Councillors join campaign to end Glasgow’s investment in fracking and fossil fuels
Glasgow Councillors and residents urged the Strathclyde Pension Fund to end their £800 investments in fossil fuel companies.
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Last chance for MSPs to fix clean air laws
A parliamentary committee will be told that the Scottish Government’s Low Emission Zones plans must be improved upon.
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Sturgeon must end fracking story with a full legal ban
The Scottish Government has today taken steps towards a final decision on fracking by publishing a Strategic Environmental Assessment of its preferred policy position of no support [1]. The SEA…
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BP Alligin oilfield approval is ‘reckless’ for climate
Campaigners have criticised the decision to extract more fossil fuels just two weeks after the IPCC’s warning.
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IPCC climate report reaction
Environmental campaigners have called on the Scottish Government to scale up action on climate change, in response to the UN climate report. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ‘Special…
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UN climate report should fuel increased ambition in Scotland
IPCC Report is expected to say governments, including Scotland, must increase action over the next decade
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Bus passengers protest outside Scottish Parliament to demand publicly-owned buses
Protestors want new Transport Bill to include option for public ownership to improve services.
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BP North Sea Oil development ‘reckless’ for climate
Responding to the approval of the BP North Sea Vorlich development by the Oil and Gas Authority, Friends of the Earth Scotland Director Dr Richard Dixon commented, “This approval of…
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Shetland gas discovery is a total disaster for the climate
Exploitation of this new gas discovery off the coast of Shetland is incompatible with a country and a world that takes climate action seriously
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