Dr Keith Baker and Dr Geoff Wood argue that averting climate catastrophe requires more than targets and simplistic policies, but a strategic approach to a transition that cannot be reversed

Dr Keith Baker and Dr Geoff Wood argue that averting climate catastrophe requires more than targets and simplistic policies, but a strategic approach to a transition that cannot be reversed

Political influence of coal, oil and gas must end, new campaign demands

The decision by the Oil and Gas authority was described as “unsustainable and dangerous” by the Scottish Greens

Scottish Greens rebuke SNP MP Douglas Chapman’s call for oil and gas revenues to be utilised in financing transition to a zero carbon economy

CommonSpace columnist David Carr takes a positive look at Scotland’s prospects for tackling climate catastrophe and calls for a Green New Deal

CommonSpace columnist David Carr calls for the carbon cost of an oil fund to be weighed up against its benefits.

Commonspace columnist David Carr talks about the so-called 'grievance culture' surrounding oil - and why we must find a constructive way forward

MENTION of oil always sparks an interest in Scotland as the backbone of a strong economy. Historically it has been mismanaged, but what should be done about this? 

CommonSpace columnist David Carr explains why oil is so over - and why that might not matter

EARLIER in the year, the discovery of new offshore oil reserves west of Shetland was greeted with celebration. 

For some, this bolsters the case for wealthy future, harking back to Professor Gavin McCrone’s suppressed 1974 Scottish Office report which stated that an independent Scotland would have a "chronic surplus to a quite embarrassing degree". Here is evidence that Scotland is big, rich and clever enough to stand on its own.