This election must be about creating a green, wellbeing economy and generating the green jobs we need to transition away from fossil fuels.
Forward and back on climate
Good climate commitments are being undermined by UK and Scottish Government faith in far-off technical fixes.
When you’re in a hole, it’s time to stop digging
Coined in the 1950s the psychology term cognitive dissonance has become popularly understood to mean a situation where a person holds two completely contradictory beliefs without seeming to comprehend the problem with this. Cognitive dissonance is very much in evidence …
Out of time on oil
A new report on the gap between the climate change goals and oil and gas ambitions shows that the current double-think can't go on.
Circular Economy targets needed
Scotland has a very good reputation for our circular economy thinking but now is the time to make the idea a reality.
Shell’s 50th anniversary in the North Sea – 50 years of climate change
Is there really much to celebrate as Shell reach 50 years of working in the North Sea?
Car obsessed transport policy has to change
Scottish Government’s draft climate change plan is supposed to show how each sector of the economy is going to help cut overall emissions by 66% by 2030. Traffic predictions suggest transport isn't planning on doing its fair share.
Let’s be climate leaders in 2017
Many people would rather forget 2016 and its catalogue of mistakes, disasters and deaths. The election of Trump poses a real threat to environmental progress and climate action. Richard looks ahead to a busy 2017 for climate campaigning and getting Scotland on the path to a fossil free future.
Marrakech blog – still waiting for action on climate change
For a while this meeting looked like it might be that rarest of things, a UN climate conference that actually finished on time rather than running into Saturday or even Sunday. But, true to UN form, talks broke down last night.
Marrakech blog – Paris Agreement gets going but much to resolve
Ministers and heads of state came to the COP today. Finance has been a big issue with rich nations shirking responsibilities and scepticism that more money or action will emerge.
Marrakech blog – urgent action needed and still possible despite Trump
Yesterday at the UN Climate Conference in Marrakech a broad coalition of development, union, faith and environment groups laid out their analysis of where the world is heading and the urgent action that is needed to meet the targets agreed …
EU departure means a tough fight to protect our environment
In 1993 the Norwegian Environment Minister called John Gummer, the UK Environment Secretary, a drittsekk – a shitbag– because of the massive impact on Scandinavian lakes and forest of acid rain caused by emissions from British power stations. In the …