners
The industry is only succeeding in capturing public money, because it is certainly not capturing carbon. We must stop subsidising these hugely profitable polluters.
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Energy Strategy ‘shies away from the big decisions’
Environmental campaigners have reacted to the Scottish Government’s new Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan. Friends of the Earth Scotland’s head of campaigns Mary Church said: “Our current fossil fuelled…
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