Libor fine should mean time for change for RBS
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…
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Fracking restart sends out the wrong signals
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…
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Biomass proposals blow apart government’s promises on climate justice, claim environmental campaigners
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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GM Free Scotland – Open Letter
In view of the UK Food Minister’s pronouncements on GM today (‘Food minister Owen Paterson backs GM crops’) we publish this open letter to the new Environment Minister Paul Wheelhouse…
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RBS carbon reduction fund – FoES comment
Royal Bank of Scotland today (10 December 2012) announced a new lending scheme to introduce technology to reduce energy costs for larger businesses. Paul Daly, Corporate Accountability Campaigner at Friends…
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Tax breaks for fracking despite risks to health and environment
Responding to the Chancellor’s autumn statement, Friends of the Earth Scotland campaigner Mary Church said: “In announcing tax breaks and a new body to maximise economic production from unconventional gas,…
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Environmentalists expose Cairn’s cowboy calamity
As world leaders meet in Doha for the latest round of climate talks, Scottish company Cairn Energy continues its Arctic gamble, taking advantage of retreating ice caps in its hunt…
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Government should heed warnings about sustainabilty of big biomass
Friends of the Earth Scotland and Biofuelwatch joint News Release Environmental campaigners today (23 November 2012) called on the Scottish Government to pay attention to warnings against subsidies for inefficient…
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Scottish Government biomass subsidy proposal “poses major threat to forests, communities and Scotland’s climate targets”
On the day a key consultation about future subsidies for biomass in Scotland closes, Friends of the Earth Scotland, Biofuelwatch and community groups are warning that Scottish Government proposals pose…
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