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Mossmorran chosen as site for Scotland climate camp

Mossmorran.
Mossmorran.

Climate change activists from across Scotland are to stage a camp at Mossmorran this summer.

The petrochemical complex in Fife was chosen as the site for Climate Camp Scotland’s 2020 event.

The group, which has strong links with Extinction Rebellion Scotland and Climate Action Scotland, will spend five days at the plant operated by ExxonMobil Chemical and Shell during June or July.

It wants the shut down of the fossil fuel industry to “create a world which is defined by fairness, not inequality”.

Mossmorran Action Group welcomed news of the selection, made at a meeting in Glasgow where four sites were on the shortlist.

Chairman James Glen said: “We’re very excited that Mossmorran has been chosen as a focus for climate action and very grateful for the support that this will bring from activists in Scotland and further afield.

“Mossmorran is Scotland’s third worst polluter, an essential link in the manufacture of plastics and a major recipient of fracked gas from the US.

“Despite all the rhetoric about a climate emergency and just transition, the Scottish Government has done nothing about Mossmorran apart from rubber-stamping a £140 million investment by Exxon. Shell is planning a further 50 years of operation.

“Now the climate movement in Scotland is putting Mossmorran at the top of its agenda.”

Earlier this month Shell’s headquarters were blockaded for several hours during a series of protests across Aberdeen by Extinction Rebellion.

Jess Cowell, of Climate Camp Scotland, said the Mossmorran action would include workshops, talks and targeted actions which are yet to be determined.

She said: “Mossmorran was chosen because of the long-running campaign that local groups have on the ground.

“It’s really important for people at Climate Camp Scotland to work with local communities.

“And the companies which have been causing a lot of issues for the Mossmorran communities are Shell and Exxon which are two of the biggest carbon emitters in the world.”

She said it is hoped the action will raise awareness of the climate emergency and continue to support people “having to battle” companies like Shell and Exxon who have “totally torn through communities in Scotland”.

Both ExxonMobil Chemical and Shell UK declined to comment.