Hanging out at Scottish East District League athletics in Grangemouth today, waiting for discus to start. Might be the last year here as Grangemouth stadium (like many other Scottish sporting facilities) is threatened with closure.
As refining has been (in the past) a particular bottleneck in #petrol supply, the move for it to become an import processing plant for #LNG and also to some extent an exporter of LNG-derivitives, may shift the landscape of #energy distribution in the UK.
The Q. is whether this is a problem for 'energy security', a welcome kick towards the transition to #electricvehicles or just the consequence of foreign ownership?
Hey, it's a cover story in @thenation by that Madeline Ostrander person. This story began months ago--really years ago when I started following conversations about the future of Richmond's oil refinery. It has implications for the oil economy everywhere. #climatehttps://www.thenation.com/article/archive/refinery-richmond-climate-change/
#Aberdeen and indeed #Grangemouth and other Scottish communities shackled to oil could learn a lot from this example. Everyone in Aberdeen knows oil is dead, but how do we agree on a just transition to #actualZero ?
Climate Camp wraps up after Ineos confrontation
Following well-organised protests at the site of Scotland's biggest polluter the camp at Kinneil, Grangemouth has been tidied away and legal support is now ongoing for nine people who were detained over the weekend.
Good to see this happening: local level climate gatherings. Organiser Jess Johannesson said: "we want to start a conversation so we no longer talk about the cost of living crisis separate from the climate crisis,
"Both are very much one thing and they affect the same people the most and the same people also profit from it."