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Reacting to the Launch of Transport Scotland's “Cycling Action Plan for Scotland 2017-2020” today, Air Pollution Campaigner Emilia Hanna said: “Traffic-derived air pollution is causing a public health crisis in…
Friends of the Earth Scotland today published a list of Scotland’s most polluted streets in 2016, showing that streets in many parts of Scotland continue to have unsafe and illegal…
Commenting on the Scottish Government’s paper “Scotland’s Place in Europe,” Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “We welcome these proposals from the Scottish Government, which…
In press conferences in New York and London today it was announced that funds valued at over US$5 trillion have now divested from fossil fuels. Global commitments to divest have…
At a conference today (Tuesday 13 December) the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) and Friends of the Earth Scotland will announce plans to work closely together on industrial policies which…
Reacting to news that the UK has joined the group of over 100 nations committed to keep climate change to safe levels following unanimous agreement from MPs, Dr Richard Dixon,…
As world leaders resist essential short term action to cut emissions at the UN climate talks in Marrakech, the Met Office confirms that 2016 is likely to be the warmest…
A series of reports published by the Scottish Government today (Tuesday 8 November) contain damning evidence on the impacts of developing a shale gas fracking and coalbed methane industry in…
The Scottish Government is expected to publish its evidence on shale gas fracking and coalbed methane in Parliament today. This will include a Public Health Impact Assessment and 5 reports…
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