Two eco demonstrators carried out the stunt in protest against plans for a second gas power station in Peterhead.
Extinction Rebellion activists have padlocked themselves to the Scottish Parliament building and sent the keys to John Swinney .
The scheme planned by Equinor and SSE would harness carbon capture and storage technology to offset emissions - but campaigners insist the tech is unproven at scale. There is already a large gas power station at Peterhead considered to be Scotland’s biggest polluter. “We cannot allow our future to be dictated by 'magical' technological fixes that merely prolong the fossil fuel era and distract from the urgent need for a rapid and just transition to renewable energy. We demand real solutions, not empty promises. Our lives depend on it."
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