Our Power Demands: Briefings 8-10 Our Energy
Demands 8-10 offer the vision for an energy industry that is owned by, answerable to, and beneficial for the people working in and relying on it.
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Research & Briefings
Read our briefings and analysis on key environmental issues
Our Power: Research methodology and lessons learned briefing
Our Power’s methodology and lessons learned briefing is a guide for other organisations who are interested in learning how we spoke with offshore oil and gas workers and what it might look like to replicate the process with a different workforce or in a different region.
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Friends of the Earth Scotland’s response to the Grangemouth Inquiry
There is an urgent need for both regional and sectoral just transition planning to ensure the workforce and community are supported through the changes which must come to meet our climate objectives.
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Briefing paper on Scotland’s deposit return scheme
Briefing paper with the latest information on Scotland’s deposit return scheme.
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National Planning Framework 4 Briefing
The National Planning Framework 4 is crucial in our fight to tackle the climate emergency and build the better world that we know is still possible. Encompassing both planning policy…
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Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan briefings
The Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan (ESJTP) will have a huge impact on the future of Scotland’s energy industry. FoES have produced two briefings – a 2 page and…
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Nuclear Power is not the answer
A Friends of the Earth Scotland briefing outlining why Nuclear power is not the answer is our energy needs.
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The Role of the Scottish Government in the Phase Out of Oil & Gas
A fair and fast transition away from fossil fuels to clean, affordable, renewable energy is an urgent necessity.
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Aggregates tax consultation response
This response sets out our position on a devolved aggregates tax and notes several areas for attention which are important to consider.
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