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LibLink: Wera Hobhouse – UK must commit to phasing down fossil fuels for good

By NewsHound | Wed 4th January 2023 - 7:30 am

In an article for Politics Home, Lib Dem spokesperson for climate change Wera Hobhouse argued that 2023 must be the year that the UK finally commits to a timescale for phasing down fossil fuels for good.

This year we witnessed the consequences of climate change first hand. The British summer saw temperatures of over 40 degrees and Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine left us exposed to volatile international markets, unveiling the true cost of our dependence on fossil fuels.

Evidence shows the phasing down of fossil fuel production being vital to preventing temperatures rises above 1.5 degrees. But the United Kingdom is the second largest producer of oil and gas in Europe and is actively encouraging greater North Sea extraction.

Posted in LibLink | Also tagged climate change, energy and fossil fuels | 28 Comments

Opinion: Scottish Lib Dems should abandon their suicidal complacency and promise to devolve oil and gas

By Robin Bennett | Mon 2nd March 2015 - 6:34 pm

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It seems now clear, after months of polling, that nothing will disengage the Scottish electorate from its preoccupation with its place in the Union. The latest TNS poll shows the SNP on 46%. Even a fall to below 40% will win the SNP most constituencies under FPTP.

We have heard much about Scottish Labour’s slump in the polls (from 42% in 2010 to 30% now), but the poll shows that their Lib Dem counterparts have collapsed from 19% to an appalling 3%. Lib Dems MPs look like being down from 11 to between 1 and 3.

Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged Scotland | 22 Comments