Scottish climate statistics “grim reminder” of scrapped targets
Climate stats show that the Scottish Government would still miss the targets they scrapped in 2024
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New Peterhead gas assessment exposes project as “climate disaster”
The developer admits the project could be three times worse for the climate than previously disclosed.
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Carbon capture secrecy ‘alarming’ as Minister refuses to release study
The 170 mile pipeline would run from Grangemouth in the central belt to St Fergus in Aberdeenshire.
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Activist “knit-in” exposes SSE’s inadequate transition plans
North Sea Knitters group stages ‘knit in’ protest at SSE’s Perth offices on the day of their 2024/5 profit announcement.
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Scotland is “slowing down on climate action at precisely the moment we should be speeding up”
These carbon budgets see Scotland slowing down on climate action at precisely the moment we should be speeding up.
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Unions & climate groups demand £1.9 billion emergency funding for North Sea workers
Today (Wednesday), a coalition of trade unions and climate groups are rallying outside Parliament to demand the Chancellor delivers an emergency funding package of £1.9 billion per year for North…
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Acorn CCS proposals ‘nothing but polluters pipe dream’
Politicians are pleading on behalf of rich fossil fuel polluters for more public money to be poured into the Acorn carbon capture project.
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‘Hollow’ Programme for Goverment risks greenwashing carbon capture plans
Political programme contains few plans to deliver the transformative change needed to improve lives and cut pollution.
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Key climate policies ‘vanish’ under Swinney as First Minister
Major policies that would have improved lives across Scotland have been ditched in the past 12 months
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