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The Royal Bank of Scotland is the primary UK bank financing new extraction of the fossil fuels whose use is accelerating the planet’s atmosphere towards its climatic tipping point. Despite…
Reducing carbon emissions from electricity generation is a key part of the Scottish Executive’s climate change programme, with an ambitious target set for 40% of electricity consumption in Scotland to…
This report by Prof. Werner Maschewsky, of Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, defines and extrapolates the concept of EJ, referring to the USA, before applying it to the Scottish understanding…
This report first outlines the nature and potential of GNAs (Chapter 1), and then turns to lessons from experience with GNAs in Scotland and elsewhere – particularly the US (Chapter…
Friends of the Earth Scotland has long campaigned for a third party right of appeal (TPRA) in planning within a widescale review of the planning system. We have worked with…
This report highlights the role of coal-fired power stations in UK climate and energy policy. Friends of the Earth is calling for the emissions of carbon dioxide from coal fired…
The aims of the Access All Areas campaign were to test the current systems of information provision which are operated by public bodies, to highlight issues of concern and to…
Freedom of information and access to environmental information have, in recent years, come to the forefront of international political and environmental debate. It is under this umbrella that Pollution Release…
The UK Government and local authorities are currently looking at burning more waste from households, shops and offices in incinerators. Superficially, the idea of burning waste to generate useful energy…