European resource efficiency roadmap is a detour
A plan unveiled today (20 September) to tackle Europe’s dependency on imported resources does not go far enough to end the region’s over-consumption of the world’s water, land and other…
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First Minister should apologise say environment and transport groups
Scottish environment and transport campaign groups today (15 September) had a joint letter printed in the Press and Journal calling on First Minister, Alex Salmond, to apologise to William Walton,…
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Edinburgh food waste collection is a good start
Commenting on the Scottish Government’s announcement today (13 September) of £1.3m funding to support food waste collections in Edinburgh, Stan Blackley, Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said:…
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Scottish Government legislative programme lacks imagination
Commenting on the announcement today (7 September 2011) of the Scottish Government’s legislative programme, Stan Blackley, Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “While the documentation accompanying the…
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EU court upholds rights to keep honey GM free
The European Court of Justice yesterday (6 September) upheld the rights of beekeepers and consumers to keep honey free from GM contamination. Per Fischer, Communications Officer, Friends of the Earth…
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Emissions for 2009 largely due to recession
Commenting on the release of the Scottish Government’s emissions figures for 2009, Stan Blackley, Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “While we welcome the news that carbon…
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Fines won’t make Shell change its ways
Commenting on the announcement that the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is to investigate the causes of the current oil spill from Shell’s Gannet Alpha platform, and…
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Second North Sea oil leak discovered
Responding to news that a second oil leak has been discovered from an offshore platform in the North Sea, Per Fischer, Communications Officer at Friends of the Earth Scotland, said:…
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Shell has a responsibility to keep the public informed
Commenting on news that the current North Sea oil spill may now be the largest in a decade, Juliet Swann, Head of Campaigns at Friends of the Earth Scotland, said:…
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