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Greens call for greater protection for the seas

On the anniversary of the Braer oil tanker disaster, Green MSPs are calling for immediate action to prevent another marine disaster. They are worried that forthcoming Government proposals on the marine environment will not be sufficient to protect sensitive marine environments. The sinking of the Braer tanker, which grounded in the Shetland Isles in 1993,… Read more »

Lib Dems call for establishment of international rapid response force

Labour is being urged to lead calls for the establishment of a UN rapid reaction disaster relief force. The call has come this afternoon from the Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman and deputy leader Menzies Campbell in a letter to Jack Straw. The possibility of a rapid reaction force has been mooted before, and the… Read more »