The real climate emissions of Peterhead carbon capture power station proposals
A briefing for MSPs about the real emissions of the proposed new gas-fired power plant at Peterhead.
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The Real Climate Pollution of Peterhead Power Station – Report & briefing
The true climate pollution could be five times greater than disclosed by the developers.
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Peterhead power station: 5 times more climate pollution than developers admitted
The Scottish Government must now order the companies to produce an honest assessment of the climate emissions from the project.
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Europe’s Carbon Capture plans have ‘prohibitive’ cost and are ‘nowhere near ready,’ say experts
Europe’s current CCS projects will cost €520 billion and swallow up €140 billion of publi subsidy.
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Cost of carbon capture failures revealed
The UK committed or already spent nearly £500 million on carbon capture projects since 2010, and yet there are no commercial-scale carbon capture projects.
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Carbon Capture Factsheet: The True Cost of Funding Failure
CCS projects have cost the public £500million – with another £25billion in subsidy promised
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Carbon capture visit and funding ‘makes a mockery’ of planning process
Vital public services are crying out for funding yet John Swinney is giving millions of pounds to a pet project of Shell, who made £50 billion profit in the last two years.
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Open Letter to Scottish Government urging them to reject Peterhead power station plans
Dozens of groups warm about impact on climate and household bills of new fossil fuel commitments
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44 organisations urge Scottish Government to reject ‘disastrous’ fossil fuel expansion at Peterhead
Organisations from across Scottish society demand Ministers to reject this disastrous development which will only benefit greedy energy companies at a huge cost to Scottish households and the climate
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