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Reported by: Original Source: Source link I know many of you want to change the conversation. Surely it’s time for some good news? This year brought us one piece of bad news after another, so much so that we forgot about the other bad news we’d been fretting over before. The trepidations of a New-Year-No-deal-Brexit […]

Reported by: Original Source: Source link A QUARRY near Crossgates that supplies stone for new houses and roads will give a “welcome boost” to the local economy by digging deep for 40 years. Collier Quarrying and Recycling’s application to extend operations at Goathill was given the go ahead by Fife Council last week. The company […]

Reported by: Original Source: Source link IN times of national crisis like this, it’s vital that a nation’s leader communicates with its citizens. Nicola Sturgeon has done so steadfastly and with clarity, and she has demonstrated empathy and understanding for the difficulties that Covid has caused us all. The contrast with Boris Johnson is obvious. […]

Reported by: Original Source: Source link PLANS to keep the Fife Ethylene Plant running for at least another 20 years have been described as a “bombshell” for local communities. ExxonMobil’s Martin Burrell told councillors last week that the Mossmorran site was “one of the youngest plants they have in Europe” and that others have been […]

Reported by: Original Source: Source link Protests about flaring from the Fife Ethylene Plant (FEP) took on a festive flavour at the weekend. Weekly events have been held at Mossmorran since the middle of October amid continuing concern about unplanned and disruptive flaring from the complex. Saturday afternoon’s demo was bolstered by a candlelight vigil […]

Reported by: Original Source: Source link ExxonMobil has no plans to wind down its operations at Mossmorran in what campaigners have described as a “bombshell” for communities. Campaigners including Mossmorran Action Group and Scottish Green MSP Mark Ruskell have called for a transition board to oversee the winding down of fossil-fuel burning at Fife Ethylene […]

Reported by: Original Source: Source link A GREEN MSP has called on Fife Council to “reject” proposals for an environmentally friendly bioenergy project in Cowdenbeath. Mark Ruskell, of the Scottish Greens, said local people had suffered enough through the unplanned flaring from Mossmorran, just a few miles away, and the planning application from Graham’s Dairy […]

Reported by: Original Source: Source link Put a commitment to close Mossmorran and set up a Just Transition Board for Mossmorran, made up of local residents and workers, in your 2021 manifesto. Why is this important? The Exxon and Shell Mossmorran petrochemical plants are devastating communities in Fife and around the world. It’s time for […]