What a way to earn a living
Lockdowns to repress the spread of Covid 19 can’t be said to have many upsides. Isolation, inability to socialise or see family members who are in care homes or hospitals. Life centred around the...
Category: Climate Change
The UK is a voluntary union of nations
“I’m going to set out briefly the ongoing regret the Scottish Government feels over Brexit. I will then explain some of the ways in which the Scottish Government will respond to Brexit. And in...
A just low carbon transition
Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, gave a keynote speech in Oslo on Wednesday at the annual conference of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise where she issued a strong call for Scottish-Norwegian collaboration on carbon...
Working the Continent’s canapé circuit
Until the general election was called, a few posts could be seen on social media complaining about the SNP’s downgrading of independence as it marshalled its arguments against Brexit (a Brexit that will devastate...
“This is what Fort William should look like?”
Stavanger – Norway’s fourth largest city, its oil capital, and a new bank headquarters with a very positive environmental story. Alastair Campbell’s article (yes, we know!) in the New European – The wooden wonder...
Greenhouse gases reached record high in 2018
According to an article by George Lee of RTÉ the concentration of heat-trapping Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached another record high last year with the World Meteorogical Organisation indication the continuing long-term trend...
Good news for Eyemouth
Eyemouth Harbour Trust has announced it has been chosen as preferred port for the O&M base for Neart na Gaoithe Offshore wind farm, 15km off the Fife coast. Scottish Renewables Chief Executive Claire Mack...
Why is John Lamont ashamed to be a Conservative?
Tory candidates in Scotland are hiding their party allegiance in their election literature and it looks like a national strategy to save their seats. Clearly they think promoting any connection with the Conservative Party...
The Green New Deal: how to make it happen
Summary by Richard Murphy of an ambitious plan to tackle climate breakdown at the scale and speed set out by science. Follow the steps here. You can download the full paper here.
