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Exeter can be powered by renewable energy alone, Green MEP will say
Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP for the South west will tell a public meeting this Friday [1] that the city could be powered by 100% renewable energy, without the need for any fossil fuels or nuclear. A...
View ArticleGreen MEP slams government over proposed changes to solar subsidies
Green MEP slams government over proposed changes to solar subsidies Green MEP, Molly Scott Cato, has used a government consultation on the review of the Feed-in Tariffs scheme to slam the government...
View ArticleMEP launches new report on Controlling Carbon in run-up to Paris climate talks
Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP for the South West, is to launch a new report, entitled Controlling Carbon, in the European Parliament today suggesting a new way forward on tackling the carbon emissions...
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Controlling Carbon
This report by Professor Victor Anderson compares and contrasts a number of possible levers for controlling carbon emissions before reaching a pragmatic conclusion about what to recommend. Very often...
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MEP pledges to continue fight against Hinkley as agreement on Chinese...
Molly Scott Cato MEP has responded angrily to the news that the Chinese government has agreed to pump £6bn into the new nuclear power station at Hinkley. The agreement was signed when Prime Minister...
View ArticleGreens say Tories siding with agri-business as they seek to block emissions...
South West Green MEP, Molly Scott Cato, has criticised her colleague, Julie Girling MEP, for failing to support measures that would help prevent thousands of premature deaths from air pollution. Ms...
View ArticleGreen MEP to join the ‘fight of the century’
Under the banner, ‘facing the fight of the century’, Green MEP Molly Scott Cato, today attended a debate and question and answer session on climate change in London. The European Parliament recently...
View ArticleGreen MEP lambasts Energy Secretary for misleading Parliament over renewables...
Green MEP, Molly Scott Cato, has rounded on Energy Secretary Amber Rudd over the content of a letter leaked to the Ecologist. The letter shows that she misled Parliament by promising the UK was ‘on...
View ArticleGreen MEPs challenge Commission over UK’s energy policies following ‘Ruddgate’
In the wake of revelations that the UK is on track to miss its renewable energy target, a group of MEPs from the Greens/European Free Alliance Group have submitted questions to the European Commission...
View ArticleMEP challenges European Central Bank to plan for Carbon Bubble
As the world prepares for crucial climate talks in Paris, Green MEP and economist, Molly Scott Cato, will today demand that Europe’s Central bank addresses the issue of the so-called ‘carbon bubble’....
View ArticleResponse to concerns over fracking
Molly is opposed to fracking and believes strongly that we must leave fossil fuels in the ground. She recently recorded a video message on this subject setting out clearly her opposition to shale gas...
View ArticleGreens warn Rudd of environmental and health threats from fracking and dash...
As Amber Rudd announces a push for a new fleet of gas-fired power stations, Green MP Caroline Lucas and the UK’s Green MEPs have written to the Energy Secretary to voice deep concerns at the potential...
View ArticleFor sake of South West; for the sake of the planet, leaders must reach...
The South West’s Green MEP has warned that failure to agree a deal on keeping the planet to less than 2 degrees of warming could lead to grave consequences for the region. In a new video message ahead...
View ArticleMEP heads to Paris to warn of dangers of ‘privatising the climate’
Green MEP and economist, Molly Scott Cato, is to warn a conference in Paris of the dangers of relying on private financiers to solve the issue of climate finance. Ahead of the COP21 negotiations, she...
View ArticleWhere There’s a Will There’s a Way
Huffington Post Published: 30th November 2015 http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/molly-scott-cato/where-theres-a-will-there_5_b_8680578.html On the eve of critical climate change talks in Paris, Molly...
View ArticleCOP21 needs to tackle the cow in the room
Business Green Published: 3rd December 2015 http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/opinion/2437509/cop21-needs-to-tackle-the-cow-in-the-room (Paywall – full article below) While all eyes have been on the...
View ArticleMolly Scott Cato MEP welcomes ‘groundbreaking’ Paris Agreement on climate
Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP for the South West, has welcomed the Paris Agreement which will see almost 200 countries pursue efforts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C; review progress every five...
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Green Party Leader and MEP visit Somerset Levels to see how County is...
Molly Scott Cato MEP (Front left) and Natalie Bennett (front, 4th from left) join campaigners on the Somerset Levels Green Party leader Natalie Bennett and South West Green MEP, Molly Scott Cato, have...
View ArticleOur addiction to oil means that climate change and conflict in the Middle...
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View ArticleMEP says fracking U-turn hugely costly for South West and incompatible with...
Molly Scott Cato, South West Green MEP, has blasted the Conservative government for voting through controversial proposals to allow fracking under National Parks and other protected areas. The vote in...
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