Press Releases

According to research published today (1 November) by Friends of the Earth Scotland, meeting our climate targets could increase employment, cut health-care costs and reduce social exclusion. The report, ‘42%…

Self-proclaimed ‘greenest government’ fails key test in blizzard of wasteful cuts and missed opportunities Today’s spending review has axed key green promises and programmes. The promised Green Investment Bank has…

Workplaces across Scotland are being asked to hold a ‘green dress down day’ to raise funds for the environment. Friends of the Earth Scotland is encouraging staff to donate £1…

Responding to news that the attempt by Molly Forbes to challenge the decision to allow the Trump Organisation to develop land at Menie Estate has been rejected, Juliet Swann, Head…

For the past two years, the taxpayer has been propping up a number of our high street banks, including Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Scotland’s largest bank. Despite being handed…

Speaking today (20 September) at a Scotland Europa conference on ‘Scotland’s route to 2050: Contributing to Europe’s low carbon energy future’, Friends of the Earth Scotland Chief Executive Duncan McLaren…

Reacting to today’s Climate Change Committee report (16 September), which calls on the government to act now to prepare for the impacts of climate change, Friends of the Earth Scotland’s…

An online sound library has raised £16,000 for Friends of the Earth Scotland in just a month. [img_assist|nid=834|title=Ben Gillet cheque handover|desc=Ben Gillet and Camel Audio staff handing over the cheque…

Scottish emissions in 2008 fell by 3.7% compared to 2007, according to figures released today [1]. The greenhouse gas pollution data for Scotland in 2008 show a more rapid rate…