The Gulf of Mexico spill is the US’s biggest ever environmental disaster, causing untold damage to a fragile ecosystem and threatening the livelihoods and way of life of tens of thousands of people. One of the greatest ironies of this situation is that the US taxpayer helped to fund it through tax-breaks. Subsidies for fossil fuel production in OECD countries like the US are estimated at $100 billion a year. There is increasing public outrage that at a time of considerable financial hardship, public money is being used in this way.

Monday 12th July 2010

The cross-party Short Life Working Group on annual targets is meeting over the summer to discuss annual emissions reductions targets for Scotland from now until 2022. This follows on from the Scottish Parliament rejecting the annual targets that had previously been proposed. Find out more here

Thursday 27th May 2010

The Scottish Parliament have rejected proposed targets for emissions reductions. You can find out more about this here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/10176737.stm

Commenting on the Scottish Parliament's vote today on emissions reductions, Mike Robinson, Chair of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, said:

"Today's vote by the Scottish Parliament to reject the proposed annual reductions in greenhouse gas emissions must not delay the urgent action we need if Scotland is to play its part in preventing dangerous climate change.

21st April 2010

Key measures published by the Scottish Government confirm Scotland’s 2020 climate target to cut emissions by 42% but a commitment on early action is disappointing and the full impact of aviation is being ignored.

Four Statutory Instruments laid before parliament today cover annual targets for emissions until 2022, accounting for emissions from aviation and shipping, the buying of carbon credits, and its rules on carbon accounting.

Mike Robinson, Chair of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland said:

Thank you for Asking the Climate Question!

Thank you to everyone that helped Ask the Climate Question in the run up to the election! Here’s just a snippet of what you, and the dedicated organisers of the Ask the Climate Question Campaign achieved:

• More than 13,000 e-mails were sent to candidates, Asking the Climate Question;