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Outrage as free transport announced for COP delegates but nothing for Glasgow residents

Environmental campaigners have reacted angrily to the news that delegates to the UN climate talks in Glasgow will receive free public transport while they’re in the city, while no such…

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Campaigners urge Highland Council to move faster in reducing investments causing climate crisis

Highland Council has endorsed a plan that it claims will reduce the investments of its pension fund that are contributing to climate change, but campaigners are urging it to move…

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Glasgow pension committee approves plan to keep investing hundreds of millions in polluters

The Strathclyde Pension Fund has approved a new investment policy which campaigners and trade unionists say risks investment in climate polluters continuing indefinitely. (1) The Strathclyde Pension Fund Committee met…

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Scottish Parliament

Programme for Government reaction

Programme confirms the promises from the SNP -Greens co-operation agreement, but gives disappointingly little further detail on timescales or processes.

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Campaigners condemn council new investment plan keeping hundreds of millions of polluter investments

Glasgow City Council’s new investment policy has been met with strong criticism from campaigners, who say that the Council is banking on the failure of the UN climate talks it’s about to host.

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UK Government misleading public over claim it has no control over Cambo

Pre-action letter calls on BEIS to defend position on controversial oil field decision The UK Government is lawfully bound to take responsibility for the decision to approve or reject the…

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Glasgow’s £800 million pollution stash revealed in dramatic visual protest ahead of COP26

Climate activists have revealed the huge scale of Glasgow’s investments in fossil fuels by projecting the shocking figure onto the SEC Armadillo building. The SEC will shortly play host to…

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SNP and Greens deal will lead to stronger action for the climate

Climate campaigning organisation Friends of the Earth Scotland has welcomed the draft cooperation deal between the SNP and the Scottish Green Party announced today.

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Campaigners urge Highland Council to stop investing in fossil fuels

Campaigners are urging the Highland Council Pension Fund to pull investments in fossil fuels in order to tackle the climate crisis after it was revealed by Friends of the Earth…

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