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Why public ownership is the answer for Scotland’s buses, and our climate
Putting public transport into public hands is a no brainer – for people, communities, workers and the planet.
Why environmentalists need tax justice
If you care about our environment then you need to care about tax. Here’s why.
Climate-themed show recommendations for Edinburgh Fringe 2026
Here are the climate shows we’ll be booking tickets for at the Edinburgh festivals this year.
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Climate Summit: World Leaders Fiddle While Planet Burns
One week before world leaders gather in New York for their Climate Summit, Friends of the Earth International warns that the September 23 ‘talking shop’ will only see leaders fiddling…
Dear IGas…
We understand that there is a clause in your contract to acquire Dart Energy that enables you to ditch the deal if planning permission for the company’s flagship commercial coalbed…
#NoTTIP National Day of Action
A series of events are planned across the UK and Ireland on Saturday 12th July to say no to the proposed EU-US trade deal. The deal being negotiated between the…
Not worth the Fracking risk
Scotland is an increasingly unattractive prospect for the shale industry, with low headline gas estimates and even smaller potential returns. This is good news for the large number of communities…
Volveremos: we’re back!
This morning a broad coalition of civil society groups from around the world symbolically walked back in to the UN Climate talks in Bonn. In December, we walked out of…
Climate change is a moral and ethical issue – it’s not about bean counting
A guest blog from Mike Childs, Head of Policy, Research and Science, ahead of the publication of the IPCC report on climate mitigation this Sunday. It’s a common insult: someone…
Inquiry day 12 – Orson Welles, public data and buffer zones
Today we spent a long time picking over Dart’s Waste Management Plan, including a lunch-time huddle on whether the development was an extractive waste area, an extractive waste facility or…
Inquiry day 11 – bog jumpers and fluorescent jerseys
Somewhat ambitiously perhaps, given the slow progress of most of the last two weeks, today’s agenda included three separate hearing sessions. But we made it in the end, meaning timetable…
Inquiry day 10 – regulating acronyms
We had a day of PEDL, CAR, PPC, MEW and other TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms).* This was the first day of hearing sessions – parties sitting around the table having…
