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Updated supporter briefing on shale gas fracking and coalbed methane. The briefing gives an overview of what fracking and unconventional gas are, and highlights some of the environmental, climate change…
The election of Donald Trump is a frightening lurch towards intolerance. Friends of the Earth stand in solidarity with people who woke up on November 9th feeling fearful for their…
Updated supporter briefing on shale gas and coalbed methane.
Friends of the Earth Scotland, as part of the Scottish Environment LINK Unconventional Fossil Fuels Subgroup, have welcomed the opportunity to feed into the Scottish Government commissioned research programme under…
Unconventional Fossil Fuels: Supporter briefing ahead of the Holyrood 2016 Elections On 5 May voters across Scotland will go to the ballot to elect the politicians who will represent us in Parliament and…
Unconventional Fossil Fuels: unsafe, unnecessary, unwanted While fracking continues to dominate the headlines, the extractive industries are pushing forward with yet another extreme and unproven fossil fuel extraction process known as…
There’s been a lot of discussion in anti-fracking circles about some of the legal and constitutional issues around the moratoriums on shale gas, coalbed methane and underground coal gasification. Common…
Unconventional Fossil Fuels: unsafe, unnecessary, unwanted You’ve probably come across fracking in the news and wondered if the reality is as ugly as the word. Maybe you’ve heard about the new…
In this joint briefing, Spokes, Friends of the Earth Scotland, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, Ramblers Scotland, Pedal on Parliament and Transform Scotland urge the Government to adopt a proposal initiated by…