“The central green commitment of the Scottish Government’s economic recovery plan is an auction block of Scotland’s resources in the form of a Green Investment Portfolio.”
Climate Change
The case of Alexander Dennis, the bus builder based in Falkirk now expected to axe 650 jobs, highlights the need for government to think big about how it tackles this economic crisis. Alexander Dennis is the leading bus manufacturer in the UK, and a world leader in double-decker bus manufacturing. It has developed the ability […]
Scotland needs the skills at Alexander Dennis, one way or another
A new study has found a record-breaking heatwave in Siberia was made 600 times more likely by man-made climate change. Temperatures in the far north of Russia were more than five degrees above normal from January to June this year, causing permafrost to melt and forest fires to proliferate, which in turn increased more carbon […]
How do we avoid crisis-fatigue?
Transformational land reform is an opportunity for us all. However, “Scotland’s powerful landowning lobby have a strong vested interest in maintaining the status-quo. Grouse shooting is part of that status-quo.”
‘They will have to commit and they will have to act’: Revive manifesto lays down challenge to Scottish politics
“We should put a premium on building a wider independence movement – one that can involve thousands of new campaigners won to the new case for a new world. One which presents solutions to climate change and the social ills of poverty, inequality and unemployment with one hand.”
Jonathon Shafi: Addressing climate change must be central to a post-Covid case for independence
“The Covid crisis is demonstrating why, in order to bring about a greener and more equitable society, the social, economic and environmental reforms we need to be making now are wide-ranging and long-term.”
Eliminating fuel poverty in a post-Covid world
“Scotland is uniquely placed to produce hydrogen at scale much cheaper and efficiently than most other countries.”
Gordon Morgan: The necessity of a Scottish hydrogen strategy
“Luckily, just as causes for pandemics and environmental degradation are related, so too are the solutions: state intervention and following science.”