Campaigners welcome Labour’s oil and gas commitment
Environmental campaigners have reacted to commitment from Labour that they will block all new North Sea oil and gas projects. Freya Aitchison, oil and gas campaigner at Friends of the…
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Rosebank: Scottish Government fails to oppose controversial oil project as Equinor lobbies for more drilling
Norwegian oil giant lobbies Scottish Ministers and MSPs in bid to drive support for new fossil fuel projects
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Activists slam Equinor for doubling down on fossil fuel drilling despite net zero claims
Activists set up 100 placards outside the company’s Aberdeen office reading ‘Equinor’s energy is 99.87% fossil fuels’.
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Energy Strategy: Scottish Government must ‘bite the bullet’ on oil & gas phase out
Scotland needs a fully renewable energy systems by 2030.
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Equinor ‘banking outrageous profits’ whilst wrecking the climate
Fossil fuel giant announced profits of £9.5billion (US$12billion) in just 3 months, prompting outrage from climate campaigners.
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Oil industry lobbied Scottish Government 200+ times under Sturgeon’s ‘open door policy’ to polluters
Campaigners are calling on Humza Yousaf’s new Government to make a clean break from the old regime and fossil fuel lobbying
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SSE admits new Peterhead gas plant will belch out more climate pollution
The current Peterhead plant is Scotland’s biggest polluter producing over 1 million tonnes of climate changing gases each year.
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UK Government ‘ignoring elephant in the room’ of oil and gas production
Environmental campaigners have said that the UK Government needs to address the ‘elephant in the room’ of domestic oil and gas production as it unveils a raft of energy announcements…
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SNP voters back rapid move away from oil & gas, polling shows
First Minister candidates are urged to speed progress towards a fair and fast energy transition for workers and communities
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