Month: June 2020

OPINION: Why The Scotsman is looking at ‘Sustainable Scotland’

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The Scotsman has launched a campaign aimed at focusing on ‘Sustainable Scotland’. Here its commercial editor Stephen Emerson explains why: Throughout 2020 and beyond, The Scotsman will celebrate the initiatives, people and companies that are driving Scotland’s economy and way of life towards a greener and more sustainable model. As the country begins to emerge …

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‘If we do not change the entire energy system, we are deluding ourselves’

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Growth in renewable power needs to be supported by action elsewhere otherwise it will fail to reach its full potential, a hard hitting new report says. Inertia in areas such as transport and heating means overall, global hunger for energy keeps increasing and eats up progress. So says REN21’s Renewables 2020 Global Status Report (GSR), released today. …

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Oil industry ‘disingenuous’ to claim it is going green say campaigners

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Environmental campaigners are accusing the oil and as industry of trying to underplay the effects its products have on climate change – after industry bosses committed to making improvements in their production process. Oil & Gas UK claims the industry is embarking on a new effort to cut emissions in how it extracts fossil fuels. …

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