{"id":52172,"date":"2024-07-19T15:26:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T14:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=52172"},"modified":"2024-07-19T15:54:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T14:54:23","slug":"scottish-oil-town-plan-for-green-jobs-sparks-climate-campers-anger-over-local-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2024\/07\/19\/scottish-oil-town-plan-for-green-jobs-sparks-climate-campers-anger-over-local-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish oil-town plan for green jobs sparks climate campers’ anger over local park"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Scottish city of Aberdeen, a debate over the region\u2019s energy transition away from fossil fuels is playing out over roughly one square mile of green space.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In question is a proposed development called the Energy Transition Zone (ETZ), which is intended to bring in more renewable energy investments as the city tries to cut its dependence on the oil and gas industry that has defined it for half a century.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As the UK\u2019s new Labour government <\/span>promises<\/span><\/a> not to issue any more oil and gas licences, the future of the sector is in doubt and the company behind the ETZ says it wants to \u201cprotect and create as many jobs as possible\u201d in the region through investing in clean energy.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the ETZ has received significant pushback from community groups in the part of Aberdeen it is destined for. That\u2019s because the proposed development, as currently designed, would pave over about a third of St. Fittick\u2019s Park in Torry, the only public green space in one of Scotland\u2019s most neglected urban areas.<\/span><\/p>\n