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Friends of the Earth International was founded 40 years ago, on 15 June 1971, and has since grown into an international federation of diverse grassroots-based environmental organisations in 76 countries…

Scotland’s leading environmental organisation will this evening challenge the Scottish Government on the issue of access to environmental justice. Friends of the Earth Scotland will challenge the Scottish Government to…

Scotland’s leading expert on land rights will outline how increased pressure on the world’s resources is impacting on the poor in Scotland and around the world. Speaking at Friends of…

Friends of the Earth Scotland, Scotland’s leading independent environmental campaigning charity, today announced the appointment of Stan Blackley as the organisation’s new Chief Executive. Mr Blackley comes to Friends of…

Commenting on the news of a ‘Historic climate change deal with legal powers agreed by Cabinet’, Juliet Swann, Head of Campaigns at Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “That the…

Commenting on the Scottish Conservative manifesto released today, Francis Stuart, Friends of the Earth Scotland Parliamentary Officer, said: “The Tory manifesto is largely a sop to big business, designed to…

The much needed and much delayed Green Investment Bank got an extra £2bn in the Chancellor’s budget, but will be without lending powers until 2015. This effectively renders it a…

When: Friday 25 March and Saturday 26 March 2011 11am to 3:30pm, FREE entry Where: Augustine’s Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh Jewellery and craft makers from all over Scotland are…

As bailed-out bank RBS publishes details of its 2010 financial results, campaigners call on the government to cure RBS of its high-risk oil addition. RBS’s results show that it is…