Is the SNP's position on oil profits more extreme than Trumps?

"These costs are effectively a fossil fuel price shock being imported into the Scottish economy.” The Iran War has caused international fossil fuel prices to surge once again 📈 - showing why we must build our energy future on renewables. Important new analysis from @eciu.net 👇

The @edfringe.bsky.social is back soon and we’ve picked fantastic climate-themed shows for you to enjoy 👀 We've got recommendations in comedy, drag musicals, dance & community theatre. 🎭 Plus the environmental highlights from the Book, Art & Film Festivals too. 📚 foe.scot/climate-show...

Climate-themed show recommendations for Edinburgh Fringe 2026

Edinburgh Festival season has some brilliant climate-themed shows to watch in 2026. Here are our recommendations.

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There is nothing "pragmatic" about new oil & gas and the inevitable destruction they will bring

Over half of England is in drought. 📸 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The 6 largest oil companies will collectively rake in $45B in profits in the second quarter of 2026 — nearly double what they made in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Canada, France, and Spain are battling record-breaking wildfires spurred by the climate crisis. Big Oil profits while the world burns.

Shell just announced £7billion in profits for just 3 months. This is largely driven by rocketing oil prices due to the Iran conflict. People are dying and millions face rising bills around the world as Shell rakes in vast profits.   These are the profits of misery.

When he was Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham signed up to ambitious climate neutral commitments. Now he is Prime Minister, the climate experts who helped draft that pledge are calling on him not to backtrack by approving new oil drilling at Jackdaw or Rosebank. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

PM urged to uphold climate pledges made as mayor and ban new North Sea oil drilling

Experts who helped Burnham draw up Manchester carbon neutral pledge say backtracking would send wrong message amid wildfires and heatwaves

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Wildfires sweep Scotland, even the very centre of Edinburgh, yet political debate is dominated by calls for more oil and gas from the North Sea. It’s insanity - because more drilling won’t lower prices. That claim is a lie. We’re like Nero fiddling while Rome burns In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

Drill, baby, drill: We’re like Nero fiddling while Arthur’s Seat burns

Wildfires sweep Scotland yet the political debate is all about extracting more oil and gas. It’s a total delusion, and believing it is an act of…

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One week to go until our next National Meeting focusing on green jobs! Online, at 6.30pm on Wed 29 July 📆 Open to Friends of the Earth Scotland members - you can join ahead of the meeting for as little as £1/month. Sign up: act.foe.scot/green_jobs

National Meeting: Green jobs: the good, the bad, and the ugly

Hear about what we need to do create good green jobs and the threat that Reform UK poses to climate industries.

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ACTION NEEDED 🚨 The Cato data centre would dwarf this Fife village, waste resources & pollute the environment. The Auchtertool local community council & action group are fighting against this mega development & need your help to win. Object by Fri 24 July: www.auchtertoolvillage.com/general-1

DATA CENTRE | Auchtertool Village

Your guide to learning about and objecting to the Cato data centre development near Auchter Tool Village. Deadline approaching—discover how to submit your objection today.

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Climate change - driven by fossil fuels - creates the extreme weather conditions that make these fires more likely & more dangerous. Anyone calling for more oil drilling, is calling for more fires in Scotland.

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Climate change in Scotland is no longer a future threat but a present danger, campaigners have warned 🔥 While the cause of fires in Edinburgh and the Highlands remains unknown, campaigners have said the blazes are a direct manifestation of the climate emergency Laura Pollock reports 👇

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Climate change is no longer a distant threat

It is the same oil companies who are causing record breaking heatwaves and soaring home energy bills. Yet some politicians want to undermine the transition to renewables by demanding new drilling in the North Sea. The new Prime Minister must reject Rosebank & Jackdaw once and for all.

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Been on the apocalypse beat this week. Surveying English and Welsh fire services, we count 250+ significant wildfires in the first two weeks of July, destroying thousands of acres: www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

BREAKING 🚨: reports suggest Andy Burnham could approve new oil and gas fields, including Rosebank. Is he REALLY going to cave into the demands of the profiteering oil giants and Trump? Or is he going to stand with people facing soaring bills and a worsening climate crisis?

A new report shows that if Reform UK get their way ripping up climate policy, we will actually lose hundreds of thousands of jobs - with Scotland being hit the hardest. oilchangeuk.org/reform-uks-r...

These heatwaves do not happen by accident. They are a direct result of burning fossil fuels. Anyone calling for more drilling of Rosebank or Jackdaw is calling for more deadly heatwaves.

The May and June heatwaves killed 2,700 people in England and Wales, new data suggests. This is a damning indictment of the climate crisis but also a warning the U.K. needs an urgent plan to keep disabled and older people and young children safe in extreme heat. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

May and June heatwaves killed about 2,700 people in England and Wales, data suggests

Extreme heat led to 440 deaths a day during June peak, say scientists, with climate crisis ramping up temperatures

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We're told public money is scarce - but politicians are lining up to waste billions on the con of carbon capture. The cost to the UK of this fossil fuel handout could be over £264 BILLION. 🤯🤯🤯 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot

There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Recent heatwave would have been impossible without fossil fuel burning driving climate crisis A poll shows effects global heating is already having 86% of people in UK said their homes were too hot & 1/4 said someone in their house had felt physically unwell www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Instead of sinking billions of £££ into nuclear power, investment should be channelled into renewable energy and other projects that tackle climate change and benefit society” New nuclear is too expensive, too slow and leaves a toxic legacy for generations ☢️ www.thenational.scot/news/2625376...

Scots climate activists slam UK nuclear power plan as 'a waste of time and money'

CLIMATE activists have poured scorn on the UK Government’s attempts to foist new nuclear power stations on Scotland.

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From today, the energy price cap will rise by 13% - which means more people will be unable to heat their homes. Until politicians take the action needed to get fossil fuels out of our homes, we will remain vulnerable to price increases by greedy fossil fuel companies. www.itv.com/watch/news/e...

"The question is not whether we can predict heatwaves. The question is who is expected to pay the price of the hotter world we already inhabit." @assasr.bsky.social looks at how heat is hitting already marginalised people harder than most. An important read 👇 www.thenational.scot/comment/2624...

Heatwaves are a much deeper political issue than they first appear

Over the past few days, several people close to me in France have contacted me to check in

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Nature for people not billionaires. We stand in solidarity with the Friends of the Earth Albania/Environmental Centre for Development and Networking (EDEN), and the movement of people in Albania against development plans in Vjosë-Narta. Read the statement: friendsoftheearth.eu/.../statemen...

Statement: Support for Albania in opposing destructive development projects in Vjosë-Narta - Friends of the Earth Europe

The Vjosë-Narta area in Albania is at risk of extinction due to development plans for massive luxury resorts in the heart of its biodiversity

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Come along to Edinburgh Climate Festival this Sat 27 June 🌎 We've got a stall on all day from 12-7pm, and a workshop on community organising at 12.10pm. See you there! More info about the festival: www.edinburghclimatefestival.com

Home | Edinburgh Climate Festival

Free community festival celebrating climate action

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Tonight's the night 🚨 Join us for the fundraising gig at 7pm! Sat 13th June, Adelaide Place on Bath Street. Book your ticket in advance or donate on the door: act.foe.scot/defendthedef...

Pleased to be quoted in this @foescot.bsky.social PR to highlight the increase in Scotland's carbon footprint and the need for circular economy targets to drive a reduction in our unsustainable levels of material use foe.scot/press-releas...

Close import loophole to cut Scotland's carbon footprint

Figures released by the Scottish Government this week (9 June) show that Scotland’s carbon footprint has increased 1.6% from 2021 to 2022.  Campaigners say a loophole in the way Scotland’s carbon foot...

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1 day to go! Join us for the fundraising gig in Glasgow 📣 7pm, Sat 13th June, Adelaide Place on Bath Street. Book your ticket: act.foe.scot/defendthedef...

2 days to go! Join us this Sat 13 June for a fundraising gig in Glasgow 💚 Featuring Pippa Blundell, Sandino e seu Bando, Alycia Pirmohamed, and Henry Bell. Book your ticket: act.foe.scot/defendthedef...