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Environmental campaigners have reacted to the announcement today from UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband MP that the UK Government are reducing the impact of expensive gas on our electricity bills…
The proposed gas power station would mean huge climate pollution and sky rocketing energy bills for a generation.
It is deeply worrying to see the First Minister pleading poverty on behalf of oil companies by demanding the end of the windfall tax.
Ministers failed to mention Rosebank or Cambo projects and opened up some loopholes for more drilling
Equinor resubmitted their environmental statement after new climate rules forced them to admit just how much pollution would come from burning the oil and gas taken from the field – with their assessment concluding that this would amount to nearly 250 million tonnes of damaging emissions.
The public are rightly concerned about climate breakdown and want political leaders who can deliver action in a way that fights inequality and creates good green jobs
Campaigners highlighted how it has been over two years since consultation closed on the Government’s Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan
Increasing oil extraction will do nothing to reduce the household bills which have been held hostage by greedy energy companies for years now.
Palestine solidarity, climate and trade union groups joined forces in Glasgow to demand end to estimated £434 million fossil fuel investments
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