Time for RBS to change its investment habits
This is a response to an article in The Times by Stephen Hester this week. The Times did not publish the letter. Times’s online version is subscriber only, unfortunately. Stephen…
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Climate change report confirms the need for action now
Commenting on the Committee on Climate Change’s report released today (30 June), Francis Stuart, Friends of the Earth Scotland Parliamentary Officer, said: “This report supports what FoES has been saying…
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Charity challenges Scots to cycle for the environment
Scotland’s leading environmental campaigning charity is encouraging people from across Scotland to join a Fife Coastal Challenge bike ride in September. Friends of the Earth Scotland is encouraging people to…
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Zero waste plan makes welcome steps towards waste reduction
Friends of the Earth Scotland has welcomed the publication of Scotland’s ‘Zero Waste Plan’, which makes “welcome steps” towards waste reduction and better waste management. Duncan McLaren, Friends of the…
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Hunterston coal threatens communities at home and abroad
Campaigners have slammed Ayrshire Power on the day they lodge a formal application for what would be the UK’s first coal power station to be built since 1974. Friends of…
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Hunterston plans out of step with fossil free future
With news that Ayrshire Power is to formally submit their application (2 June) to build a coal fired power station at Hunterston, Friends of the Earth Scotland continue to express…
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Higher EU climate targets good for taxpayers
Research released by the European Commission today (26 May) recognises that the costs of raising the EU’s 2020 CO2 reduction target to 30% would be minimal, while significantly cutting the…
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Price tag for new Forth bridge is £780 for every Scottish taxpayer
New research shows the cost to every taxpayer in Scotland for a second Forth road bridge is £780, the equivalent of £130 in your tax bill every year between now…
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Ditched flat, job and credit cards to live off other people’s waste
When Katharine Hibbert, 28, walked away from her flat, job, belongings and credit cards, she wanted to see whether it was possible to live on what our wasteful society throws…
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