Programme for Government Reaction
The Scottish Government recognises the future must be greener, safer and fairer but the economic and climate crises demands that work starts today.
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Press Releases
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Email : media@foe.scot
Green Jobs Recovery must be at core of Programme for Government
This 10 step plan would help create tens of thousands of much-needed green jobs while building a fairer society.
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Hunterston Nuclear Reactors to close permanently in 2021
Nuclear energy is dangerous, unaffordable and unreliable – it leaves dangerous radioactive waste for a thousand generations of people.
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Low Emission Zone delay shows Scottish Government ‘not serious’ about air pollution action
People in Scottish cities are people forced to breathe toxic traffic fumes for another year.
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Scottish Covid-19 Recovery Blueprint Woefully Inadequate
The response is light on new concrete commitments but is heavy on green rhetoric.
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Commission’s report is a fraction of what is needed for a Just and Green Recovery.
The scale of the challenges we face from COVID-19 and the climate crisis demands bigger, bolder actions across the economy.
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Scottish Government support for Heathrow expansion cannot continue in Climate Emergency
The Scottish Government has reaffirmed its commitment to a third runway being built at Heathrow, despite the climate impacts.
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Young people demand just and green recovery plan from coronavirus
They dropped banners across Scotland calling for a radical response to Scotland’s recovery from COVID-19 that puts people and environment before profit.
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Safe Streets Funding Has Huge Regional Disparities, Analysis Shows
With many public spaces insufficient for social distancing, some Councils are failing to take the support on offer.
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