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Workplaces encouraged to go green in November

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…

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Justice trumped by legal system

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…

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Banking on business as usual is a recipe for disaster

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…

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100% renewable electricity by 2020: Environment groups lay down challenge to Scottish Government

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…

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UK must prepare for climate impacts, says government watchdog

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…

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Planet Earth sounds raise £16,000 for environmental charity

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…

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New emissions data for 2008 shows Scotland can be more ambitious in cutting carbon

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…

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Arctic deep sea drilling massive risk to unique ecology

Friends of the Earth Scotland supports a Greenpeace action to halt a dangerous oil drilling operation off Greenland. Juliet Swann, Head of Campaigns, Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “Nothing…

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Campaigners welcome rejection of Vedanta proposal

Commenting on the decision by the Indian Government to reject a proposal by Vedanta Resources to mine the aluminium ore in the eastern state of Orissa, Juliet Swann, Head of…

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