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Key worker protesters, including a cleaner, a doctor and a carer, as well as Scottish Youth Climate Strikers, hold a banner saying "Recovery for People and Planet" outside St Andrew's House, the headquarters of the Scottish Government, in Edinburgh
CAMPAIGNERS have pleaded with Glasgow councillors to fully divest hundreds of millions of pounds of public money from fossil fuel companies as climate activists revealed the shocking stakes Scotland’s largest city has in polluting industries.
Friends of the Earth (FoE) Scotland estimates that the Strathclyde Pension Fund, run by Glasgow City Council, invests £836 million in fossil fuel companies responsible for driving the climate emergency.
The research showed that companies involved include BP, Chevron and Shell and claimed the fund’s fossil fuel stake had grown by £218 million since 2020.
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
