Banking on business as usual is a recipe for disaster
For the past two years, the taxpayer has been propping up a number of our high street banks, including Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Scotland’s largest bank. Despite being handed…
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The Big Partnership wins Best Green PR campaign
The Big Partnership won the Best Green PR campaign at the Scottish Green Awards yesterday (30 September) in Glasgow. The PR company worked with ScottishPower and Friends of the Earth…
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Scotland can do better: 100% renewable electricity by 2020
Welcoming today’s announcement by the Scottish Government that Scotland’s target for renewable electricity generation is to be raised to 80% of Scottish demand by 2020, Friends of the Earth Scotland…
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100% renewable electricity by 2020: Environment groups lay down challenge to Scottish Government
Speaking today (20 September) at a Scotland Europa conference on ‘Scotland’s route to 2050: Contributing to Europe’s low carbon energy future’, Friends of the Earth Scotland Chief Executive Duncan McLaren…
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First Nation Chief visits Edinburgh to warn against tar sands oil rush
Chief Al Lameman of the Beaver Lake Cree Nation speaks about the oil-driven environmental disaster in Canada at an event in Edinburgh. Desperate oil exploration is not only damaging the…
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UK must prepare for climate impacts, says government watchdog
Reacting to today’s Climate Change Committee report (16 September), which calls on the government to act now to prepare for the impacts of climate change, Friends of the Earth Scotland’s…
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Planet Earth sounds raise £16,000 for environmental charity
An online sound library has raised £16,000 for Friends of the Earth Scotland in just a month. [img_assist|nid=834|title=Ben Gillet cheque handover|desc=Ben Gillet and Camel Audio staff handing over the cheque…
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Company director to run half-marathon in ‘Winnie’ costume to raise funds for wind
John Everett, 53, will be running his 20th Great North Run, this time in a mascot windmill costume raising funds for Friends of the Earth Scotland. [img_assist|nid=823|title=Winnie costume|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=273|height=235]John Everett is…
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New emissions data for 2008 shows Scotland can be more ambitious in cutting carbon
Scottish emissions in 2008 fell by 3.7% compared to 2007, according to figures released today [1]. The greenhouse gas pollution data for Scotland in 2008 show a more rapid rate…
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