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In 1983, the CIA determined that the most crucial commodity in the Gulf was its desalinated potable water.Although the loss of a single plant could be handled, “successful attacks on several plants in the most dependent countries could generate a national crisis that could lead to panic flights from the country and civil unrest”. And the greatest threat to the region’s water supply? “Iran.”
That’s why, four decades later, the world held its breath on Saturday when Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, accused the US of “a blatant and desperate crime” by attacking a desalination plant on the island of Qeshm, in the strait of Hormuz. “The US set this precedent, not Iran,” he said.
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Heating oil is the primary heating source for two-thirds of homes in Northern Ireland, about 10% of households in Wales and 5% of homes in Scotland.
However, Cross said 45% of homes in Aberdeenshire, including in her constituency of Gordon and Buchan, are not connected to the mains gas network and are therefore reliant on heating oils or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
Cross said she had been contacted by several constituents in rural areas who are facing sudden and unexpected price hikes, with the cost of 700 litres of heating oil doubling from £500 before the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran to more than £1,000, while delivery times have also been extended.
The MP said many of those affected by the cost increases were “disproportionately rural, often elderly and vulnerable”
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Heating oil is the primary heating source for two-thirds of homes in Northern Ireland, about 10% of households in Wales and 5% of homes in Scotland.
However, Cross said 45% of homes in Aberdeenshire, including in her constituency of Gordon and Buchan, are not connected to the mains gas network and are therefore reliant on heating oils or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
Cross said she had been contacted by several constituents in rural areas who are facing sudden and unexpected price hikes, with the cost of 700 litres of heating oil doubling from £500 before the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran to more than £1,000, while delivery times have also been extended.
The MP said many of those affected by the cost increases were “disproportionately rural, often elderly and vulnerable”
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/11/heating-oil-profiteering-middle-east-us-israel-iran
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Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%
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Two things have indeed happened in recent years. The price of electricity has soared, contributing greatly to the cost of living, and the proportion of the electricity we receive from renewables has simultaneously boomed: from 3% in 2000 to 47% today. So, they claim, one has caused the other: more renewables means higher prices.
Not a bit of it. By far the cheapest component of our energy supply is the electricity produced by renewables, principally wind and solar. It’s the same story worldwide. But the price of electricity does not reflect the mix of sources. It is set at almost all times by its most expensive component. And what might that be? Oh yes, fossil gas. Even before the current war, gas prices were astronomical, and had been rising in leaps and bounds. This, overwhelmingly, is the reason for our high energy bills.
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Britain Remade is the apparently “grassroots” group leading the push to overturn Scotland’s ban on nuclear power. But The Ferret has found that two of its directors come from a firm which lobbies for the UK’s biggest nuclear company — prompting claims “vested interests” are behind the campaign.
Britain Remade organised the recent launch of the ‘Scotland for nuclear energy’ campaign and has repeatedly called for the Scottish Government to reverse its long-standing opposition to new atomic energy.
The “pro-growth” group campaigns to make it easier to build things in the UK – including housing, transport links and clean energy. It says it is “independent” and “grassroots”.
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https://www.theferret.scot/britain-remade-links-industry-lobbyists/
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South Yorkshire’s transport system will be known as the “People’s Network”, with trams, buses and hire bikes all coming under public control.
The plan was unveiled on Monday by the region’s mayor, Oliver Coppard, who said it would create an affordable, joined-up network in molten orange and asphalt black colours. A large fleet of electric buses and 25 new trams will be introduced over the next five years.
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At the City of Edinburgh Council, we’re prioritising creating good places to live and work, taking all the local actions needed to end poverty and working to deliver a net zero city by 2030
We have an amazing opportunity for a senior leader to join our team as our Service Director for Culture, Wellbeing and Economy. Being successful in this role will require you to make strategic connections – further strengthening the links between culture, sport and leisure and wellbeing, as well as developing strategic plans which maximise the contribution that these sectors, and many others, make to the city’s economy. With a proven ability of turning strategic vision into practical results, you’ll ensure that great ideas lead to meaningful change and outcome improvement.
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So
One extra person (who may or may not already be within the CEC system) is going to (help to) cut though the ThisIsEdinburghisms and make stuff happen in 4 years??
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Gas prices surge 25% and oil jumps 6% as Middle East conflict ‘spooks the markets’ – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Donald Trump’s threaten to “massively blow up” the world’s largest gasfield hits markets
UK wage growth slows sharply as unemployment holds steady
Fed holds interest rates steady as Iran war drives up oil prices and inflation fears
Middle East crisis live: Trump threatens to ‘blow up’ entire South Pars gasfield if Iran strikes Qatar
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Re above
Bicycles, buses, walking, car use disincentives more important than ever.
Policy shifts expected in UK/Scotland??
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And the ‘good’ news
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Stretching 2,689 miles, the world's longest coastal path opens in England
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Major infrastructure programmes including dualling of the A9, upgrading of our ports and harbours and investment in modernising our ferry fleet play a central role in the delivery of our economic growth. And, to improve our health and wellbeing, we are taking forward active travel infrastructure improvements and implementing a range of road safety measures.
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https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/rkufqaat/nts-fifth-delivery-plan.pdf
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Much focus goes on food growing and selling, but is the missing link in increasing the UK's food self sufficiency actually food processing? It might be all about Ultra
Processed Foods in the news, but there is another, much older, side to food processing that plays an integral role in getting food from fields to our plates.
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“The British public continues to support climate action, and politicians risk fighting the wrong battle if they assume otherwise. The real danger is not public opinion – it is elite division and media narratives creating a false sense of risk.”
The analysis, jointly prepared by the IPPR, a progressive thinktank, and Persuasion UK, a non-profit that researches influences on public opinion, noted that the UK’s increasingly assertive far right caricatured net zero as a threat to UK sovereignty.
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The IEA advised countries to promote public transport, give private cars access to city centres on alternate days, encourage efficient driving habits, avoid air travel where possible and switch to electric cooking.
The prime minister’s official spokesperson said this was the IEA’s “general advice for countries across the world” and people in the UK “should continue to go about their days in normal fashion”.
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Business as usual then, so it’s all fine.
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5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/21/middle-east-iran-conflict-environment-climate
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The world’s energy watchdog has advised governments to reduce highway speeds and encouraged workers to carpool or, ideally, work from home to combat soaring oil prices and impending fuel shortages caused by the Middle East conflict.It has also recommended countries consider limiting car access to designated zones in large cities, by giving vehicles with odd-numbered plates access on different weekdays to those with even-numbered plates.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has advised member countries, including Australia, the UK and the US, to take the emergency measures to curb oil demand, following the military strikes on Iran that have triggered the most significant supply disruptions in the history of the global oil market.
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