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Richard Dixon

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October 2, 2022

Financing climate justice

A new report I researched and wrote for Stop Climate Chaos Scotland on fiscal measure for climate action is covered in today’s Sunday Post. It looks at how we fund climate action at home and how we make our fair …

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September 29, 2022

The real price of carbon emissions

If we valued climate-changing carbon emissions correctly we would make lots of decisions differently, including not giving the go ahead for more than 100 new oil developments or revisiting fracking. There are a number of ways to put a price …

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September 22, 2022

Sailing into disaster

Despite producing as much climate pollution as the country of Germany, international shipping has largely escaped much attention in the climate debate.  Most countries don’t even include these emissions in their official carbon accounts. Sending things by ship is efficient.  If we …

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September 15, 2022

Liz Truss can just Frack Off

Liz Truss, thinks fracking can be supplying gas to the grid in just six months.  This is as ridiculous as the rest of her energy plans. Of course, the UK Government were elected in 2019 on a manifesto which said they …

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September 8, 2022

Energy scenarios almost point the way

The long-awaited Scottish Energy Strategy is due to come out this autumn but new energy scenarios published this week contain some things to welcome but also some worrying ideas. The current Energy Strategy was published in 2017.  It contains two scenarios, …

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September 1, 2022

Swimming in sewage

Water quality at most of our beaches is improving overall but heavy rain can still dump sewage into rivers and create a health hazard. The European Bathing Waters Directive was agree in 1976 and required countries to monitor the quality …

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August 25, 2022

Sizewell C decision surely a joke

Approving another nuclear power station when we should be doing everything to reduce energy prices is surely a joke.  Reports at the weekend said that Boris Johnson had approved government funding of £6bn towards the £20-30bn estimated cost for the …

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August 18, 2022

Water scarcity and climate change

Despite the recent downpours much of Scotland is still in a state of water scarcity.  As well as protecting river flows, reservoir levels and drinking water supplies, there are good climate change reasons for saving water. Last week the Scottish Borders …

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August 11, 2022

Truss’ Brexit fundamentalism threatens environmental gains

Liz Truss’ pledge this week to scrap all EU-derived laws by 2023 is a big threat to environmental and consumer protection, even where those measures have been put into Scots’ Law. What did the EU ever do for us, as …

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August 4, 2022

Toxic chemicals escape scrutiny

A bit of Brexit ideology means we are falling behind Europe on protecting the public and the environment from toxic chemicals.  And it can only get worse. From perfume to smart phones and food to washing up liquid there are thousands …

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July 28, 2022

Courts take on climate change

Last week a landmark ruling by the UK High Court told the UK Government to go back to the drawing board on its climate plan.  Could the same happen here? I’ve written before about some of the many legal challenges that …

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July 21, 2022

Overhyped hydrogen put in its place

A recent report from Friends of the Earth busts the myth that hydrogen is a wonder fuel that is going to do everything from powering cars to heating homes.  Instead it is an expensive, energy-intensive fuel which should only be used …

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