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UK ministers give green light to new North Sea oil and gas operations

Climate campaigners are threatening legal action after the UK Government gave its backing to an expansion of oil and gas operations in the North Sea. The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) is now expected to undertake a new round of oil and gas ...

22 Sept 2022 at 16:40

Scotland

Campaigners call for details over plans to reduce car use by 20%

Environmental campaigners have called on the Scottish Government to detail how they will reduce car travel by 20% as they mark Car Free Day. The annual event highlights how communities could be improved with fewer vehicles on the road with events ...

22 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

North Sea oil and gas industry ‘on track to meet emission reduction targets’

The North Sea oil and gas industry is on track to meet early emissions reduction targets, according to new analysis from the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA). The organisation, formerly known as the Oil and Gas Authority, said the sector ...

21 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Action plan for environmental rights woefully inadequate, say campaigners

Campaigners have branded a UK and Scottish Government action plan to deliver on environmental rights as “woefully inadequate”. An analysis of the submitted action plan outlining the UK’s compliance with the Aarhus Convention, by Friends of ...

01 Aug 2022 at 19:07

Scotland

Scotland not doing enough to cut back on use of resources, say campaigners

Campaigners are demanding Scotland does more to cut back on the use of materials as Thursday marked the day humans will have used up their quota of the Earth’s biological resources. The Global Footprint Network said this year’s Earth ...

28 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Journeys made by public transport fell by 349m in first year of pandemic

The number of public transport journeys made in Scotland fell by 349 million during the first year of the pandemic, according to latest figures. Data from Transport Scotland showed that public transport journeys fell by 70%, with ...

23 Mar 2022 at 13:25

Environment group set to make new arguments to coal mine inquiry inspector

An environmental campaign group says it aims to present new arguments to a planning inspector who oversaw an inquiry into proposals to open a deep coal mine in Cumbria. Friends of the Earth says a ruling by Court of Appeal ...

18 Feb 2022 at 18:25

Scotland

Scottish council election candidates urged to prioritise climate change

Prioritising transport and waste management should be the priority of the upcoming council elections to tackle climate change, environmental activists have said. Friends of the Earth Scotland said the May 5 elections will ...

11 Apr 2022 at 17:25

Shell confirms licence extended for controversial Cambo oil field

UK authorities have granted the Cambo oil field a licence extension – with environmental campaigners claiming the move keeps the controversial project on “life support”. The licence for developing the area, which lies to ...

30 Mar 2022 at 16:25

Newly-approved oil and gas field sparks outcry from green groups

A new oil and gas field in the North Sea has been approved by the UK Government – a move that has prompted a damning response from environmental campaigners. The Abigail field, which lies about 233km (145 miles) from ...

01 Feb 2022 at 15:25

Scotland

Scotland urged to ‘live up to promises’ on planned deposit return scheme

Scotland needs to “live up to our promises” and implement its deposit return scheme (DRS) as planned next year, campaigners have insisted. They insisted ministers must not push back the roll-out of the initiative ...

21 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Chancellor’s budget shows his head is ‘buried in the sand’, say green groups

The Chancellor has been accused of keeping his head “buried in the sand” and committing public money to expensive solutions to the climate and energy crisis. Jeremy Hunt reiterated in the Spring Budget the ...

15 Mar 2023 at 16:53

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