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Why climate activists are standing with Grangemouth oil workers
The company’s plans to shut the oil refinery epitomize environmental and climate injustice.
Nurdles: The tiny pellets polluting Scotland
The plastics industry is polluting Scotland with nurdles, harming the environment and communities. We investigate the problem
This year’s divestment campaign highlights
Looking back at what the divestment campaign has been doing this year.
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Can legal action stop climate change?
Can the courts bring decisive action to end our extraction of fossil fuels? Three activists take the UK Government to court for its support of the industry.
The next 5 years for Scotland’s environment
What did the SNP manifesto promise on climate change and the environment?
Time to deliver low-carbon, warm homes for everyone
The next Government needs to deliver low carbon, warm homes urgently. Retrofitting and insulating homes will be a winner for people, jobs and the planet.
Nuclear power – 35 years on from Chernobyl
Since Chernobyl only three reactor projects have begun in Europe, all being built by the French state-owned company EDF.
Why the new Scottish Parliament must kick-start our transition to a circular economy
Developing opportunities for businesses working on a circular economy in Scotland would reduce our contribution to the climate crisis.
Rest and Resistance: workshops for young people aged 16-30
Read about Young Friends of the Earth Scotland’s new lineup of digital events for young people aged 16-30 with an interest in social and climate justice.
Scotland’s new MSPs should commit to free bus travel
Free bus travel is an idea which is spreading rapidly and growing in popularity. Election candidates should commit to making it happen in Scotland in the next Parliament.
Young people put party leaders in the hot seat over climate change
Skye Thain (17) from the Young Friends of the Earth Scotland steering group offers her personal view on the recent Youth Climate Debate.
Japan’s outrageous radioactive waste plan
A decision to dump Fukushima’s radioactive waste water in the Pacific is causing outrage in Japan and beyond.
