Hundreds of people joined hands across the Forth Road Bridge this weekend to protest against proposals to carry out Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) at a number of sites across the Forth. One of the companies who hold UCG licenses around the Firths of Forth is Cluff Natural Recourses who are proposing to develop Scotland’s […]
This week in parliament I spoke to a range of organisations who were working in coalition to highlight the dangers of climate change and call on the Scottish government to take a lead in climate change issues ahead of The 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on […]
Today Tom Greatrex, Scottish Labour’s Shadow Energy Minister and MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, commented on the UK Governments support for Labour plans to devolve the remaining parts of the shale gas framework, to the Scottish Government. Mr Greatrex stated that the Westminster Government have belatedly conceded to Scottish Labour amendments which will see […]