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Protestors Outside Cairn Energy’s AGM today

Friends of the Earth Scotland Press Release ENVIRONMENTALISTS PROTEST AT CAIRN ENERGY’S AGM TODAY IN EDINBURGH FREE HIGH RES PICTURES: http://www.flickr.com/photos/friendsoftheearthscotland/sets/721576335094… Activists from Friends of the Earth Scotland gathered today…

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Campaigners blow up a mountain outside RBS AGM

Friends of the Earth Scotland For immediate release FREE PICTURES: http://www.flickr.com/photos/friendsoftheearthscotland/8737490275/ RBS Mountaintop Removal Protest at RBS Bank headquarters AGM, Edinburgh, 14/05/2013: Friends of the Earth Scotland demonstrators protest outside…

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Climate Update – April 2013

TOP LINE: April was cooler and wetter than average but also very sunny, being the 10th sunniest April on record April statistics: Average Temperature: 4.8°C which is 0.9°C below the long-term…

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Edinburgh pollution zones extended as policies fail

Friends of the Earth Scotland called for urgent action on pollution from transport as the number of Edinburgh streets which fail air quality standards increased today (26 April 2013), with…

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Pensioner faces legal bill of £173,000 in St Andrews legal challenge

A ruling from the highest court in the UK today (24 April 2013) means that campaigning pensioner Penny Uprichard faces a legal bill of over £173,000, in her legal challenge…

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Climate Update March 2013

TOP LINES:  March was exceptionally cold and dry, being the was the 5th coldest and 6th driest March on record March statistics: Average Temperature: 1.3°C which is 2.6°C below the…

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RBS sustainability report shows deliberate manipulation of truth by the state-owned bank

Commenting on an RBS sustainability report published today (10 April 2013), Paul Daly, Corporate Accountability Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “One third of RBS energy lending still goes…

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UK Supreme Court could force clean up of Scottish air pollution

The UK Government is being challenged by environmental lawyers Client Earth in the Supreme Court today over its failure to meet European laws on nitrogen dioxide air pollution. The European…

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Appeal against excessive costs in Fife structure plan legal challenge

A tenacious local campaigner, who faces a legal bill of over £173,000, will have her appeal heard today by the highest court in the land. Pensioner Penny Uprichard took a…

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