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The secondhand clothing conundrum

With costs soaring for everyone except the companies churning out fast fashion, it’s time to change the way second-hand clothes are managed for good. 

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A delegation group from Irvine Without Incinerators deliver a letter to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency calling on the agency not to award a permit to the Oldhall incinerator

What did we learn from our campaign for Irvine Without Incinerators? 

Late last year, after five years of building, and nearly two full years of local protest, Oldhall Waste Incinerator in North Ayrshire were granted the licence to fire up. This is expected to happen this month.  

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What comes next for the new Scottish Parliament? 

This Scottish Government and set of MSPs will be in the parliament for five years – the critical time for finalising Scotland’s transition away from fossil fuels. 

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Our time in Paris

There is something odd about being in a city and feeling at the centre of the action, but knowing that the real action is taking place only a few kilometres…

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Young Friends of the Earth Scotland

Did the Paris climate agreement deliver what people need?

What exactly does the Paris Accord set out to do and is it good enough?

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Where your money goes: the toxic toll of BHP Billiton in Borneo and Colombia

By Emilie Tricarico and Stuart Anderson BHP Billiton is the world’s largest mining company.  Partly based in the UK and funded by Scottish funds, including the Scottish Parliament own pension…

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People Power in Paris: We are making another world possible

After 4 days of false starts, or rather false endings – the final Paris Agreement text was eventually produced at 1:30CET, and gavelled though after a last minute fight over…

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People Power at Paris Climate Summit

The French chair of the process at the climate conference is aiming to get a final agreement signed by 6pm tomorrow. Past experience suggests this is unlikely. I’ve already several…

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Glasgow community groups need your help to tackle air pollution in the city

Action Hillhead  and Glasgow University Climate Action Society are calling for urgent action to tackle air pollution on Byres Road and beyond through a new petition. If you are a Glasgow…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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