Scotland’s renewable energy industry and its supply chain supported more than 47,000 jobs and supported £15.5 billion of output in 2022, new figures show, amid continuing disputes about how many fossil-fuel jobs are at risk under the green new industrial deal. Using the latest data available, Strathclyde University’s Fraser of Allander Institute reports that offshore wind … [Read more...] about More green energy jobs
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Energy privatisation is a disaster for Scotland
Energy poverty is when you can’t afford to heat your home or cook your food. Almost a third - 31% - of Scots are in this category, That is more than double the rate in England. It is far higher than any EU country - and four times the levels of countries like Scandinavia or Ireland. The irony is that Scotland is rich in energy resources - Scotland makes 16% of … [Read more...] about Energy privatisation is a disaster for Scotland
Paying the price for net zero
European countries are reneging on their climate commitments and scaling back investment in the new green industrial deal. After January 20, when the second Trumpian dystopia begins, the White House will systematically shred the plans - and undermine the achievements - of Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act that promised investment of up to $3trn in clean energy and … [Read more...] about Paying the price for net zero
The excessive price of the energy Union
Much of rural Scotland - the Highlands, the islands, the Borders - does not have access to the gas grid. Because of the way energy is priced in the UK, it is much more expensive to heat your home with electricity than gas. These areas have an elderly population, a great many of whom face a shivery winter. All the colder now, because of the Labour government’s withdrawal of the … [Read more...] about The excessive price of the energy Union
Just transition is correct response to Europe’s far right
‘Kiss goodbye to the European Green Deal,’ Simon Hix of the European University Institute glibly remarked as the results of the European elections rolled in. Voters had swung to the far right, with a backlash against ‘net zero’ European Union policies on greenhouse-gas emissions, as pundits far and wide had predicted. But had they? As backdrop, over the next five years and … [Read more...] about Just transition is correct response to Europe’s far right