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Carbon pollution from incinerators rises by 100,000 tonnes
Carbon pollution from three waste incinerators in Scotland rose by over 100,000 tonnes in a year, according to new
New Cambo owner on UN blacklist for doing business in the West Bank
The parent company of the firm which owns the Cambo oil field is on a United Nations blacklist for doing
Gas lobby enlists academics to hone hydrogen PR before Fife trial
The UK gas lobby has enlisted sociologists from an English university to help hone its messaging on why hydrogen should
Financial giant accused of blocking new green homes in Fife
Campaigners in Aberdour say that financial services giant Legal and General’s “disappointing” environmental policy has prevented new sustainable homes
Drinks giant Diageo fined £1.2m for climate breaches
The multinational drinks giant, Diageo, has been been fined £1.2 million for failing to report climate pollution, according to
NatWest has lent £3 billion to North Sea firms since Paris Agreement
The Scottish bank, NatWest, issued loans worth nearly £3bn to the biggest firms operating in the North Sea oil industry
Sepa under fire for ‘unacceptable’ payments to oil lobby
Environmental campaigners have called on the Scottish Government’s green watchdog to cancel its “unacceptable” membership of the trade association
MSPs lobbying at £200 a head dinner sparks call for better transparency rules
A dozen Scots politicians, including two government ministers, were wined and dined by companies at a £200 per head dinner
Scottish Government urged to ditch ‘gas guzzling’ high speed trains
Environmentalists have told the Scottish Government to replace a fleet of “gas guzzling” high speed trains — which require three times
Pollution data permanently lost because of cyber attack
Information on thousands of environmental checks and pollution breaches over 15 months has been permanently lost because of a cyber
Edinburgh investment firms funding new ‘climate destroying’ projects in North Sea
Two Edinburgh-based investment firms are shareholders in an energy company which plans to develop two of the largest untapped oil
Beyond Cambo: 1bn tonnes of pollution in UK oil and gas pipeline
Twenty-nine new North Sea oil and gas projects, which together could cause nearly one billion tonnes of carbon pollution, are