Campaigners welcome Labour’s oil and gas commitment
Environmental campaigners have reacted to commitment from Labour that they will block all new North Sea oil and gas projects. Freya Aitchison, oil and gas campaigner at Friends of the…
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Rosebank: Scottish Government fails to oppose controversial oil project as Equinor lobbies for more drilling
Norwegian oil giant lobbies Scottish Ministers and MSPs in bid to drive support for new fossil fuel projects
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Activists slam Equinor for doubling down on fossil fuel drilling despite net zero claims
Activists set up 100 placards outside the company’s Aberdeen office reading ‘Equinor’s energy is 99.87% fossil fuels’.
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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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Scottish Government fails to deliver on key recommendations of incineration review
The failure of the Scottish Government to commit to the main recommendations of its own review is a missed opportunity to phase out existing incinerators and end the harmful practice of burning plastics.
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Equinor ‘banking outrageous profits’ whilst wrecking the climate
Fossil fuel giant announced profits of £9.5billion (US$12billion) in just 3 months, prompting outrage from climate campaigners.
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Campaigners, parents & pollution experts highlight benefits LEZ will bring
As Glasgow’s Low Emission Zone is due to start in a month’s time, campaigners highlight how it will clean up toxic air.
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Opportunity for 22,000 more jobs in public transport
New research has found that 22,000 jobs could be directly created in Scotland by investing in public transport, plus hundreds of thousands more indirectly in areas like manufacturing and infrastructure construction.
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Oil industry lobbied Scottish Government 200+ times under Sturgeon’s ‘open door policy’ to polluters
Campaigners are calling on Humza Yousaf’s new Government to make a clean break from the old regime and fossil fuel lobbying
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