Welcome for Environmental Rights Recommendation and Taskforce
Expert group recommends that the right to a healthy and safe environment should be enshrined in Scots law.
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Press Releases
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Tel: 0131 243 2715
Email : media@foe.scot
Fury at SNP climate hypocrisy
SNP MPs have backed a huge handout to the oil and gas industry as the First Minister attends the UN climate conference.
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Majority of Scottish MPs call on Parliamentary Pension Fund to drop fossil fuels
A cross-party group of 200 MPs want their Westminster Pension Fund to stop investing in fossil fuel companies.
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Climate Minister under pressure to explain why new Bill fails to deliver urgent action needed
The Cabinet Secretary will face MSPs to explain why the Government’s Climate Bill fails to commit to urgent action before 2030 .
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Tackling barriers to strategic court cases in Scotland
Action is needed to tackle barriers to public interest court action in Scotland, according to a new report from a number of leading NGOs.
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Climate Bill must scale up Scottish action by 2030
Parliament will hear the case for scaling up climate action in the next decade.
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New figures map out Aberdeen’s widespread air pollution problems
The online map will allow Aberdonians to get a fuller picture of toxic air and further increase calls for action from the Council.
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Welcome for Scottish Conservative proposals on waste and recycling
Support for a new plastic recycling plant could cut emissions and boost the circular economy.
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Climate change threatens major Scottish Pension Funds, says new report
Lothian and Strathclyde Pension Funds, run by Edinburgh and Glasgow Councils, were found to be failing to take adequate action to protect their investments from climate risks.
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