The Scotsman opinion piece, on Climate, 13 November 2026
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Read the original article on scotsman.com (opens in a new tab)Joyce McMillan argues in a column that the SNP and Labour governments are backsliding on net zero, including over the Rosebank oil field, as climate change begins to affect food supply. She gives Kellogg's own words for its change to Rice Krispies and attributes the warnings on food and national security to Ed Miliband. Her statement that flood and fire events are growing more frequent fits the documented record that warming has made heavy rainfall and fire weather more frequent or severe.
Opinion piece: read for false claims of fact and for fairness to the people it names, not for its opinions.
“citing “changing weather” in countries where most of Europe’s rice is grown as causing problems with both quality and price”
McMillan gives Kellogg's own words for its reason and does not go further than the company did, so the reader knows exactly who made the link between weather and the change to the cereal.
“according to Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, speaking at the COP 31 climate summit in Antalya this week”
The column attributes the claims about food supply and national security to a named speaker at a named event, keeping its own argument separate from the reported position.
“the huge costs of ever-more frequent flood and fire events”
The column states as fact that flood and fire events are becoming more frequent, which matches the documented record that warming has made heavy rainfall and fire weather more frequent or severe (R2).
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