Scottish Budget: Timid tinkering fails to deliver a Climate Emergency response
The Scottish Government’s climate emergency budget fails to deliver the action needed to bring down emissions, say environmental campaigners.
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‘Reckless’ road spending plans must be redirected in climate emergency
The Scottish Budget should stop spending billions on new roads, re-directing money to public transport, walking and cycling.
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Welsh Assembly to Divest Pension Fund from fossil fuels
The move from Welsh Assembly heaps pressure on MSPs to divest their pensions from climate-wrecking companies.
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Welcome for Glasgow 20mph safety limits
New 20mph speed limits in Glasgow will mean fewer accidents, lower traffic levels and make cyclists feel safer.
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Campaigners welcome new public bank to finance action on climate crisis
It will finance a just transition away from fossil fuels to a zero-carbon economy, whilst upholding minimum ethical standards of its investments.
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Scotland’s new Public Bank must be an ethical lender
MSPs must back ethical standards to ensure the Bank can achieve its environmental and social goals.
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Revealed: Scotland’s most polluted streets in 2019
Scotland is failing to tackle our car dominated transport system with pollution rising across many areas.
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Scottish Government must take immediate and decisive action to cut Scotland’s emissions, says new report
Stop Climate Chaos Scotland response to the UK Committee on Climate Change (UKCCC) Report ‘Reducing emissions in Scotland, 2019 Progress Report to Parliament’ The report from the independent climate watchdog,…
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UN Climate Talks Out of Touch with Reality as Rich Countries Seek to Gut Paris Agreement
Prospects for vulnerable communities in ‘developing’ countries look dire, as wealthy countries refuse to pay up for the climate damage they have caused and Northern governments and corporations push forward…
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