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Friends of the Earth Scotland statement in response to Conservative Party press release

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…

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YouGov poll? Scots support renewables – Trump ‘out of step’

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…

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FM sidesteps question about fracking

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…

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Protesters challenge unsustainable biomass outside Holyrood

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’…

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Cumulative and long-term effects of Elgin platform still unknown

Friends of the Earth Scotland today welcomed reports that chemical testing of water and sediment samples from around the stricken Elgin platform indicate there has been no direct marine contamination…

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Response to UK Government panel’s fracking announcement

Commenting on the reports today (17 April 2012) that a UK Government-appointed panel has stated that gas fracking should continue in the UK, Hannah Kitchen, Campaigner at Friends of the…

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Experts to call for radical reform of banks

Leading economists, policy makers and opinion leaders will leave the City for Edinburgh on Thursday to make the case for radical measures to reform the banking system. As the financial…

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Full impact of Elgin platform gas leak will not be known for some time

Responding to claims from TOTAL and the Scottish Government that there has been minimal environmental damage caused by the gas leak from the stricken Elgin Platform so far, Stan Blackley,…

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Renewables supplied 35% of Scotland’s electricity demand in 2011

Responding to the announcement from the Scottish Government today (29 March 2012) that Scotland has beaten its 2011 target for the amount of electricity produced from renewable sources, Stan Blackley,…

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