CLIMATE activists have threatened to return to Aberdeen to protest against plans to build an Energy Transition Zone (ETZ) after occupying a park…
CLIMATE activists have threatened to return to Aberdeen to protest against plans to build an Energy Transition Zone after occupying a park over the weekend.Around 100 protesters also blocked the entrance to a nearby waste to energy incinerator alleged by locals to be causing pollution during the five-day occupation.Billionaire businessman Sir Ian Wood is the chairman of the ETZ board, which also includes representatives of Shell, the North Sea Transition Authority and Scottish Enterprise.
Marlow Bushman, a local Torry resident and member of the Aberdeen Climate Coalition, said: “As a Torry local, it means so much to see people from across Scotland and“The fossil fuel industry has been trying to set a precedent for how it can treat the people of Torry, polluting our air and paving over our parks. This time, with the cheap veneer of greenwashing.
Local campaigners in Aberdeen are understood to be planning a protest in the capital, together with climate camp activists.
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