Environment

People’s movement still essential to dump Trident

January 31, 2015 // 0 Comments

by David Mackenzie, Scrap Trident Coalition Those of us who have spent years in the nuclear disarmament effort are rubbing our eyes. The UK’s nuclear weapon system is publicly centre stage in a way ...

Report: meat industry endangers the planet

January 18, 2015 // 0 Comments

by Roz Paterson Twelve months to save the planet! At the end of this year, world leaders will gather in Paris for a series of photo opps, some free bottled water…oh yeah, and to hammer down a ...

Trident moves centre stage

December 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

by David McKenzie, Scrap Trident Coalition In the early days of the Yes campaign, I recall having sometimes to argue for a place for UK nukes within the list of critical issues. This changed as time ...

The anti-fracking battle is not lost

October 22, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Roz Paterson There was a story in the Daily Mail a while back, maybe you missed it, concerning the tragic case of some affluent homeowners whose houses had suddenly become, relatively, valueless. ...

Dump Trident and strengthen peace

September 4, 2014 // 0 Comments

by Isobel Lindsay, leading peace activist For the first time in over 50 years, Scotland has a realistic chance of getting rid of nuclear weapons here and of making a significant contribution to ...

What will an indy Scotland do for our environment?

August 23, 2014 // 0 Comments

by John Finnie MSP So, what will an independent Scotland do for Scotland’s precious environment? Launching the Scottish Government’s new paper ‘Scotland’s Future and the ...

Oppose the nuclear waste sea move plan

August 1, 2014 // 0 Comments

by John Finnie MSP In 2006 George Monbiot wrote a fascinating article on Dounreay, the Nuclear Power Plant near Thurso in Caithness. He states, “In 1954 the nuclear industry, shielded from public ...