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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RBS financing toxic tar sands
New research, published 5th November 2012 has shown that pollution from the highly destructive tar sand extraction process is being spread across a wider area than ever thought possible as…
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Another blow for Cairn Energy as they plug North Sea well
Scottish based oil and gas exploration company Cairn Energy announced this week that they are plugging an exploratory well in the North Sea as it has proven to be ‘dry’….
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Supreme Court upholds Walton’s right to challenge Ministers
In a ruling issued today (17 October 2012), the UK Supreme Court upheld William Walton’s right to challenge Scottish Ministers decision to allow the construction of the Aberdeen bypass. While…
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