Friday, April 12, 2019

#SCOTLAND: Scottish Parliament Rejects Green Party Proposal To Declare "Climate Emergency"

[world politics news]


A proposal by the Scottish Green Party to declare a "Climate Emergency" has been rejected in the Scottish Parliament. The proposal would have stopped the extraction of fossil fuels and banning fracking in the oil-rich region of the UK. The Scottish National Party, Labour Party, and the Scottish Conservatives all argued too many jobs and livelihoods depend on the oil and gas industry in Scotland.

[FULL STORY HERE]

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