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Greenpeace Campaigners Stop BP Rig Bound for North Sea, Stalling Fossil Fuel Giant's Plan to Extract 30 Million Barrels of Oil

Citing Recent Protests, Wales Declares Climate Emergency

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Activists inflated a huge warming earth globe outside Scottish government headquarters at St Andrew's House in Edinburgh in 2017 to highlight the emergency of climate change.

Announcement comes days before UK vote in Commons on possible climate emergency declaration.

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Scottish Protesters Greet 'Tiny-Fingered, Cheeto-Faced, Ferret-Wearing Shitgibbon' Trump with Even Better Signs Than English

Jon Queally, staff writer

A day after historic protests in London, U.S. president faces energized and...

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'Well Below Par': Paraglider Fly-By Swipes Trump at President's Scottish Golf Resort

Jon Queally, staff writer

"We've hit [the U.S. president] where it hurts - at his golf course. Trump does...

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After Overwhelming Public Opposition, Scotland Announces Fracking Ban

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As Scotland Vows 100% Transition to Electric Cars, US Caves to Auto Industry's Dirty Demands

Pennsylvanians Beg Scotland to Reject First Shipment of US Fracked Gas

Grounded 17,000-Ton Oil Rig Leaking Diesel Near Rare North Sea Habitat

Theresa May Says "Yes," She's Prepared to Kill Hundreds of Thousands in Nuke Attack

Passing Ban, Scottish Parliament Declares: 'No Ifs, No Buts, No Fracking'

People Demand 'Banks for the Common Good' to Overthrow Multinational Behemoths

Grassroots Groups Beg Scottish MPs to Stop US Corporate Power Grab

Standing Firm, Scotland Pushes GMO Ban

Hawaii to Norway to Scotland: Divestment Movement Racks Up Wins

Britain Votes in 'Down to the Wire' Election

Separatist Scots Could be Deciding Vote as UK Heads to Polls

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Friends of the Earth Scotland

1,000 Organisations End Investment in Fossil Fuel Companies

Friends of the Earth Scotland

Fury at SNP Climate Hypocrisy

Friends of the Earth

Business 2020 Climate Group To Wind Up

Friends of the Earth

Ineos Legal Challenge To Scottish Fracking Ban Reeks Of Desperation

Friends of the Earth

Scottish Government Urged To Act On Climate Emergency

Food & Water Watch

Scotland Bans Fracking. The UK and U.S. Should as Well

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Juan Cole

75% of Scotland's Electricity Now Green; All Cars Electric by 2032

Richard Leonard

'You Shall Not Pass': Why Scotland Stands Against Trump

Juan Cole

Three Countries Show How Near a 100% Green Grid Is

Juan Cole

Wind Powered All of Scotland in October and Other Renewable Success Stories

Juan Cole

As Trump & Pruitt Unleash Climate Demons, Scientists Dream of Atlantic Wind Farm

Shaun Burnie

Five Years on and the Fukushima Crisis Is Far From Over

Kezia Dugdale

People My Age Have Had Their Aspirations Crushed by Austerity - It's Time to Change That

David Morris

Scotland and Catalonia: Fraternal But Not Twins

John Hopkins

How the UK’s Establishment Stamped on Scottish Independence

Rupert Read

Scotland Stays, But UK Needs a Constitutional Convention Now