One year on from Scotland’s new climate law – what action have we seen?
25th September 2020, by Caroline Rance
What progress have we seen in the year since people power forced politicians to increase their climate commitments?
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Why we can’t recycle our way out of the climate crisis
23rd September 2020, by Sarah Moyes
We must keep pushing for systemic changes to tackle the problem of plastic at its source.
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20th September 2020, by Connal Hughes
Letter to Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change, and Land Reform and Minister for Energy, Connectivity, and the Islands. Our organisations are deeply concerned about the possibility of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) being developed in Scotland and included in the forthcoming Climate Change Plan update. BECCS technologies to capture carbon dioxide from...
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Explaining the threats posed by Hydrogen technologies - blue, grey, green - to Scotland's action on climate change.
More On This28th August 2020, by Fergus Boden
Every year the Scottish Government sets out its plans for the coming year in the “Programme for Government”. This year’s Programme for Government comes at an important moment. The impacts of COVID-19 have plunged us into multiple crises. On top of the catastrophic health impacts, Scotland is entering a recession, with thousands of jobs lost...
More On This25th August 2020, by Ryan Morrison
Just Transition Partnership letter to Scottish Goverment Cabinet Secretaries regarding Just Transition Commission recommendations and Programme for Government.
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On Wednesday 12 August, MSPs will debate the Scottish Government’s “Economic Recovery Implementation Plan”, setting out their plans to rebuild the economy from the impacts of Coronavirus. This briefing sets out Friends of the Earth Scotland’s view on the Scottish Government’s Economic Recovery Implementation Plan and some of the steps that must be taken to...
More On This28th July 2020, by admin
A briefing on the dangers posed by the unproven and dangerous technology of BioEnergy with Carbon Capture and Storage.
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Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS), has been gaining a lot of attention in the media – but what is it, and why should we be worried about its false positioning as a climate solution? This briefing answers these questions, and sets out why Friends of the Earth Scotland has...
More On This23rd June 2020, by Fergus Boden
This briefing, sent ahead of a Parliamentary debate on the Advisory Group on Economic Recovery’s report, sets out why Friends of the Earth Scotland believes that the report falls far short of creating the vision for a green recovery and wellbeing economy that the Scottish Government is aiming for. The Scottish Government’s economic recovery plans...
More On This23rd June 2020, by Fergus Boden
This document sets out Friends of the Earth Scotland’s response to the questions posed by the Scottish Government’s Advisory Group on Economic Recovery. The Advisory Group launched a consultation asking for suggestions on how Scotland’s economy could recover from the impacts of COVID-19. Our response sets out some of the measures that the Scottish Government...
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