“Climate targets are being met at the expense of those dependent on industries facing closure.” Excellent feature by @riyokoshibe.bsky.social writing for @scotsman.com on Scotland's just transition plans following the closure of Grangemouth oil refinery. bit.ly/3JOTzzH

@entandsoc.bsky.social was delighted to recently publish @riyokoshibe.bsky.social fascinating work on Grangemouth. The work can be found here and is published Open Access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

With @riyokoshibe.bsky.social at the Just Transition Commission’s summit in Edinburgh. We have been sharing our report on workers’ perspectives on the closure of Grangemouth oil refinery and Riyoko’s work on the conditions which should be attached to transition public funding.

No Cops on Campus. The University and College Union Glasgow (UCUG) is gravely concerned at the response of the university’s governing bodies to peaceful student protests relating to divestment and the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

New research article on the Grangemouth oil refinery closure! @riyokoshibe.bsky.social and I have written for Journal of the British Academy on what the Grangemouth closure reveals about the failings of just transition planning in Scotland and the UK. Read in full🔽

New article published on the Grangemouth oil refinery for the Journal of the British Academy. @ewangibbs.bsky.social and I wrote about net zero governance in Scotland and the UK and its failure to secure a just transition. Read more here! doi.org/10.5871/jba/...

The brilliant @ewangibbs.bsky.social and @riyokoshibe.bsky.social have an important new piece out on the Grangemouth Oil Refinery Closure and lessons for “Just Transition” governance. 👇

I learned about Grangemouth when I worked on a CEE blog post with Riyoko last year (tinyurl.com/kbyxf46r). This event will provide a unique view into the front-lines of Scotland's Energy Transition and give a voice to those who we as a society cannot afford to leave behind. #JustTransition

On 11 Feb @ewangibbs.bsky.social and I will be presenting research on the Grangemouth refinery and the unjust energy transition facing the workforce @energy-ethics.bsky.social in St Andrews. Book your tickets now! www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

What more could you want: energy transitions, deindustrialization, environmental histories, and moral economies!

Really happy to publish this paper with @entandsoc.bsky.social! This is an environmental/industrial history of Grangemouth tracing roots of fossil fuel dependency and explores growth of petrochemicals after WWII through oral history & archive study. It's open access! doi.org/10.1017/eso....