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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Press Releases
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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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Air Pollution Monitoring Under Threat
Government Proposals could see Air Pollution Monitoring Scrapped Despite widespread breaches of air quality standards designed to protect health, a Scottish Government consultation, which closes today, could see a…
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Dart Energy Climb-Down on Legal Threat to Friends of the Earth Scotland Director
A threat of legal action to restrict the freedom of speech of Scotland’s leading environmental campaign group director, Dr Richard Dixon, has today ended in a massive climb-down by the…
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