Press Releases

Royal Bank of Scotland today (10 December 2012) announced a new lending scheme to introduce technology to reduce energy costs for larger businesses. Paul Daly, Corporate Accountability Campaigner at Friends…

In a ruling issued today (17 October 2012), the UK Supreme Court upheld William Walton’s right to challenge Scottish Ministers decision to allow the construction of the Aberdeen bypass. While…

Friends of the Earth Scotland Media Advisory Upon invitation of Friends of the Earth Palestine (Pengon), a Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) delegation visited the West Bank to observe…

Commenting on news today (25 August) of a large explosion in the biggest oil refinery in Venezuela, Paul Daly, Corporate Accountability Campaigner at Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “Our…

Commenting on news today (17 August) that RBS has been subpoenaed by the Attorney General of New York and Connecticut, Friends of the Earth Scotland Corporate Accountability Campaigner Paul Daly…

Commenting on the news that an iceberg twice the size of Manhattan has broken from the Petermann Glacier in Greenland, Friends of the Earth Scotland Campaigner Paul Daly said: “An…

Serious concerns raised as emission target is missed. The Scottish Government’s failure to meet the first target set by the Climate Change Act marks an extremely worrying start to the…

The Rio+20 climate summit in Brazil is expected to end today (22 June 2012) with the agreement on an “outcome document” that lacks both global ambition and action. The document,…

The announcement today (31 May 2012) of the Scottish Government’s Climate Justice Fund was welcomed by the Stop Climate Chaos Scotland coalition. The new fund to help people living in…