Reported by: Original Source: Source link Fife Ethylene Plant (©: Richard Webb) Around 2,000 people have contacted the Scottish Government’s Environment Secretary to demand immediate protection for local communities affected by pollution from Mossmorran’s Fife Ethylene Plant. There are demands for Roseanna Cunningham to meet local residents to hear their concerns. An online […]
SNP resignations: par for the course or reason to worry? – Auto Republish
Reported by: Original Source: Source link AS I write, seven sitting SNP MSPs, including two current ministers, have announced they are standing down at the Holyrood election in May 2021. For the record, they are Michael Russell, James Dornan, Bruce Crawford, Richard Lyle, Stewart Stevenson, Gail Ross and Aileen Campbell. Now seven (so far) out […]
Mike Small: Coronavirus is not the only crisis the world is facing – Auto Republish
Reported by: Original Source: Source link IT’S eerily fascinating to watch our collective reactions to the global pandemic we are faced with and contrast it to our attitudes to climate change. One is personal – there’s nothing like the prospect of imminent death to focus the mind – and immediate, the other is still largely […]
Dunfermline women excel in engineering – Auto Republish
Reported by: Original Source: Source link DUNFERMLINE women are proving that engineering is not just jobs for the boys. At the Fife Ethylene Plant at Mossmorran, more and more females are choosing to make a career in the field. In the last decade the number of females joining the apprenticeship programme has seen a steady […]
t is only the few who should be compensated – Auto Republish
Reported by: Original Source: Source link COMPENSATION from the Mossmorran Complex seems to make all the Council and Committees jump on the bandwagon. The community councils are ‘meant’ to help make public bodies aware of opinions and needs of the individuals and townsfolk of Cowdenbeath and Lochgelly. All compensation going into a community pot is […]
MSP writes to First Minister and asks her not to play “cheap party politics with Mossmorran” – Auto Republish
Reported by: Original Source: Source link MSP Alex Rowley has repeated his call for an independent inquiry that looks at the condition of the plant following Tuesday night’s flaring and asking the question why does it keeps breaking down and what the impact is on the health and wellbeing of the people who live in […]
Greens demand an independent inquiry into Mossmorran in Fife (petition) : Scotland – Auto Republish
Reported by: Original Source: Source link Terms of reference would really matter for this. If the objective is to get the plant closed, versus just making sure the current owners stick to regulations, I can’t see that gaining political support. I live locally, and the flaring is a nuisance, but there’s lots of skilled and […]
MSP questions First Minister on flaring issue – Auto Republish
Reported by: Original Source: Source link FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told the Scottish Parliament that ExxonMobil, ‘must take all the necessary steps to reduce the impact of the Fife Ethylene Plant on residents.’ Ms Sturgeon was replying to a question on the Tuesday afternoon and night flaring at the Mossmorran plant after a compressor […]
MSPs bring gravity and focus to coronavirus debate – Auto Republish
Reported by: Original Source: Source link Image copyright PA Media Image caption Holyrood’s leaders had serious, measured exchanges about the coronavirus threat Nothing concentrates the mind quite like malady and mortality. So it proved when opposition leaders arose to question Nicola Sturgeon at Holyrood. They eschewed partisan discourse and focused instead on the potential threat […]
