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Money should be invested in working climate solutions – not industry greenwash

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Money should be invested in working climate solutions – not industry greenwash

The Scottish Government has pledged over £100 million to this industry and has refused to rule out using hydrogen from fossil fuels.

Aberdeenshire Councillors missed the opportunity to trigger a public inquiry into the contoversial proposals.
SSE wants to build an extra fossil fuelled power plant at Peterhead.

Scotland needs a fully renewable energy systems by 2030.

The current Peterhead plant is Scotland’s biggest polluter producing over 1 million tonnes of climate changing gases each year.

Climate campaigners say that instead of being over-reliant on these ‘dangerous distractions’ Ministers should be rolling out climate solutions that will rapidly cut fossil fuel use.



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