Scottish Budget Reaction: ‘useful steps’ on climate emergency
Climate action boosted by transport funding but home insulation investment should be larger.
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New stats reveal Scotland is sending valuable resources up in smoke
Scotland is now burning almost as much of its household waste as it is sending to landfill. Household waste statistics published yesterday (7 December) show a 33.6% increase in waste…
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Climate progress report calls for Plan B on carbon capture
Advisors say the Scottish Government must deliver urgent climate transformations across the economy.
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Edinburgh Council shirks waste emissions responsibility
Edinburgh Council claims to have reduced the city’s carbon emissions dramatically by diverting waste from landfill, but it has omitted the emissions from incinerating the waste instead and failed to…
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Shell pull out of Cambo oil project
Climate campaigners have responded to Shell’s decision to pull out of the controversial Cambo oil field saying this is the end of the line for the project. The UK Government…
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Scotland must get on with the fossil fuel transition after COP26, Holyrood committee hears
Campaigners called on Scottish Government to focus on domestic efforts and create a credible plan to cut climate pollution and deliver a just transition away from oil and gas this decade.
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Scottish Government announce moratorium on incineration
Friends of the Earth Scotland has welcomed the announcement that the Scottish Government’s incineration review will include a moratorium on all current and new applications for the length of the…
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First Minister Signals Opposition to Cambo Oil Field
Reacting to the First Minister’s comments in Holyrood today, Friends of the Earth Scotland Head of Campaigns Mary Church said: “We welcome the First Minister’s acknowledgement that there is no…
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COP26 Closes: Rich countries run from their climate responsibilities
Climate justice campaigners say the COP26 agreement will be remembered as the ‘Glasgow get-out clause’ as rich countries once again shirk their responsibility and put the world on track for…
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