Land rights in focus at environmental conference
Scotland’s leading expert on land rights will outline how increased pressure on the world’s resources is impacting on the poor in Scotland and around the world. Speaking at Friends of…
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New Chief Executive for Friends of the Earth Scotland
Friends of the Earth Scotland, Scotland’s leading independent environmental campaigning charity, today announced the appointment of Stan Blackley as the organisation’s new Chief Executive. Mr Blackley comes to Friends of…
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‘Spoof’ apology from Shell highlights human rights abuses
New report exposes Shell involvement in corruption, slavery and environmental destruction on five continents Shareholders at Shell’s AGM today (THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS, 17 May 2011) received a last minute correction…
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Coalition plan for nuclear subsidies exposed
UK government plans to sneak a new nuclear subsidy through the backdoor have been exposed in a report published today (16 May 2011) by the influential Energy and Climate Change…
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UK Government climate change deal – Friends of the Earth Scotland comment
Commenting on the news of a ‘Historic climate change deal with legal powers agreed by Cabinet’, Juliet Swann, Head of Campaigns at Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “That the…
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First nations protest tar sands investment at RBS AGM
* New research shows that, since public bail-out in 2008, RBS has raised more than £5.6bn for companies involved in controversial Canadian tar sands projects, £2.2bn of which was in…
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Tory manifesto heading full steam away from secure green future
Commenting on the Scottish Conservative manifesto released today, Francis Stuart, Friends of the Earth Scotland Parliamentary Officer, said: “The Tory manifesto is largely a sop to big business, designed to…
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American groups call on Scottish Government to reject biomass plans
A coalition of American environmental and forestry groups have accused a company behind plans to source North American wood for biomass power stations in Scotland of ‘greenwash’ in a letter…
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Budget fails to fund fair future
The much needed and much delayed Green Investment Bank got an extra £2bn in the Chancellor’s budget, but will be without lending powers until 2015. This effectively renders it a…
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