SCOTLAND must set up an environmental court if it is to have any real power to tackle related crime after Brexit, the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was told today. Highlands and Islands MSP John Swinney said the country faced seeing legislation “torn apart” as a result of Brexit unless ministers act. His intervention comes after calls …
MARK Ruskell, the Scottish Green Party’s Energy and Environment spokesman, has warned more work is needed to ensure a ban on fracking in Scotland can be made permanent While the Scottish Government has extended a moratorium on fracking operations in Scotland, other factors including Brexit, changes of government and legal challenges remain possibilities. He says …
THE Scottish Green Party has warned work still needs to be done to ensure Scotland is free from the spectre of fracking. It welcomed the Scottish Government’s extension of the moratorium on its use across the country. But it warned it stopped short of an outright ban and called for moves to make it “watertight” …
SCOTLAND’S energy minister Paul Wheelhouse told the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh today: “The Scottish Government will not support the development of unconventional oil and gas in Scotland. “Having taken account of the interests of the environment, our economy, public health and the overwhelming majority of public opinion, the decision I am announcing today means fracking …
THE Scottish Government have killed off hopes for an environmental court blaming the uncertainty over Brexit for the decision. But they have been savaged by green groups who say it leaves Scotland weak and ties organisations up in red tape. In the conclusions of a consultation on the idea published today, ministers confirmed the idea …
FRIENDS of the Earth Scotland are calling on the Scottish Government to push ahead with a complete ban on fracking – or risk seeing its controversial use being railroaded through by Westminster post Brexit. Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said they are “alarmed” to learn Holyrood could face a power …
THE Scottish Green Party has released a short film as part of their campaign against fracking. It comes as the Scottish Government prepares to make a decision on whether or not to allow the gas drilling process. Fracking has been condemned as “dangerous and unnecessary” by the Scottish Greens.
THE Scottish Government has been challenged to put a green economy at the heart of its new legislative agenda and to make sweeping changes to its proposed Climate Bill. Scotland’s parliament returns to Holyrood today, with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon expected to lay out her government’s plans for this session later this week. Scottish Green …
