Press Releases

Commenting on yesterday’s (18 May) vote on targets in the Scottish Parliament’s Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee (TICC), Duncan McLaren, Friends of the Earth Scotland Chief Executive, said: “Ambitious…

Campaigning groups met this morning with RBS executives, including Sir Philip Hampton, RBS Group Chairman, as part of their extensive campaign to challenge RBS’ investments in controversial projects, such as…

RBS must stop gambling with tax-payer money and lead the way in ethical lending. The Royal Bank of Scotland should stop investing in dirty projects and turn itself into a…

Scottish human rights, environment and anti-poverty ‘public shareholders’ to target RBS AGM as part of UK-wide protest against RBS. A coalition of human rights, anti-poverty and environment NGOs will demand…

Key targets about how to cut Scotland’s greenhouse gas emissions delay ambitious action on climate change until 2013. The targets laid before Parliament today, come on the same day as…

With perhaps his final opportunity to deliver a budget for sustainable growth, the Chancellor Alistair Darling today, once more failed to grasp the nettle. The budget makes no progress towards…

Commenting on the Scottish Government’s low carbon economy discussion paper, Duncan McLaren, Friends of the Earth Scotland Chief Executive, said: “This welcome consultation represents a big step forward for Scotland….

Friends of the Earth Scotland media briefing. Green Investment Bank The Chancellor should announce the formation of a Green Investment Bank. The new bank should focus on providing soft loans…

Commenting on the The Committee on Climate Change report on Scotland published today (24 February), Friends of the Earth Scotland Chief Executive Duncan McLaren said: “The 42% target is achievable…