Articles by: Richard Dixon

Today Shell is celebrating 50 years of operations in the North Sea. But there isn’t really much to celebrate. Fifty years ago, the oil industry already knew that climate change was a threat, yet they carried on regardless. The American Petroleum Institute had commissioned US scientists to look at the consequences of burning fossil fuels....

Warmer, wetter weather is sending us very clear signals that our climate is changing in major ways.

Looking back on 40 years of Friends of the Earth Scotland.

Let's improve these weak air pollution proposals.

Taking the small steps needed on the path to a circular economy.

Looking past Trump and Brexit, 2017 was a fantastic year for progress in protecting Scotland’s environment.

Scotland's new Programme for Government contains a number of very significant steps forward on climate change and the environment.

The European Union is far from perfect but it has been the source of almost all environmental legislation and standards in Scotland. 

We need much tougher climate targets if we are to meet our promises under the Paris Agreement.