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Scotland\u2019s oil and gas industry is estimated to have lost tens of thousands of jobs more jobs than has been gained from renewables in the nation\u2019s green revolution over a decade leading to grave disquiet over how the nation\u2019s energy economy is being handled, the Herald on Sunday can reveal.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The oil and gas industry in Scotland has shed nearly 40% of its jobs amounting to 50,000 in Scotland over a decade, according to industry figures \u2013 while the number gained from low carbon enterprises has risen by just 2,500.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has raised serious concerns over promises from the Scottish Government that the just transition from fossil fuel production to low carbon “means an opportunity to protect, build and create jobs”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Scottish oil and gas jobs loss has come despite the UK Government pressing ahead with new licensing for fossil fuels projects.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ministers have now been accused by unions of mismanaging Scotland\u2019s energy sector and of having “no credible plan” for the future while the green jobs revolution is being described as “remaining a myth”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scotland\u2019s oil and gas industry is estimated to have lost tens of thousands of jobs more jobs than has been gained from renewables in the nation\u2019s green revolution over a decade leading to grave disquiet over how the nation\u2019s energy economy is being handled, the Herald on Sunday can reveal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":329096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691819147,691827870,691818130,691820306],"class_list":["post-329093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-green-revolution","tag-oil-and-gas-industry","tag-renewables","tag-scotland","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/0-renewable-45.jpeg?fit=2060%2C1236&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1nBX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":424246,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=424246","url_meta":{"origin":329093,"position":0},"title":"Unions Turn on Ed Miliband and Labour Over Net Zero as the Tragedy of Aberdeen Unfolds","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/02\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The recent Jobs Foundation \u2018Cliff Edge\u2019 report is a disturbing insight into the wilful economic and societal destruction of Britain\u2019s oil capital Aberdeen. 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