Press Releases

Environmental campaigners today (28 November 2011) call on the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to pull taxpayers money out of climate wrecking industries, following the announcement that the bank’s sponsorship…

A report released today (24 November 2011) by the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the UK Committee on Climate Change states that Scotland could become increasingly vulnerable to the risks and impacts…

Increasing the use of biofuels in petrol will have devastating impacts on wildlife, a new scientific assessment has shown. The report, by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, estimates that…

Friends of the Earth Scotland intervention leads to change in Scots law on who has the right to have a case heard in court. Friends of the Earth Scotland today…

New research reveals the extent of the UK’s land footprint. A new report released today (Monday 10 October 2011) shows that the UK has the second-largest ‘land footprint’ in Europe,…

Commenting on the Draft Scottish Budget 2012-13 published today (21 September 2011), Stan Blackley, Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: On Transport: “While we welcome the funding…

A plan unveiled today (20 September) to tackle Europe’s dependency on imported resources does not go far enough to end the region’s over-consumption of the world’s water, land and other…

Commenting on the announcement today (7 September 2011) of the Scottish Government’s legislative programme, Stan Blackley, Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “While the documentation accompanying the…

Commenting on the release of the Scottish Government’s emissions figures for 2009, Stan Blackley, Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “While we welcome the news that carbon…