Friends of the Earth Scotland have called on First Minister Humza Yousaf to end the 'open door' policy for the lobby touted by his predecessor Sturgeon following the findings
as well as ministerial diaries to establish the extent of lobbying from fossil fuel firms over a period of just over four years.
Of these meetings, junior ministers were present at 115 meetings, Cabinet Secretaries 71 times, special advisors 26 times and the first minister attended 12 of the meetings. Mary Church, FoE Scotland’s head of campaigns, said: “Burning fossil fuels is the major driver of climate breakdown yet the arsonists are being asked how to put out the fire.
Church said the oil and gas lobby has “repeatedly proven” they cannot be trusted to deliver a just energy transition, and called for them to be banned from lobbying on climate and energy, as tobacco companies have been in health.She added: “To avoid catastrophic climate impacts and do our fair share globally, we must phase out oil and gas in this decade.
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