CLIMATE UPDATE – October 2013
TOP LINES: October 2013 was 1.5°C warmer than the average, making it the 11th warmest October on record. Average Temperature: 9.4°C which is 1.5°C above the long-term average (1971-2000). Average…
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Press Releases
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Pioneering Community Power for Dingwall
The launch of a Scottish renewable energy project that aims to be the first with 100% co-operative ownership has begun in Dingwall, in Ross-shire. Dingwall Wind Co-op held its official…
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Price of motoring must reflect human cost of driving
Reacting to Reform Scotland’s “Pay as your drive – the road to a better future” Report which calls for current motoring taxes to be scrapped and replaced by a fairer…
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Nuclear’s dead horse flogged again
Reacting to the news that the UK government will guarantee high prices for nuclear electricity for decades to come just to get one new station built, Dr Richard Dixon, Director…
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SNP Confirm Planning Buffer Zones for Dirty Gas
Friends of the Earth Scotland has warmly welcomed the Scottish Government’s strengthened commitment today to introduce buffer zones between unconventional gas developments and communities. Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Environment and…
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Don’t Frack with Our Future
PHOTO AND FILMING OPPORTUNITY When: 11.45 on Saturday 19th October 2013 Where: Outside Perth Concert Hall, Perth, to coincide with the SNP party conference. What: An opportunity to see…
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CLIMATE UPDATE – September 2013
TOP LINES: September 2013 was drier and slightly warmer than the average. Average Temperature: 11.2°C which is 0.6°C above the long-term average (1971-2000). Average Rainfall: 95.1mm, which is 32% drier than…
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Climate change – politicians must act on global threat
Reacting to the release of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment, Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland said: “Temperatures are up, polar ice is…
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Dart Energy Face Shareholder Revolt
A founding shareholder of Dart Energy is demanding that the troubled company remove a number of Board members on the basis of the company’s poor performance in a desperate bid…
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