Budget: Carbon capture funding is massive handout to polluters
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Press Releases
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‘Legacy of failure’ of carbon capture highlighted by climate campaigners
The industry is only succeeding in capturing public money, because it is certainly not capturing carbon. We must stop subsidising these hugely profitable polluters.
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Friends of the Earth Scotland’s response to the Grangemouth Inquiry
There is an urgent need for both regional and sectoral just transition planning to ensure the workforce and community are supported through the changes which must come to meet our climate objectives.
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Energy Strategy ‘shies away from the big decisions’
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Hydrogen Action Plan criticised for inefficient and costly technology
Climate campaigners response to the Scottish Government’s new ‘Hydrogen Action Plan’ with concerns about cost, inefficiency and its suitability for key sectors.
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Scotland’s new planning framework undermined by reliance on climate techno-fixes
NPF4 is step in the right direction in tackling the climate emergency it is seriously undermined by an over reliance on carbon capture and hydrogen
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Damning Carbon Capture report exposes ‘significant risk’ of Peterhead power station plans
New research further undermines carbon capture technology calling it “wildly unrealistic as a climate solution”
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New fossil gas power station at Peterhead must be rejected on climate grounds, say campaigners
The plan flies in the face of the clear and pressing need to cut the use of fossil fuels, as recommended by climate scientists and energy experts.
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FoES objection to new gas-fired Peterhead power station
Submission to Scottish Government urging them to reject application for a new gas-fired power station.
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