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Greta Thunberg
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Authors raise concerns over Baillie Gifford’s sponsorship of Edinburgh International Book Festival
More than 50 authors due to appear at the Edinburgh International Book Festival have called on the event to drop Baillie Gifford as a sponsor if the firm continues to invest in fossil fuels.
Greta Thunberg pulls out of book festival event after Ferret revelations
Thunberg said she could not "attend an event which receives sponsorship from Baillie Gifford, who invest heavily in the fossil fuel industry."
Book festival sponsor has major investments in fossil fuels
The book festival will this year host climate activists including Greta Thunberg, but its sponsor, Baillie Gifford, has significant investments in firms involved in the coal, oil and gas sectors.
Scottish Government gave £8m of green funds to coal firm’s project
The Scottish Government gave £8.6m of green funding to a coal firm's biomass project.
Glasgow spent ten million on agency cleansing workers
Glasgow City Council has spent almost £10m on agency workers to empty bins and deal with recycling in the last five years, we can reveal.
FFS explains: the A to Z of COP26
Ferret Fact Service explains some of the climate change jargon you may hear during COP26.
FFS explains: Scotland’s climate targets ahead of COP26
Ferret Fact Service looks at the Scottish Government's climate targets.
Public sector accused of paying ‘lip service’ to climate emergency
The public sector in Scotland is being urged to step up its efforts to tackle the climate emergency, after a survey revealed that most government bodies have done little or nothing in response.
Community climate projects axed as funding halved by Scottish Government
The Scottish Government has quietly halved funding for communities tackling climate pollution, depriving 43 local projects of grants and putting people out of work.
