UK climate advisors call for ‘tighter limit’ on oil and gas
UKCCC advice bolsters calls for end to new oil licenses in a bid to curb dangerous climate warming
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MPs miss opportunity to remove key barrier to transition for offshore workers
Environmental campaigners have today told MPs they have ignored offshore workers after voting against a plan to create an Offshore Training Scheme at Westminster. The idea is backed by offshore…
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MPs urged to back Offshore Training Scheme for workers to support Just Transition
Environmental campaigners and trade unionists have called for MPs to back the creation of an Offshore Training Scheme, as a key solution to removing barriers for oil and gas workers…
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‘Obscene’ BP profits show broken energy system in UK
Environmental campaigners have said that BP’s ‘obscene’ profits of $12.8bn (£9.5bn) today will come at a cost of misery for millions of people in the UK. Campaigners said that the…
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UK Energy System is ‘Fundamentally Broken’
Energy Price Rises & Oil Company Profits Show that the UK Energy System is ‘Fundamentally Broken’
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Offshore wind auction reaction
Welcome for offshore wind expansion but successful bidders must not be allowed to evade their responsibilities to communities and workers.
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New Commission Must Ensure Action on Just Transition
A partnership of Trade Unions and environmental groups(1), has welcomed the announcement of a second Just Transition Commission for which it has long campaigned. It said the time had come…
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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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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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