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The climate change and environmental emergency: a comprehensive resource for journalists, politicians, policy makers, activists and citizens
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'Gambling with public safety': Warnings as cracks rise at Torness nuclear plant
2024-07-21 in The National | Scottish NewsTHE number of cracks in the core of an ageing nuclear reactor at Torness in East Lothian has risen to 46, prompting warnings that prolonging its…
Tagged under: Nuclear Power
The Tory donors with links to fossil fuel interests and climate denial - see the list
2023-08-02 (or before) in The National | Scottish NewsTHE Conservatives have received millions of pounds in donations from climate deniers and those with interests in the fossil fuel industry ahead of…
Why GDP doesn't work, and what Scotland should replace it with
2023-05-29 (or before) in The National | Scottish NewsLAST week the Beyond Growth Conference, the biggest European conference to discuss an alternative economic model, took place in Brussels. Over…
Tagged under: Economics | GDP | Economic Growth
'Mind-boggling' UK Government silence as Scottish renewables industry urges action
2023-05-13 (or before) in The National | Scottish NewsIT is “mind-boggling” that the UK Government has not delivered on its own promises to support the delivery of key renewables projects in…
Tagged under: Renewable Energy
Researchers warn of looming 'insect apocalypse' under current conservation rules
2022-02-04 (or before) in The National | Scottish NewsCURRENT UK conservation policies fail to protect important insect species 'vital for our everyday lives and future existence’, according to new…
Tagged under: Insects
Dangerous sewage can be dumped in rivers and sea after Brexit chemical shortage
2021-10-22 (or before) in The National | Scottish NewsSEWAGE that has not been properly cleaned has been allowed by the government to be dumped into rivers and the sea over Brexit disruption.
Tagged under: Rivers
Senior Tories 'peddling climate conspiracies' weeks before COP26
2021-10-14 (or before) in The National | Scottish NewsTHE Scottish Greens have called on Boris Johnson to remove "dangerous Trumpian extremism" from his party if he is to have any credibility…
Tagged under: COP26
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