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Climate pollution from wind farms on peat ‘underestimated’
Wind farms on Scotland’s peatland could be doing much more damage to the climate than previously thought.
Councils failing to tackle climate crisis, says report
Plans by Scottish local authorities to cut carbon pollution are “deeply insufficient” and will cause Scotland to keep missing climate targets.
Revealed: the 43 peers entangled in big oil
As many as 43 members of the House of Lords have investments totalling millions of pounds and senior roles in oil and gas companies.
COP26 sponsors cause 350m tonnes of climate pollution
The 11 companies selected as “principal partners” of the COP26 climate summit caused more greenhouse gas pollution globally in 2020 than the whole of the UK.
Oil industry lobbied senior EU officials 568 times
Top-level officials from the European Commission have held 568 meetings with big oil lobbyists since 2015, according to a new study.
26 Voices: visions from across Scotland on our climate future
Twenty-six people making a difference in Scotland outline their visions for our climate future.
‘Radical action’ needed for Scottish Government to achieve Just Transition targets
The Scottish Government must take “radical action” on green job creation and ending fuel poverty if it is to achieve a Just Transition to net-zero carbon emissions,
Scottish Government missed climate targets in five of seven sectors
The Scottish Government has missed its targets on reducing climate emissions in five of the seven sectors set out in its 2018 plan to tackle climate change.
Westminster admits it could stop oil drilling at Cambo
The UK Government has accepted it has powers to stop the disputed Cambo oil development “in the public interest” after a legal challenge by campaigners.