On Tuesday 27th September, ethane from US fracking will arrive in Scotland for the first time. Campaigners from both continents attacked bosses at INEOS for their financial gain from...
Friends of the Earth Scotland have today published a report setting out the serious dangers that Underground Coal Gasification poses in terms of climate change, local...
The Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, Dr Richard Dixon, has reacted to the Scottish Government funding announcement of flood protection for 10,000 homes. Dixon commented,...
Referendum results revealed today that the UK will revoke its membership from the European Union. Many campaign groups and environmental support groups have expressed their concern...
The Church of Scotland has said it will no longer invest in polluting energy companies. The Church voted yesterday in Edinburgh to distance itself from companies...
Reacting to the news that Inoes will used fracked gas from the US at a reopened plant at Grangemouth, Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of...
As the Paris climate change conference was presented a final proposed agreement with the aim of being signed off later today, Dr Richard Dixon, Director of...
Today in Paris Friends of the Earth Scotland launched their biggest ever campaign. The Fossil Free Scotland campaign aims to end the use of fossil fuels...
This afternoon the Scottish Parliament will debate a motion calling for more action to tackle air pollution. The debate comes two weeks after the launch of...
The Scottish Government today launched its long awaited “Cleaner Air for Scotland” air quality strategy. Campaigners have welcomed the Scottish Government’s ambition to implement World Health...
Analysis published by Friends of the Earth Scotland yesterday revealed that the Scottish Parliament Pension Fund has over £2 million invested in fossil fuels, and a further...
With only six weeks to go before world leaders meet at key United Nations talks in Paris, negotiators are gathered in Bonn this week in an...
A powerful alliance of over 50 civic organisations is today calling on the Scottish Government to end the blight of Scotland’s draughty, unhealthy homes by 2025....
Ex-diplomat John Ashton CBE will share his recent experiences from the front line of the intensifying struggle over fracking in England at a Scottish Parliamentary reception...
Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has today confirmed a presumption against fracking and unconventional gas developments in Northern Ireland. The new Single Planning Policy Statement states: “in...