Response to Scottish Fuel Poverty Statement
Friends of the Earth Scotland and the Association for the Conservation of Energy welcome the opportunity to comment on the consultative draft of the Scottish Fuel Poverty Statement. On the…
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Research & Briefings
Read our briefings and analysis on key environmental issues
Issues in Improving Quality in Private Housing – A Response from Friends of the Earth Scotland and the Association for the Conservation of Energy
FoES and ACE are fully supportive of the work of the Housing Improvement Task Force. The ‘issues’ paper is a very comprehensive document and we only have a few specific…
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Transport (Scotland) Bill – a briefing from TRANSform Scotland and Friends of the Earth Scotland
This Transport Bill is being debated in the same week that we are hearing reports of Arctic ice receding to its greatest extent since records began and the Environment Agency…
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Submission to call for evidence for Freedom of Information (Scotland) Bill
We welcome the Freedom of Information Bill and see its introduction as a clear commitment to the creation of the ‘culture of openness’ which Jim Wallace called for in ‘An…
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Healthy Homes and Energy Efficiency – Supplementary briefing for Health and Community Care Committee on petition PE-123
This submission relates fuel povery to ill health, and identifies its role in social exclusion through health-related causes and the diversion of income away from other basic needs. Healthy Homes…
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Warm Homes and Energy Efficiency – Supplementary briefing for Transport and Environment Committee on petition PE-123
This submission calls for assessment of the domestic sector’s effect on CO2 output and climate change, and for the creation of joined-up policy and government given the impact of fuel…
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Sustainable Development and the Domestic Sector
The UK has legally binding commitments under the Kyoto Protocol to reduce its emissions of a basket of gases, including CO2. To this end the Government has committed itself to…
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