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UK Government told to overrule Holyrood’s underground gas ban
A lobby group with ties to the Tory Party wants Westminster to overrule Scotland's ban on underground gas extraction.
September 23, 2022
Glasgow University criticised for investing in firm linked to Trump’s ‘inhumane’ immigration sector
Students have called on the University of Glasgow to divest from a company linked to Donald Trump’s US immigration enforcement operations which resulted in 13,000 children being separated from their families.
November 25, 2021
Scottish Government urged big oil to use young people to boost COP26 message
The Scottish Government urged the oil and gas industry to use “the voices of young people” for “powerful messaging” at the COP26 climate summit.
November 11, 2021
Scots universities have shares worth £2m in firms linked to West Bank settlements
Scottish universities have shares worth more than £2m in companies linked to the West Bank, it has been revealed, leading to calls for disinvestment.
February 7, 2021
Scots university members of green COP26 network invest £5.2m in fossil fuels and arms
Scots universities signed up to a COP26 network have shares worth nearly £5.2 million in fossil fuel firms and arms companies causing pollution.
January 24, 2021
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September 4, 2020
Do not give Ineos £500m Covid bail-out, say campaigners
Over a hundred campaigners are asking the Scottish and UK governments not to bail out the petrochemical giant, Ineos, during the coronavirus crisis.
May 28, 2020
Scots pension funds invest more than £100m in controversial Canadian gas pipeline
Critics say the project "threatens pristine environments and would provide huge new sources of climate pollution."
March 16, 2020
Ineos ends bid to drill for coal gas in central Scotland
The Grangemouth multinational, Ineos, has withdrawn its bid to drill for underground coal gas in central Scotland, ending a ten-year controversy.
March 14, 2020