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Aberdeen councils sponsor oil and tar sands industry event

The international oil and gas industry is gathering in Scotland today (10 September 2012) for the “World Heavy Oil Congress”, with the support of Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire councils. The…

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Cairn continues high risk Arctic exploits despite $50m loss

Cairn Energy today confirmed that it will continue to search for oil in the Arctic despite two years of unsuccessful exploration and inadequate spill response plans. The high risk strategy…

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Oil refinery explosion in Venezuela – Friends of the Earth Scotland comment

Commenting on news today (25 August) of a large explosion in the biggest oil refinery in Venezuela, Paul Daly, Corporate Accountability Campaigner at Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “Our…

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RBS subpoenaed to give evidence of Libor rate fixing

Commenting on news today (17 August) that RBS has been subpoenaed by the Attorney General of New York and Connecticut, Friends of the Earth Scotland Corporate Accountability Campaigner Paul Daly…

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RBS mid year losses show bank still broken

Commenting on news today (3 August) that RBS has announced a half-year loss of £1.5bn, Friends of the Earth Scotland corporate accountability campaigner Paul Daly said: “Once again we have…

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Greenland iceberg shows threat to Cairn Energy oil well

Commenting on the news that an iceberg twice the size of Manhattan has broken from the Petermann Glacier in Greenland, Friends of the Earth Scotland Campaigner Paul Daly said: “An…

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Scottish Government fails first climate test

Serious concerns raised as emission target is missed. The Scottish Government’s failure to meet the first target set by the Climate Change Act marks an extremely worrying start to the…

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Shale gas: ‘not a game changer’

Commenting on Professor Bradshaw’s presentation to the Royal Geographical Society’s conference in Edinburgh today, Friends of the Earth Scotland Campaigner Mary Church said: “There’s increasing evidence that despite all the…

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Hunterston planning application pulled

Commenting on the news today (26 June 2012) that Ayrshire Power is withdrawing its planning application for a new coal power station at Hunterston, Per Fischer, Communications Officer, Friends of…

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