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Energy Minister Fergus Ewing’s decision today (7 February) on new subsidies for biomass will see Forth Energy’s three proposed biomass plants net £221m in subsidies each year if they are…
Commenting on news today (6 February) that the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been fined £390m for its involvement in the Libor scandal, Paul Daly, Corporate Accountability Campaigner at…
Citizens’ right to challenge developments at stake Determined bird watcher Marco McGinty returns to court today (6 February) in an historic challenge against the government’s decision to build a coal…
A new analysis by Friends of the Earth Scotland shows that air pollution targets are still being missed across Scotland, despite targets which were supposed to have been met eight…
A crucial debate about biomass is due to take place in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday evening, 16 January. It has been convened in response to a motion by Rhoda…
20 years ago (5 January 1993), the Braer oil tanker crashed onto the rocky shore of Shetland, spilling its contents of 85,000 tonnes of crude oil into the open sea….
Commenting on today’s (17 December) news that Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) may face a £350m fine following the Libor scandal, Paul Daly, Corporate Accountability Campaigner at Friends of the…
Commenting on Ed Davey’s announcement that hydraulic fracturing can resume, Friends of the Earth Scotland campaigner Mary Church said: “While we welcome the announcement of a study into the climate…
Environmental campaigners warn that the damaging impact on poor communities of costly subsidies for large scale biomass will undermine the benefits from the Scottish Government’s new Climate Justice Fund. The…
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