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What is the Just Transition? And is the Scottish Government achieving it?
These questions will be answered on episode 19 of The FFS Show.
Ali interviews environment journalist and Ferret contributor Paul Dobson, who has been digging into the figures behind the Scottish Government’s emissions targets.
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