Legal threat over Peterhead plant fossil fuel ‘lock in’
The proposed gas power station would mean huge climate pollution and sky rocketing energy bills for a generation.
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Press Releases
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Response to Scottish Government consultation on Draft Climate Change Plan
The Plan is lacking in both detail and policy and does not represent a robust route to meeting climate goals. The next Scottish Government must go further than the policies outlined in this CCP if it wishes to tackle the climate emergency in a just and equitable way.
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“Rotten foundations” of Peterhead gas power station are collapsing with carbon capture failure
The lead carbon capture developer has pulled out of the troubled Acorn project
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Carbon capture exposes ‘delusional’ climate gamble by Scottish Ministers
Despite its consistent failures, Ministers had hoped the technology would capture 1/3 of Scottish climate emissions by the end of the next decade
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Carbon capture sell-off “huge embarrassment” for Government
Ministers have promised £280million to the Acorn project but now main backer pulls out
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‘Dreadful’ climate plan does nothing for households, workers and communities
The plan will barely scratch the surface on climate emissions in the coming years.
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Carbon capture job claims at the Peterhead power station – MSP briefing
The more time and resources that go into a new fossil fuel plant, means that less is spent planning and investing in a just transition for existing workers and the community of Peterhead.
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Aberdeenshire Council response to Peterhead planning application
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Protestors ‘call out SSE boss’ over climate impacts at company AGM
We told SSE shareholders that there is no future in fossil fuels.
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