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The latest Transition Black Isle news can be found below.

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Wealthy western countries lead in global oil and gas expansion

04 August 2024

The US and the UK . . criticized for ‘hypocrisy’ on climate pledges The Guardian   Wednesday 24 Jul 2024 Oliver Milman and Nina Lakhani, with graphics by Andrew Witherspoon ...
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August newsletters

28 July 2024

The start of the month is newsletter time - first of all another excellent issue of our own, produced unaided by Anne Thomas, and August issues from several like-minded groups and organisations.&...
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Julian's new article on Black Isle paths

22 July 2024

Julian Paren has written a new article on Core Paths of the Black Isle for the Geograph website, to which he regularly contributes photographs.  He explains the concept of Core Paths as designate...
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Long jail terms for Just Stop Oil protesters

18 July 2024

Four and five year jail terms handed out to five Just Stop Oil activists who planned a protest to block the M25 in November 2022 have been condemned as excessive.  The five, who were hoping to fo...
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We are part of the rapidly expanding worldwide Transition Towns movement. The Black Isle is a peninsula of about 100 sq miles ENE of Inverness in Scotland, UK.