Delay to deposit return a blow to Scotland’s environment
Environmental campaigners are dismayed by the news that Scotland’s deposit return scheme, which was due to launch in August 2023, has been delayed until next year.
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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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Scotland is recycling less and increasing incineration, new stats reveal
New statistics reveal that Scotland recycled less and sent more waste to incineration in 2021 than 2018. SEPA did not publish complete datasets for 2019 or 2020 because of the…
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Divestment Day of Action: Protests across the UK urge investors to stop investing in the climate crisis
Councils, pension funds and financial institutions are being urged to take action to simultaneously address the crises of fuel poverty, climate breakdown and energy security by fossil fuel divestment groups across the UK.
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IPCC climate report shows urgent need to end fossil fuels
Environmental campaigners have said that the latest UN climate report makes clear that governments must say no to new fossil fuels and tackle an economic system that is speeding us…
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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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