Can Scotland learn from past mistakes to deliver a 'just transition' for its industrial base?

Michael Holder
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The Grangemouth chemicals and refinery site | Credit: iStock
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The Grangemouth chemicals and refinery site | Credit: iStock

Scotland's Just Transition Commission warns policymakers in Holyrood and Westminster that 'there is no just path to net zero through deindustrialisation'

More communities in Scotland's carbon-intensive industrial heartlands and fossil fuel sectors could face job losses in the near future without ambitious policy interventions and increased funding to enable...

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