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Climate activists paint Scottish Parliament red

CLIMATE activists painted the Scottish Parliament red today to demand the SNP-Green Scottish government “develop a backbone” on new oil and gas licencing.

The action is just the latest in a series of high-profile stunts by This Is Rigged as the group fights for a “fair transition” to an environmentally sustainable economy and demands that the Scottish government vocally oppose new North Sea oil and gas licences.

Last month, This Is Rigged succeeded in blockading virtually the entire petrol supply to Scotland when activists shut down terminals at Clydebank and Grangemouth, before returning to blockade Grangemouth just days later. 

In a statement, issued after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s public endorsement of new licences on Monday, the group said: “We are f**king furious.

“Sunak has picked a side: profit, greed and climate devastation.

“What we are asking now is for the Scottish government to develop a backbone, to stand up to Westminster’s genocidal new oil and gas projects.

“We wrote to [First Minister] Humza Yousaf on Friday to reiterate our demands: that the Scottish government vocally oppose all new oil and gas licences and ensure a fair and fully funded transition for workers.”

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