Blog
Latest Blogs
Energy bills are rising again – fossil fuels are the culprit
Households energy bills are rising again but we can break the stranglehold of the fossil fuel industry on our finances
Calling on pension funds to face climate risks
We protested outside a big pensions conference to tell pensions fund managers to face the climate risk.
Join our National Meetings
We’re kicking off monthly national meetings for our movement to learn, share and plot together.
More Articles
Closure of Longannet: End of coal, the beginning of the end for fossil fuels in Scotland
Find out more about our work to make Scotland fossil free within a generation at www.fossilfree.scot
Closure of Longannet signals the end of fossil fuels
When the steam turbines at Longannet power station cease to turn some time tomorrow there will be no coal being burnt for electricity production anywhere in Scotland for the first time in…
How the Scottish Parliament can remake banking for the common good
Following the release of a new report, Friends of the Earth Scotland finance campaigner Ric Lander explores how Scotland’s banking system could be transformed.
International Women’s Day Statement
On International Women’s Day, 8th March 2016, we raise our voices in indignation at the brutal murder of our sister Berta Cáceres – indigenous Lenca leader, community organiser, grassroots feminist…
Care about Clean Air, Walking and Cycling? Then save these dates…
Spring is about to Spring, and there are plenty of exciting walking and cycling events around the corner. Here are three for your diary…. (1) Saturday 5th March, all day…
A fossil free future for the Strathclyde Pension Fund?
Fossil Free Strathclyde campaign just kicked off with a public meeting at Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, where those involved in the set up of the movement presented an introduction to the…
Nuclear – if only they would listen …
EDF today announced that they would extend the life of the nuclear reactors at Torness until 2030. This announcement is hardly a surprise, everyone who knows anything about energy has…
Happy (B)anniversary: One year on from the fracking moratorium
One year ago today, the Scottish Government took the plunge and announced a moratorium on shale gas fracking and coalbed methane. Although at the time there was a huge amount…
UK Government is trying to stop divestment in England and Wales
You may have heard in the news that the UK Government is trying to clamp down on campaigns to divest local councils from fossil fuels and other dubious investments. The…
