Protest tells energy giant Equinor ‘Scotland will be fossil free’
Demonstration against company’s plans to build a new gas burning power station at Peterhead and to drill the Rosebank oil field.
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Oil giant Equinor posts profits ‘obscene’ as families struggle with energy bills
Equinor is the UK’s largest supplier of fossil gas and is set on continuing to develop fossil fuel infrastructure
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Scottish Government urged not to follow reckless dash for gas from UK Government
The Scottish Government has been warned by climate campaigners not to ‘go down a dangerous path’ in following the UK Government’s approach to energy. Campaigners expressed their concerns after a…
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Budget: Windfall tax extension ‘very least’ Chancellor could do
Fossil fuel companies have made vasy profits while pushing millions of people into fuel poverty.
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Equinor: UK’s biggest gas supplier is profiting from public pain
Climate campaigners have said the announcement of £29billion (US$36.2b) in annual profits showed how the fossil fuel giant Equinor was ‘benefiting from the public’s pain’. The company’s fourth quarter profits…
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UK Government ‘has given up on climate’ after latest oil exploration round
Workers need a real transition plan that can help them shift to secure green jobs, not political stunts that lock us into fossil fuels for longer.
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Polluted politics: Fossil fuel lobbyists met MSPs almost 800 times
The revelations come as concern grows about the corrupting influence of oil companies on Scotland’s efforts to tackle climate breakdown.
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COP28 failure on fossil fuels ‘must not be an excuse at home’
The final COP decision included reference to “transition away” from fossil fuels but does not include the fast, fair and funded phase out that is needed.
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Scottish Government warned Peterhead fossil fuel power plans are ‘house of cards’ as COP28 begins
Campaigners warn approving new fossil fuel power at Peterhead would lock Scotland into using fossil fuels for decades, shackling household energy bills to prices set by volatile global gas markets.
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