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Continuing to resist – the fight against CCS at Peterhead and beyond
We’ve continued to delay this disastrous project for nearly four years and we’re looking back on 2025 with pride.
Community organising in the North East
Hello and Fit Like from Michelle (North East Community Engagement Officer) and Guy (North East Organiser) in North East! Can you believe we’ve reached the end of 2025 already?! And…
A year fighting for a circular economy
Looking back at 2025’s highs and lows in the campaign for a circular economy.
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Halfway through, far from halfway there
At the halfway point of the Paris climate talks very little progress has been made on any of the key issues up for negotiation; that is, issues fundamental to the…
What is Scotland’s role in tackling climate change?
WHAT is Scotland’s role in tackling the greatest crisis of our time? The day after the COP21 negotiations in Paris opened with a glitzy summit for world leaders, a group…
Is COP21.5 a realistic possibility?
AFTER only three days of negotiations there is already talk of whether the disagreements can be resolved, the necessary compromises made, and the political will secured to actually get a…
A Paris Deal: on whose terms?
The 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change officially opened this morning, with about the amount of pomp you might expect for the…
Where your money goes: BP, corruption, spills, and “gross negligence”
By Emilie Tricarico “In a country where death, corruption and state terrorism are the law truth becomes a synonym for terrorism. Therefore solidarity is the strength that the powerless need.”…
Clean air strategy needs sharpening up in Parliament debate
The newly launched “Cleaner Air for Scotland” Strategy claims that it will ensure Scotland has the cleanest air in Europe. But it does not spell out what impact its 43…
I put my money where my mouth is and invested in community energy
Recently I put my money into two community energy projects that are looking for funding to go ahead. Why? I had a little bit of cash saved in the bank…
Scottish Parliament invests £3 million in fossil fuels, arms and tobbaco
Friends of the Earth Scotland has published new research showing that the Scottish Parliament’s pension fund has over £2 million invested in fossil fuels, and a further £1 million in…
Setting the stage for the greatest escape ever
How rich countries are evading responsibility for the climate crisis World leaders meet in Paris in only six weeks time to agree a global deal to curb climate emissions. Yet,…
