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Community energy advocates welcome a brighter future for Edinburgh

Commenting on news that the Edinburgh Community Solar Co-operative has already raised around £350,000 through a share offer, Anne Schiffer, community energy campaigner at Friends of the Earth Scotland said:…

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20th Anniversary of execution of Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro Wiwa

On November 10, Friends of the Earth Nigeria / Environmental Rights Action and social and environmental activists from around the world will gather in Port Harcourt City, Nigeria. They will…

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New Air Pollution Strategy launched: FoES reaction

Key points: Scottish Government has committed to meeting European legal air quality limits across Scotland by 2020; Scottish Government has not committed to meeting tighter, Scottish air quality standards by…

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Scottish Parliament Pension Scheme invests millions in fossil fuels, arms and tobacco

  Analysis published by Friends of the Earth Scotland today reveals that the Scottish Parliament Pension Fund has over £2 million invested in fossil fuels, and a further £1 million…

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Edinburgh Councillors Reject Plans for New Supermarket on Scotland’s Most Polluted Road

This morning the City of Edinburgh Council’s Development Management Subcommittee refused planning permission for a controversial proposal for a supermarket within the St John’s Road Pollution Zone. The supermarket would…

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Rich countries seek to shirk responsibility as Bonn climate talks open

With only six weeks to go before world leaders meet at key United Nations talks in Paris, negotiators are gathered in Bonn this week in an effort to move closer…

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SNP grassroots want full ban on fracking and unconventional fossil fuels

Reacting to the very lively debate at the SNP conference over fracking and unconventional fossil fuels today, Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland said: “SNP members…

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Delegates expected to call for ban on fracking at SNP conference

In advance of today’s SNP conference debate on fracking and unconventional fossil fuels, Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: “The SNP conference presents a crucial…

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Edinburgh’s St John’s Road on Track to be Scotland’s Most Polluted Street in 2015

St John’s Road’s air pollution monitoring station recorded Nitrogen Dioxide average level of 72 μg/m3 in the first half of 2015, when legal limit is 40; The monitor recorded 35…

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