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  The typical household gas bill has gone up by 33% since April. Clean renewable energy generation is Scotland's best path to energy security and lower bills.

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  The world's largest data centre is being proposed for Chapelcross in Dumfries and Galloway. The proposals could use more energy than over two million homes in just one year! Join the campaign to stop these dangerous plans: https://greens.scot/ChapelcrossDataCentre

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  With bills constantly on the rise it's time to demand better. Greens have already secured a £2 bus fare cap for the Highlands and Islands, and in Strathclyde. We need the £2 bus fare cap to be rolled out across the rest of Scotland now!

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  When operated at full capacity this data centre would use the energy equivalent to over two million homes. Its emissions would exceed the legal limit in Dumfries and Galloway by almost double. This application must be rejected.

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  ⛽️problem. 🚌solution.

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  This march was designed to spread tensions and hatred, and to intimidate the community and families who live there. Scotland should not be providing policing resources for sectarian events like this that are called to inflame tensions.

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  If a company has profited from apartheid and genocide, they shouldn't be able to profit here in Scotland. The Government definitely shouldn't be helping them do so.

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  The Scottish Parliament backed our motion to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel. Yet, there are still companies with links to Israeli war crimes in Palestine getting taxpayer contracts in Scotland. It's time to fully implement the boycott and cancel these contracts.

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  Happy Bi Visibility Day 💚🩷💜💙

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  Another company complicit in Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian land could be about to get a taxpayer funded contract! It's time for the SNP to finally match their words with actions, and fully implement a boycott of Israel.

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  Companies complicit in war crimes shouldn't be getting a penny of public money. Yet, one of the companies profiting from Israel's illegal settlements in the Palestinian West Bank have a £21 million taxpayer funded contract in Scotland.

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  When we invest in walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure we transform communities. Less congestion, less air pollution and safer streets benefits us all. 🙌 https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/more-bikes-than-cars-recorded-on-edinburgh-rush-hour-route-for-first-time-and-this-may-be-why-9066343

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  Earlier today, the First Minister hinted that he would block any hyper-scale AI data centre applications before proper guidance is published. This is a welcome step. We must ensure that this pause works and that the guidance puts people and planet before tech bro's profits.

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  Today we're bringing a vote to deliver a moratorium on hyperscale data centres in Scotland. The Scottish Parliament will have a simple choice. MSPs can stand with the communities they represent, protect our environment and our resources. Or they can fail to act.

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  🇵🇸Talking about solidarity isn't enough, we need action. This week, Greens will force a vote in parliament to end taxpayer funding for companies complicit in Israel's illegal settlements or genocide.

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  🚨 NEW: This week, the Scottish Greens will bring a vote to parliament to end Scottish Government funding for companies complicit in Israel's illegal settlements or genocide.

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  Stop hyper-scale AI data centres 🛑 This week Greens will force a vote in the Scottish Parliament to introduce a moratorium and strong planning guidance for data centres. https://greens.scot/datacentres

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  🚨BREAKING: The Scottish Greens will force a vote in Parliament this week on halting hyperscale data centres!

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  New oil and gas licences: ➡️ will not take a penny off bills ➡️ cannot make us energy secure ➡️ will only accelerate the worsening climate crisis Words straight from Labour's 2024 manifesto. So why are they now preparing to approve the Jackdaw and Rosebank developments? https://www.thenational.scot/politics/26540202.jackdaw-rosebank-wont-secure-scotlands-energy-future/

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  The climate crisis is here. New fossil fuel drilling won't cut household bills, it won't make our country more energy secure, and it will only worsen the climate emergency. Scotland needs to invest in clean, green renewables to secure our future.

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  The future of Scotland must be decided by the people of Scotland. To make that a reality the power to hold an independence referendum must be devolved to the Scottish Parliament. Democracy isn't about having a vote whenever Andy Burnham decides.

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  Current proposals for hyper-scale data centres in Scotland would use over 1.5 times our total peak power use. Scotland needs a moratorium now! 🛑 https://greens.scot/datacentres

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  Bus fares across Strathclyde are now capped at £2! Greens secured a £2 cap starting in Highlands and Islands to put money back into people's pockets. We now need to see the fare cap extended to every corner of Scotland, so bus travel becomes an affordable option for all.

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  Current applications for hyperscale data centres in Scotland would consume more than 1.5 times our country's peak power use. #FMQs It's time to hit pause. 👉 https://greens.scot/datacentres

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  The Scottish Government has pledged a "strategic approach" to attracting data centre investment. This isn't what Scotland needs. We need a pause to protect our power grid and environment. If the current applications are approved they'll consume over 1.5x our entire peak power use.

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  It's time to stop hyperscale AI Data Centres 🛑 If the 24 proposals for major sites in Scotland are approved, they will consume more than 1.5 times Scotland’s total peak power use. The Scottish Government must urgently hit pause on all applications now!

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  Decisions about Scotland should be made by the people who live here. Scotland can build a fairer, greener future as a normal independent country. It's an anti-democratic outrage that the Tories and Labour have joined forces to cast a veto against our parliament.

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  The SNP have long promised a ban on cruel conversion practices, but time and again they have delayed. We can't wait for, or trust Westminster to deliver a watertight ban on these abusive practices; we need a Scotland-specific ban now.

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  This is a broken system where oil and gas giants make eye-watering profits while the rest of us struggle to heat our homes. ▶️ Scrap the standing charge ▶️ Break the link between gas prices and the cost of electricity ▶️ Invest properly in cheap, clean renewable energy

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  Low emission zones save lives, improve health, and allow us all to breathe cleaner air. 🙌 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1l1r1zne1ro