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Find the latest Friends of the Earth Scotland press releases


UK Government ‘denying climate reality’ with new oil and gas plans

UK oil industry pollution per barrel increases
UK Government borrowing more to bolster oil company profits

Scottish Government must ‘stand up to Rees-Mogg’ on reckless fossil fuel expansion
Rising Energy Prices and the Cost of Living Crisis
There is an urgent need for intervention to provide immediate support to people hit by the
cost of living rises as well as to drive a rapid overhaul of our energy system away from fossil fuels towards publicly-owned, affordable renewable energy to prevent both social and climate crises in the future.
Onshore conventional oil & gas call for evidence – FoES response
A position of no support for onshore conventional oil and gas extraction must therefore be adopted, and enforced through the licensing regime and the new National Planning Framework 4.

BP profits show ‘fundamentally broken’ energy system
The oil giant announced £6.9 billion profits in just 3 months.

Shell profits show energy system ‘unfit for purpose’
Outrage at the announcement of oil giant Shell’s profits of £9.5billion in just 3 months.
