Nicola Sturgeon urges Downing Street to reassess Cambo North Sea oil plans

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Scotland is targeting net zero by 2045

Scotland's First Minister calls for pre-COP26 Summit between leaders of UK's four nations to discuss how to build a just transition to net zero

Nicola Sturgeon has called on Boris Johnson to reassess plans for a new oil field development in the North Sea, yesterday proposing a summit between the leaders of the UK's four nations to discuss "the...

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