Faslane

SCOTLAND is on the front line of a new international arms race spurred on by a rise in frosty nuclear rhetoric. Just last month, the UK was declared to be “directly involved” in the Ukraine war, meaning HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane – only 25 miles outside Glasgow – could be seen as a “legitimate target”. For the occupiers of Faslane Peace Camp, site-sitting over the festive period, action and awareness are needed now more than ever to pull us back from the brink of a nuclear winter just one year before the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Acknowledging the risk of dealing in nuclear currency, Pete Roche, director at Edinburgh Energy and Environment Consultancy, advocates for an energy system throughout Scotland and the UK that runs entirely on renewables. The previous Greenpeace campaigner said: “It is perfectly feasible to run Scotland and the UK’s energy system on 100% renewables. This could save well over £100 billion by 2050 compared to business as usual.”