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Starmer under attack from both sides over Rosebank

04 February 2025

Following the ruling by the Scottish Court of Session that consent granted by the previous conservative government for the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields was illegal, and the requirement...
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Protests as Just Stop Oil activists' sentences appealed

26 January 2025

BBC News  30 January 2025  Harry Low Hundreds of climate activists staged a sit-down protest outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London.   Image: BBC...
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Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields unlawful

24 January 2025

Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields unlawful on climate grounds, Scottish court rules The Scottish Court of Session has ruled that two major North Sea oil and gas fields were approved unlawfull...
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Chancellor approves Heathrow expansion

23 January 2025

The Labour chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has given her support for a third runway at Heathrow, as part of a speech on plans to boost the economy.  There are fears expansion will mean the UK will bre...
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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.