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LANDMARK EUROPEAN RULING ON AIR POLLUTION WILL FORCE CHANGE IN SCOTLAND In a landmark ruling today, the European Court of Justice has confirmed that we have a right to breathe…

Continued failure to tackle air pollution will result in unnecessary deaths Speaking at a meeting of the Scottish Emissions Transport Partnership in Edinburgh, Transport Minister Keith Brown promised a draft…

2014 likely to be Scotland's warmest year ever TOP LINES FOR SCOTLAND FROM JANUARY TO OCTOBER 2014: 2014 is on course to be the warmest year ever recorded in Scotland,…

Commenting on the publication today of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s 5th Synthesis Report, Friends of the Earth Scotland Head of Campaigns Mary Church said: “The science is…

Commenting on statements made at the Climate Summit in New York City yesterday, Friends of the Earth Scotland, Head of Campaigns Mary Church commented: “David Cameron brought nothing new to the…

Commenting on the No vote in the Scottish Independence Referendum Friends of the Earth Scotland Director, Dr Richard Dixon, said: “We hope that many of the huge numbers of people…

Liberian campaigners say the international response to the Ebola outbreak has been desperately slow, and today launched an appeal for massively ramped-up, on-the-ground help to tackle the disease that is…

A coalition of Scottish civic organisations is hosting a major conference and debate about how we build a better economy that works for both people and the planet. It will…

A report released today by Friends of the Earth Scotland calls on the Scottish Government to break up our two dominant banks and reform the banking system so that it…