THE SCOTTISH Greens will not field a local constituency candidate at in the Scottish Parliament election in May and will instead focus on the regional list. Co-ordinator for the Shetland Greens Martin Randall said last night (Wednesday) that the party was aiming to win two seats.
Call for Highland Council to stop investing in fossil fuels By Gordon Calder Published: 17:00, 10 December 2020
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HIGHLAND Council should stop investing in fossil fuels in its pension fund after losing over £11.5 million in the last three years.
That is the plea made by Ariane Burgess, the Highland Greens lead candidate for next year s Scottish parliamentary elections.
She said the council s fund is one of ten local government pension funds which saw investments in oil companies collapse between April 2017 and November 2020. New research revealed Highland Council lost £11,650,109 in three years. The fund administers pensions on behalf of the local authority.