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Protestors Outside Cairn Energy’s AGM today

Friends of the Earth Scotland Press Release ENVIRONMENTALISTS PROTEST AT CAIRN ENERGY’S AGM TODAY IN EDINBURGH FREE HIGH RES PICTURES: http://www.flickr.com/photos/friendsoftheearthscotland/sets/721576335094… Activists from Friends of the Earth Scotland gathered today…

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Campaigners blow up a mountain outside RBS AGM

Friends of the Earth Scotland For immediate release FREE PICTURES: http://www.flickr.com/photos/friendsoftheearthscotland/8737490275/ RBS Mountaintop Removal Protest at RBS Bank headquarters AGM, Edinburgh, 14/05/2013: Friends of the Earth Scotland demonstrators protest outside…

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Climate Update – April 2013

TOP LINE: April was cooler and wetter than average but also very sunny, being the 10th sunniest April on record April statistics: Average Temperature: 4.8°C which is 0.9°C below the long-term…

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Fracking priority downgraded in new planning policy

Friends of the Earth Scotland today (30 April 2013) welcomed a major change in policy from the Scottish Government that will make it much more difficult for companies to exploit…

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MPs report on shale gas – FoE Scotland Reaction

MPs report on shale gas – FoE Scotland Reaction Reacting to a new report published today by the Energy and Climate Change Committee on the impact of shale gas on…

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Edinburgh pollution zones extended as policies fail

Friends of the Earth Scotland called for urgent action on pollution from transport as the number of Edinburgh streets which fail air quality standards increased today (26 April 2013), with…

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Pensioner faces legal bill of £173,000 in St Andrews legal challenge

A ruling from the highest court in the UK today (24 April 2013) means that campaigning pensioner Penny Uprichard faces a legal bill of over £173,000, in her legal challenge…

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Scottish Coal sites create risk to the environment

Friends of the Earth Scotland today (24 April 2013) called on the Scottish Government to ensure that opencast mine sites abandoned by Scottish Coal did not create environmental problems because…

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Leaks at Canonbie should signal the end for Dart’s dirty gas plans

Commenting on news that SEPA is investigating a possible gas leak from Dart Energy’s coalbed methane project at Canonbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Campaigns Co-ordinator Mary Church said: “If it turns…

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