Press Releases

Commenting on a report released today (29 May 2012) by The International Energy Agency, heralding a ‘golden age of gas’ and saying that gas use could grow by 50% by…

Loans to renewables dwarfed by oil and gas. Research by Friends of the Earth Scotland published today (28 May 2012) reveals that RBS was involved in lending over $100bn to…

Responding to the publication today (22 May 2012) of the UK Government’s draft Energy Bill, Friends of the Earth Scotland’s Communications Officer Per Fischer said: “What we needed from the…

The Public Inquiry on Forth Energy’s application for a biomass energy plant in Grangemouth will be the first biomass inquiry in the UK to look at sustainability. The inquiry starts…

Friends of the Earth Scotland refutes the Conservative party statement released on 1 May that claims that fewer than one in five Scots backs wind power as their preferred energy…

Friends of the Earth Scotland has today (Monday 23 April 2012) released the results of a YouGov poll showing that Scots overwhelmingly support the transition to renewable energy and want…

Commenting after the First Minister was quizzed about the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing (or fracking, as it is known) at today’s First Minister’s Questions, Friends of the Earth Scotland…

Environmentalists and residents from Dundee, Falkirk, Grangemouth and Edinburgh today (19 April) gathered outside the Scottish Parliament to call on the Scottish Government to stop subsidising big biomass as ‘green’…