Public money shouldn’t be poured into Carbon Capture projects
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Press Releases
Find the latest Friends of the Earth Scotland press releases
Programme for Government reaction
Programme confirms the promises from the SNP -Greens co-operation agreement, but gives disappointingly little further detail on timescales or processes.
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Peterhead Carbon Capture Plans Will Delay Transition From Fossil Fuels
The gas power station is one of Scotland’s largest polluters.
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MSP reports must mean ‘reality check’ in Government Climate Plan
Committees heard expert evidence that plans lacked policy detail, lacked transparency in key calculations and were over-reliant on speculative technologies.
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Minister to be challenged on whether Climate Change Plan “adds up”
Experts and campaigners have questioned the modelling used by Government officials and challenged the over-reliance on illusory Negative Emission Technologies
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Negative Emissions Technologies in the Climate Change Plan update
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Carbon Capture & Storage can’t solve the climate crisis, says new report
Despite years of political and financial support, there is no working CCS plants in the UK today.
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Report: Fossil Fuel Carbon Capture & Storage
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Climate Change Plan Update Must Deliver Transformational Change
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