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Climate makes it to the ballot box in Scotland
An oil platform standing amongst other rigs that have been left in the Cromarty Firth near Invergordon in the Highlands of Scotland
PUBLIC rejection of its climate policy was at the heart of the SNP and Scottish Tories’ election collapse, environmental campaigners said today.
Greenpeace UK head of climate Mel Evans accused the SNP of avoiding “the issue of new oil and gas like the plague” and the Tories of starting a “drilling frenzy” in the North Sea.
She said: “In contrast, Labour have been very vocal about boosting our energy independence through reducing reliance on oil and gas.
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