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Fossil Fuels
14 posts
Claim Patrick Harvie said industry must die is False
An edited video suggested that Patrick Harvie wanted industry in Scotland to die.
Claim that climate change will be worse if we don’t develop new oil and gas in North Sea is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim about the expansion of North Sea oil and gas.
Ineos sponsorship cancelled by cinemas
A leading cinema chain has ditched a sponsorship deal with the Grangemouth petrochemical giant, Ineos, following pressure from filmmakers.
Revealed: The Bermuda-based firm crucial to new North Sea oil
A firm in Bermuda is providing insurance coverage to companies behind two of the biggest and most controversial new oil fields in the North Sea.
‘Killing us all’: stories from the front line of the climate crisis
Pollution and environmental extractivism are devastating for human health as well as the planet, according to campaigners. As COP26 delegates return home, three activists from across the globe tell their stories.
FFS explains: carbon capture and storage
Ferret Fact Service explains carbon capture and storage, and what its impact could be in the fight against climate change.
Lothian Pension Fund’s investment in fossil fuels up by almost 40 per cent
Lothian Pension Fund’s investments in fossil fuels has increased by £64 million - almost 40 per cent - since last year, according to new research.
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.
Baillie Gifford ‘hypocrisy’ on £400m fossil fuel investments
An investment firm with £400m in fossil fuels is under attack for "hypocrisy" after it urged the Scottish Government to cut carbon pollution.
