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Tomorrow (Wed 18th March) John Swinney is expected to outline the Scottish Government’s plans for economic stimulus – including green measures – at the National Economic Forum. Friends of the…
At a time when we’re all feeling the effects of the credit crunch, local Friends of the Earth Scotland volunteers and shoppers, fed-up with excess packaging, are to target stores…
A colony of penguins accompanied by their friends will today march to Parliament to meet with Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change. They will be joined on…
Holyrood will today be visited by a group of penguins who have brought a chunk of their dwindling habitat with them in a bid to save the humans from climate…
Lord Turner, Chair of both the Government’s Committee on Climate Change and the Financial Services Authority (FSA), will address a packed house at the University of Edinburgh’s McEwan Hall on…
The promised additional £15 million on home energy efficiency announced today forms a first tentative step towards solving Scotland’s fuel poverty crisis. However, we are concerned that this funding may…
We are particularly encouraged by its recommendation that the Scottish Government considers including a nationwide energy demand reduction, efficiency and renewable heat initiative as a national development. Such a programme…
Commenting on John Swinney’s speech today at the RSPB’s Scotland’s Natural Wealth conference, Duncan McLaren, Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “These welcome proposals for green jobs…
A 10 metre tall inflatable carbon dinosaur will invade Edinburgh’s Bristo Square on Saturday 31 January 2009, as part of a series of stunts across Scotland [1]. The events, which…
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