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Oil and Gas Conference heading in the wrong direction

Environmental campaigners have criticised the annual Oil and Gas Conference taking place in Aberdeen for failing to recognise the urgency of the climate crisis and the need to put Scotland…

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New Parliament needs to meet climate challenge

Friends of the Earth Scotland look forward to working with the new Scottish Government and all 129 MSPs in implementing pre-election environmental and climate promises. Friends of the Earth Scotland…

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Paris climate deal to be signed by over 150 countries

Over 150 countries will today sign the Paris Climate Agreement at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The deal agreed last December aims to keep global temperature rises below…

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SNP promise to slash climate emissions

Reacting to news that the SNP will promise to increase Scotland’s 2020 climate target from 42% to more than 50%, Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland,…

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BP dropped as Edinburgh International Festival sponsor

Today it was revealed that, after 34 years, BP will no longer sponsor the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF). The move follows intense pressure on the EIF last August, including one…

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Friends of the Earth Scotland welcomes environmental courts consultation

Friends of the Earth Scotland today (18 March 2016) welcomed the Scottish Government's launch of a consultation on options for an environmental court or tribunal for Scotland. Friends of the…

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New “safe, sustainable, stakeholder” banks proposed for Scotland to protect economy from crash and boost productive investment

Scotland’s banking system is “unsafe and unfit for purpose” and new “safe, sustainable, stakeholder” banks are needed, linked together through a government-owned network, a new report published today (10/3/16) has…

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Paris Agreement fails to deliver but People Power will triumph

As the Paris climate change conference closed, Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “Despite the hype and the extra day of negotiations, the Paris climate…

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Proposed Paris Agreement should be rejected

As the Paris climate change conference was presented a final proposed agreement with the aim of being signed off later today, Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth…

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