Electricity price reform shows need to move on from fossil fuels
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Press Releases
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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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“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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Free Peterhead film club promises ‘Reel Change’
Peterhead residents are being invited to join a new free film club featuring monthly screenings of films telling global stories of the big issues facing the world
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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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Objection to Peterhead gas project
There are major concerns over this project’s climate impact – both in Scotland and overseas.
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