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Scotland’s banking system is “unsafe and unfit for purpose” and new “safe, sustainable, stakeholder” banks are needed, linked together through a government-owned network, a new report published today (10/3/16) has…
Responding to Scottish Labour's announcement today that it would ban fracking Friends of the Earth Scotland Head of Campaigns Mary Church said: “It is fantastic news that Labour have come…
Transport Scotland today released its summary National Statistics Key points: 44.8 billion vehicle kilometres were travelled on Scotland’s roads in 2014, an increase of 2% over the year, 5% more…
Reacting to the Budget announcement this afternoon, Emilia Hanna, air pollution campaigner for Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “Hundreds of people emailed the finance secretary and lobbied their…
Reacting to launch of “Making Things Last”, the Scottish Government’s strategy on the circular economy, Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “Moving to a circular…
A report published today [23 February 2016] by the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health reveals that 40,000 deaths are attributable to exposure…
In advance of the Scottish Government’s budget decision this Wednesday, a coalition of transport and environmental groups backed by broadcaster Lesley Riddoch and University of Edinburgh Professor Chris Oliver have…
Reacting to the news of a life extension for Torness nuclear power station, Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “Nuclear power is the ultimate unsustainable…
On the first anniversary of Scottish Government’s announcement of a moratorium on fracking and unconventional gas, Friends of the Earth Scotland laid out a number of ways in which the…
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