fbpx

Filter By

For press enquiries, contact:

Tel: 0131 243 2715
Email : media@foe.scot

Carbon capture visit and funding ‘makes a mockery’ of planning process

Vital public services are crying out for funding yet John Swinney is giving millions of pounds to a pet project of Shell, who made £50 billion profit in the last two years.

Read more

‘Ministerial code broken 28 times’ in Scot Gov handling of Peterhead power station application

Ministers have been caught out playing fast and loose with the rules, in favour of a polluting project that risks locking households into higher energy bills for decades to come.

Read more

Energy giant SSE AGM protests over fossil fuel ‘greenwash’ & fuel poverty

Protesters spoke to shareholders attending the AGM urging them to challenge the company’s plans to build new fossil fuel power stations and force prepayment meters into homes.

Read more
oil platform with chopper

60+ climate groups demand incoming UK Government fund just transition for North Sea workers

Leading groups sign open letter calling for a “clear and funded” transition plan for workers and communities reliant on the oil and gas industry.

Read more

44 organisations urge Scottish Government to reject ‘disastrous’ fossil fuel expansion at Peterhead

Organisations from across Scottish society demand Ministers to reject this disastrous development which will only benefit greedy energy companies at a huge cost to Scottish households and the climate

Read more

SSE want to ‘pull wool over’ public’s eyes on Peterhead gas expansion plan

Climate activists protest SSE huge profits and company plans to build new gas burning power station at Peterhead.

Read more

Protest tells energy giant Equinor ‘Scotland will be fossil free’

Demonstration against company’s plans to build a new gas burning power station at Peterhead and to drill the Rosebank oil field.

Read more
group of 4 people holding stop equinor banner

Oil giant Equinor posts profits ‘obscene’ as families struggle with energy bills

Equinor is the UK’s largest supplier of fossil gas and is set on continuing to develop fossil fuel infrastructure

Read more

Scottish Government urged not to follow reckless dash for gas from UK Government

The Scottish Government has been warned by climate campaigners not to ‘go down a dangerous path’ in following the UK Government’s approach to energy. Campaigners expressed their concerns after a…

Read more