4th November 2021
Carbon emissions from military operations are not currently included in climate agreements. Fellow anti-militarist groups Stop the War Coalition, Veterans for Peace, World Beyond War and CODEPINK came together in an anti-war rally on the steps of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 4 November, highlighting the links between militarism and the climate crisis. The ...
4th November 2021
After a number of women were forced to walk home in the dark following COP26 related restrictions in Finnieston, a spokesperson for Glasgow City Council has stated that parks are only for “daytime use”. A spokesperson for Glasgow City Council has suggested that lighting issues in Kelvingrove Park are unlikely to improve anytime soon. Safety ...
4th November 2021
Campaigning outside the Wolfson Medical Building, the students brought awareness to the climate as a factor in health. University of Glasgow medical students campaigned to raise awareness about the link between the climate and health crisis this afternoon outside the Wolfson Medical Building. The students wore their scrubs with messages painted on the back of ...
4th November 2021
The Prince met with the McLaren team to view their hydrogen cell-powered car. The Glasgow Guardian caught Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay (when in Scotland), when he turned up to Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum on Wednesday morning, to view a hydrogen-powered, artistically-designed McLaren car. Meeting the car’s designer and driver, and being shown around ...
4th November 2021
Police “stand off” took place this afternoon in Tradeston, Glasgow. The Glasgow Guardian was alerted to an altercation between police and squatters outside a disused homeless shelter in the Southside. Shelter residents said that others had been arrested earlier this afternoon after police blocked entry and exit from the building. The police entered “Baile Hoose” ...
4th November 2021
Four arrested and hundreds more trapped in police kettle for hours at XR protest. At least four members of the environmental activism group, Extinction Rebellion (XR) were arrested today after protests broke out in the city centre. The four activists reportedly tried to force their way into the SSE energy company offices, and were subsequently ...
4th November 2021
Science & Tech Editor Matt Laing conveys his confusion at differing perspectives at COP26. As COP26 kicks off in Glasgow, the eyes of the world turn to the climate. The vogue fashion of the day has tended to sustainability. Even within the conference however there is a great deal of disparity between the attendees’ intentions, ...
4th November 2021
Writer Kaitlyn Whitsitt discusses the methane pledge at COP26, its problems, and the importance of reducing global emissions of this less-talked-about greenhouse gas. On 18 September, the European Commission published a press release announcing the Global Methane Pledge, which was presented at the Major Economies Forum the day before. At that date, the plan surrounding ...
2nd November 2021
Michelle Osborne examines how the city has mismanaged the accommodation of thousands of attendees. COP26 has only just started, but for Glasgow-dwellers like myself, the dread of hosting has been in the works for weeks. These conferences are held annually and facilitate agreements between countries to reduce climate change. In the past, these conferences have ...
2nd November 2021
The Red Rebel Brigade, part of Extinction Rebellion (XR), arrived in Glasgow Central Station on 1 November on the London Euston train from various English cities. The Red Rebels were joined by a group of Scottish XR rebels upon their arrival. The two groups then delivered a solemn and theatrical silent procession around the train ...
