Levenmouth Rail Campaign (LMRC) was launched by a local small regeneration charity, CLEAR Buckhaven in March 2014 (after an earlier, failed attempt in 2012) which considered this as the single…
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Transform’s Annual Report for 2021
2020/2021 has been a busy year for Transform Scotland. We are delighted to share our activities and progress in the form of our Annual Report, which was published today. We…
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SNP-GREENS DEAL: Scaling-back of Scottish roads programme welcomed
Transform Scotland NEWS RELEASE For immediate release: Friday 20 August 2021 SNP-GREENS DEAL: Scaling-back of Scottish roads programme welcomed Transform Scotland, the national sustainable transport alliance, [1] has today (Friday…
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Switch spending from building more roads to zero-carbon communities: welcome for Just Transition Commission report
Transform Scotland has today welcomed the key message from the Just Transition Commission in their final report, published today, that: ‘We must move beyond GDP as the main measure of…
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Comment on ScotRail moving to state ownership
Transform Scotland rail spokesperson Paul Tetlaw said: “We note the statement from the Cabinet Minister on the intention to transfer the ScotRail operation to public ownership. We fully support the…
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Climate Plan scrutiny failure to tackle high-carbon bias in transport investment
Transform Scotland has issued a parliamentary briefing ahead of this afternoon’s debate on scrutiny of the Climate Change Plan. Transform director Colin Howden said: “We welcome the joint parliamentary committees’…
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Campaign Update: Unambiguous investment plans required, not nebulous promises
Transform Scotland director Colin Howden reports on recent climate and capital expenditure plans revealed by the Scottish Government. The last couple of months has seen a deluge of new Scottish…
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Infrastructure Investment Plan “disastrous” for climate change & sustainable transport
When the Scottish Government published the draft Infrastructure Investment Plan in September last year we called the Government out on its ‘warm words’ about a green recovery and sustainable investment…
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Scottish Budget: No new investment for sustainable transport
The Scottish Government published its 2021/22 budget today, setting out its spending priorities for the coming year. The transport portfolio appears to contain no surprises but also no new investment…
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January Newsletter — Campaigns Update
Transform Scotland Communications Officer Matt McDonald reports on a selection of our recent campaigns activities. Scotland’s Climate Assembly Transform communications officer Matt McDonald gave evidence to Scotland’s Climate Assembly ‘Transport…
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