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Young Friends of the Earth Europe get together in Germany
Friends of the Earth Scotland were invited to join with our European counterparts at the Network Gathering of Young Friends of the Earth Europe recently in Bad Nauheim in Germany. In Europe Young...
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Young Friends of the Earth Europe Summer Camp 2011
Young Friends of the Earth Europe have an annual summer camp which is a fantastic opportunity for campaigners aged 18-30 to get together for training and skill share sessions that help build their...
View ArticleWhat’s Next for RBS?
RBS has announced that despite this being another terrible year for them, they are still going to pay out out huge bonuses to their ‘top’ fat cat bankers – amazing that they can still afford to do this...
View ArticleRBS: Stop defrauding us, manipulating us, lying to us and trashing our climate
Originally posted as a guest blog on WDM on Thursday 28/3/12 The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) reported a £5.2 billion loss as it announced its annual results today The bank’s boss Stephen Hester is...
View ArticleDifficult Times for Cairn Energy
Times are pretty turbulent for the Scottish oil and gas exploration company Cairn Energy. In the last week we have seen: strong rumours that they will be bought over by a company they set up (which...
View ArticleReaction to RBS Sustainability Report: ‘Deliberate Manipulation of the Truth’
Today the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) are pleased to release their annual sustainability report. However, when we scratch the surface, it does not truly reflect sustainability, and it does not...
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Lima: seeds of resistance
You probably noticed a range of different perspectives on the outcome of the Lima climate talks in the media in the last week or so. From Lima as a failure that did nothing to avert catastrophic...
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UK Government Spouts a lot of Hot Air in Nitrogen Dioxide Case
The environmental lawyers (pictured below) argued that the UK Government is breaking European law because it did not achieve safe levels of Nitrogen Dioxide by 2010, and because it failed to apply for...
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7 things we learned from the Supreme Court’s air pollution judgment
The Supreme Court has ordered the UK Government to draw up new air pollution plans by in the culmination of a legal battle brought by environmental campaigners ClientEarth against the Government for...
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A Paris Deal: on whose terms?
The 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change officially opened this morning, with about the amount of pomp you might expect for the 150 world leaders...
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Halfway through, far from halfway there
At the halfway point of the Paris climate talks very little progress has been made on any of the key issues up for negotiation; that is, issues fundamental to the survival of the human race. Parties to...
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Glasgow community groups need your help to tackle air pollution in the city
Action Hillhead and Glasgow University Climate Action Society are calling for urgent action to tackle air pollution on Byres Road and beyond through a new petition. If you are a Glasgow resident,...
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Why we need to get active on air pollution
Comparison of deaths in Scotland attributable to different sources On Sunday we released our list of the most polluted streets in Scotland with St John’s Road in Edinburgh and Hope Street in Glasgow...
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5 ideas to help Scotland leave the car behind
Our air pollution problem is mainly caused by traffic and our unhealthy relationship with the car, a relationship which the Scottish Government has fostered by spending millions every year on building...
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People Power bans Underground Coal Gasification
In a huge victory for people power, the Scottish Government has banned Underground Coal Gasification today. Almost a year ago to the day, the Government announced a moratorium on UCG following a...
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