The Scottish Government has ignored repeated warnings on the Acorn project and is putting its climate commitments at risk by continuing to rely on ‘the fairytale of carbon capture’, say campaigners.

Environmental campaigners have staged a “fossil fuels are scary” Halloween themed demonstration at the First Minister’s residence in Edinburgh. They said there were “no treats for John Swinney” and ...

A win for passengers as Perth and Kinross Council bring some local bus services in-house. Public transport should be in ...

Campaigners say the UK Government has cut support for the Acorn carbon capture project and an end to "blank cheques” for it.

New research shows how public ownership of buses, energy, and retrofit can deliver for workers, communities and climate ...

Current data centre capacity in Scotland is around 50MW across a network of small data centres which support internet use and ...

Climate campaigners have slammed the decision by Scottish Government Ministers today to approve a huge new fossil gas burning power station at Peterhead, labelling it a “catastrophic failure” to ...

Back in April YFoES spoke at an Inclusion Scotland panel on the topic of eco ableism. This blog is a summary of what we spoke about and draws on the thoughts of our Access and Inclusion Working Group ...

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Last week, we released a report called ‘Unearthing Injustice’ which looked at the harm being caused by ‘transition minerals’ – the minerals that we’ll need more of as we transition away from fossil ...

It’s September 2024 and in the countryside just outside of Nottingham, England, something momentous is taking place: the UK’s last coal power station is closing and with it ends Britain’s coal age.[1] ...

The movement for a just transition to a renewable powered and zero-fossil-fuel Scotland has been pushing for change for decades. The need for action has never been clearer, and yet progress remains ...