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North Sea Oil
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‘Special access’: Oil giants lobby Yousaf at private dinner
Oil giants lobbied first minister Humza Yousaf to publicly endorse the North Sea industry and criticised the Scottish Government’s
What plans does the Scottish Government have for tackling climate change?
As the impacts of the climate crisis become more significant, the Scottish Government has put in place targets to reduce
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
Scottish Government missed climate targets in five of seven sectors
The Scottish Government has missed its targets on reducing climate emissions in five of the seven sectors set out in
Governments attacked for boosting pollution from North Sea oil
The UK will cause 361 million tonnes of carbon pollution by increasing North Sea oil production since the climate emergency
Scottish Government attacked for COP26 ‘choreography’ with big oil
Climate campaigners have branded the Scottish Government “disgraceful” for consulting the oil and gas industry on “choreography around COP26” at
UK Government promoting climate programme alongside fossil fuel polluters
A UN climate programme the UK Government is using as a criteria to decide which companies can access COP26 is
Cambo oil firm under fire over tax haven
The main developer behind the controversial Cambo oil field north west of Shetland is ultimately owned in an offshore tax
£250bn: the cost of giving tax breaks to North Sea oil firms
The UK government has lost over £250 billion in 13 years by giving generous tax breaks to North Sea oil
Climate ‘under threat’ from new fossil fuel facilities in Scotland
A raft of new fossil fuel developments being planned across Scotland will lock the country into polluting the climate for
Claim that Scotland produces more oil than Abu Dhabi and Dubai is Mostly False
The value of oil in the North Sea has been hotly debated in Scotland for decades and was a key