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Press Releases
Find the latest Friends of the Earth Scotland press releases
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Study shows climate action will deliver health wins on air pollution
Open letter from climate scientists to Scottish Government on net-zero emissions target
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Shell faces historic legal action in The Netherlands for failure to act on climate change
Shell has more than 50 North Sea interests and is amongst 10 biggest climate polluters.
Open letter to Scottish Ministers on carbon neutral farming
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Scottish Government Climate Plan fails to deliver
This Plan still doesn’t deliver the detailed policies or the necessary ambition to drive a just transition to a zero carbon Scotland.
Business 2020 Climate Group to wind up
FoES reaction to news Climate 2020 is to wind up when their funding ends.
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2017 is warmest year without El Niño on record
Met Office figures show that globally 2017 was the hottest year ever recorded without the extra warming El Niño effect.
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Welcome for cotton bud ban
Scotland’s ban on plastic cotton buds great news for our environment and wildlife.