Category: Media Coverage

Reported by: Original Source: Source link The Cottage Family Centre in Kirkcaldy is making steady progress with its biggest-ever Christmas appeal. But it is urging Langtonians to dig deep to help families in Kirkcaldy as the deadline for donations is extended. With Christmas just around the corner the charity is appealing for cash and gifts […]

Reported by: Original Source: Source link A Fife charity which supports those most in need through its annual Christmas appeal fears more people than ever are struggling to make ends meet this festive season. Staff at the Cottage Family Centre in Kirkcaldy are especially busy at this time of year as they provide a lifeline […]

Reported by: Original Source: Source link People living around Mossmorran have been assured there will be no elevated flaring over the Christmas holidays. There were fears that disruptive flaring could ruin the festive season for local communities if ExxonMobil Chemical was to restart Fife Ethylene Plant over the Christmas and New Year fortnight. But plant […]

Reported by: Original Source: Source link A controversial Scottish chemical plant temporarily shut down after hundreds of complaints over its flaring activity is to suspend its reactivation until next year, according to reports. Mossmorran ethylene plant in Fife suspended operations so that faults with two of its boilers could be repaired following months of unplanned […]

Reported by: Original Source: Source link THE contest for the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath seat has turned into an intriguing one. Labour’s Lesley Laird created a shock in 2017 when she unseated the SNP’s Roger Mullin but the Nationalists had targeted to win it back. Then things took a twist when the party withdrew support from […]

Reported by: Original Source: Source link I HAVE written quite a few letters on the Mossmorran petro site but this one to me seems the one that I would not get to comment on. The NHS report into the effects of flaring at Mossmorran seems to have created a lot of people suggesting that there […]

Reported by: Original Source: Source link NICOLA Sturgeon will ask the operator of the Mossmorran plant in Fife to stop flaring over Christmas. The Fife Ethylene Plant has been shut since August after two of its three boilers failed. Operator ExxonMobil Chemical initially said it may restart in December. The noise, vibration and light during […]

Reported by: Original Source: Source link AS life begins to creep back into the Fife Ethylene Plant, manager Jacob McAlister yesterday indicated that the people of the Cowdenbeath-Lochgelly area will start to see steam rising from the Mossmorran facility. The steam volume has always been a feature of the FEP over the 30+ years it […]

Reported by: Original Source: Source link Mossmorran operators ExxonMobil have claimed it is “near-impossible” flaring at the site had caused air quality issues in nearby communities. Environmental engineer Kylie Bishop said extensive studies by independent consultants had shown there was no cause for concern regarding air quality near the Cowdenbeath plant. Addressing members of Fife […]