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The UK’s first Public Inquiry into a planning application for commercial unconventional gas extraction at Airth, opens today (March 18th) at the Inchyra Hotel near Polmont. Over 2,500 objections were…
Today the Scottish Parliament will debate planning priorities and policies for the future. MSPs have received thousands of messages asking them to call for a ban on unconventional gas and…
One of Scotland’s best-known national drinks could have been at risk of contamination because of toxic pollution of groundwater if the go ahead had been given for nearby coal bed…
Air pollution was debated today at Holyrood, following Friends of the Earth’s analysis of air quality monitoring which showed that many streets in Scotland are in breach of Scottish air…
Richard Lochhead MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Environment, has proposed removing crown immunity from MOD properties, this would make the Ministry of Defence accountable for all environmental impacts…
Reacting to news in the Sunday Herald that the reactor at HMS Vulcan did leak radioactivity into the environment, Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said:…
Community energy supporters from across Scotland gathered yesterday in Glasgow’s George Square to form a human, spinning windmill to mark the launch of a new coalition. Friends of the Earth…
The UK’s first Public Inquiry into a planning application for commercial unconventional gas extraction at Airth, will begin on March 18th in Falkirk. Over 2,500 objections were made to Dart…
Scotland’s leading environmental campaign organisation reacted to the news that the European Commission has launched legal proceedings against the UK for its failure to cut excessive levels of Nitrogen Dioxide,…
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