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Campaigner set to tell Edinburgh Council pollution plans are ineffective

Edinburgh pollution plans includes two Low Emission Zones – the larger outer Zone does not restrict cars and smaller inner Zone is too small, risking displacement.

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Scottish Government support for UK oil and gas drilling incompatible with responding to climate emergency, report says

Report reveals huge climate impact of UK oil & gas industry plans, and urges Governments to plan for a just transition to a clean energy economy.

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Reaction to Edinburgh’s ‘half-hearted’ low emission zone plans

Council plans criticised for failing to act on cars and risk displacing pollution to other parts of city.

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Scottish Government abandons plans to cut Air Departure Tax

Climate campaigners welcome Scottish Government decision to keep tax on climate-damaging aviation.

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Open Streets ‘show us what we are missing’ in car-dominated Edinburgh

Environmentalists have welcomed the start of the Edinburgh Council Open Streets initiative on Sunday 5th May. A number of streets will be closed to cars and other vehicles from 12…

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Scotland’s ‘climate emergency’ demands urgent action

Nicola Sturgeon has declared a ‘climate emergency’ but environmentalists say it must be backed with urgent action.

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Protest at SNP conference demands fracking ban law

Anti-fracking groups, community councillors and concerned citizens are protesting outside the SNP conference in Edinburgh today (Saturday 27 April) to demand the Scottish Government bans fracking in Scotland once and…

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Climate protesters call on Royal Bank Of Scotland to lead the way out of fossil fuel finance

Campaigners gathered outside the RBS AGM to call for an end to the Bank’s financing of climate-wrecking fossil fuel projects

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Government funding to tackle air pollution ignored by bus companies

£7million remains unspent from a Scottish Government fund to pay for bus engines upgrades to cut air pollution

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