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Biggest climate march since cop26
Thousands marched behind a banner reading “a better world is possible” calling for global solidarity, a fair transition away from fossil fuels and increased care for our planet.
Why environmentalists should care about tax
Imagine living in a society in which polluters pay the full price of damage to our environment – and actions needed to protect and restore nature are fully funded.
It’s time to fix our broken waste system for good
The Scottish Government’s second delay to their landfill ban shows we need new solutions.
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My work experience at FoES…
By Doug Sinclair, a student at Glasgow Academy who did his work experience placement at Friends of the Earth Scotland in June 2011… At school, I was told my work…
One week in post
My first week as Chief Executive is now past, and an eventful week it was too. viagra online pharmacy We held our annual AGM and hosted a conference on land…
Coalition plan for nuclear subsidies exposed
The Coalition Agreement that formed the basis of the Conservative-Lib Dem Government last summer pledged to allow new nuclear power stations to be built ‘provided that they receive no public subsidy’. But MPs today echoed our own concerns that government’s Electricity Market Reform proposals will effectively provide subsidies to nuclear generators through new long term contracts and a carbon price floor that would hand them windfall profits.
Young Friends of the Earth Europe get together in Germany
Friends of the Earth Scotland were invited to join with our European counterparts at the Network Gathering of Young Friends of the Earth Europe recently in Bad Nauheim in Germany….
Why the doubters are wrong about green jobs in Scotland
The Scotsman printed a two page spread in the lead up to the Scottish election warning that the SNP’s target for 100% renewable electricity by 2020 would ‘wreak significant damage…
RBS black affronted at AGM tarsands protest
What a beautiful day for an AGM! Just back from RBS HQ at Gogarburn where the bailed out bank was holding its annual general cheap generic cialis meeting. Friends of…
Analysis: The manifestos so far
The SNP, Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems have now all published their manifestos. Stop Climate Chaos Scotland are doing a manifesto comparison once the Greens manifesto is published,…
The other offshore tax regime
Guest blog by Greg Muttitt The lobby machine kicked into action following the announcement by George Osbourne of plans to raise £10 billion over the next 5 years from the…
RBS: Making the Climate Weak…
Guest blog post by Iain Thom, World Development Movement Scotland “Would you let an arms company sponsor National Peace Week? How about the BNP sponsoring International Refugee Day, or Lambert…
