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Friends of the Earth Scotland’s principal fear relates to the wider environmental impacts of adopting the RTFO Order, without appropriate safeguards; an issue not directly addressed by the consultation but…
A joint response from Friends of the Earth Scotland and the Association for the Conservation of Energy to the consultation concerning better information for house sales. The response details support…
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…
Friends of the Earth Scotland is pleased to respond to the above eagerly and long-awaited consultation. We welcome the initiatives already taken by the Executive to enhance enforcement of environmental…
In the week that the highly successful London congestion charge is extended, Friends of the Earth Scotland welcomes the opportunity to debate the issue of road pricing.The transport sector is…
Friends of the Earth Scotland is campaigning for more action to tackle climate change, through reducing energy use in Scotland’s buildings and increasing small-scale, renewable energy production. Giving Power to…
This document provides a comparison of the main parties’ manifestos against a published benchmark of ten proposals made by Friends of the Earth Scotland. It reveals a wide diversity of…
This response covers each of the road orders that collectively form the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route proposal and should be recorded as an objection to the scheme. A roads scheme…
The proposals for a mandatory energy performance commitment scheme set out in the consultation document are welcome, though the carbon reduction targets are insufficiently ambitious given the magnitude of the…