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Plans for Scotland’s largest incinerator go up in smoke

Environmental campaigners have hailed the news that plans for a major incinerator at Stonehouse in South Lanarkshire have been cancelled after sustained community opposition. Viridor, one of the UK’s biggest…

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Pandemic era sees huge rise in cycling, stats show

Official figures document the rise in cycling during the pandemic and the huge public handouts to bus companies.

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Shell slammed for oil and gas expansion plans

Environmental campaigners have slammed oil giant Shell for trying to capitalise on the war in Ukraine as an excuse to expand their UK oil and gas operations.

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Scotland’s rising carbon footprint due to imported goods

Figures released by the Scottish Government today (15 March) show that Scotland’s carbon footprint has increased for the first time in six years. The greatest increase came from the greenhouse…

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Campaigners call for targets to limit consumption

Campaigners call for targets on consumption as the Scottish Government announces it will launch a consultation into a new Circular Economy Bill in May. Currently, the Government doesn’t have any…

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Economic Strategy: Call for national debate to open up strategy and deliver on climate goals

Environmentalists are calling for an urgent and inclusive national debate on economic transformation after the Scottish Government’s new strategy failed to show how it will achieve its own vision of…

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Strathclyde Pension Fund backtracks on divestment as stark new IPCC report warns of need for immediate climate action

Strathclyde Pension Fund has published papers ahead of a committee meeting taking place tomorrow which suggest it is backtracking on its commitment to divest from fossil fuel companies.  Strathclyde Pension…

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Experts back call to transform Scotland’s economy

Calls for radical, transformative changes to Scotland’s economy to ensure wellbeing for all within our environmental limits have been backed by experts

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IPCC report is stark reminder of reality of the climate emergency

The report confirms that the impacts of climate breakdown are more widespread, happening much sooner and having more devastating consequences than previously predicted.

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