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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Energy Strategy ‘shies away from the big decisions’
Environmental campaigners have reacted to the Scottish Government’s new Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan. Friends of the Earth Scotland’s head of campaigns Mary Church said: “Our current fossil fuelled…
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Hydrogen Action Plan criticised for inefficient and costly technology
Climate campaigners response to the Scottish Government’s new ‘Hydrogen Action Plan’ with concerns about cost, inefficiency and its suitability for key sectors.
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Scotland’s new planning framework undermined by reliance on climate techno-fixes
NPF4 is step in the right direction in tackling the climate emergency it is seriously undermined by an over reliance on carbon capture and hydrogen
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Damning Carbon Capture report exposes ‘significant risk’ of Peterhead power station plans
New research further undermines carbon capture technology calling it “wildly unrealistic as a climate solution”
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New fossil gas power station at Peterhead must be rejected on climate grounds, say campaigners
The plan flies in the face of the clear and pressing need to cut the use of fossil fuels, as recommended by climate scientists and energy experts.
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Hydrogen report must ‘change the conversation’
New report exposing the inefficiencies, soaring costs and the threat hydrogen poses to renewable energy supplies.
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Scottish Government admits ‘gaping hole’ in Climate Plan
Ministers ignored warnings from experts and campaigners about their over-reliance on carbon capture and hydrogen tehnologies
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