Protestors Outside Cairn Energy's AGM today

Friends of the Earth Scotland Press ReleaseENVIRONMENTALISTS PROTEST AT CAIRN ENERGY'S AGM TODAY IN EDINBURGHFREE HIGH RES PICTURES: http://www.flickr.com/photos/friendsoftheearthscotland/sets/72157633509455696/Activists from Friends of the Earth Scotland gathered today (16 May) outside Cairn Energy's AGM in Edinburgh, dressed as cowboys to highlight the company's bizarre oil spill plan....

Campaigners blow up a mountain outside RBS AGM

Friends of the Earth ScotlandFor immediate releaseFREE PICTURES: http://www.flickr.com/photos/friendsoftheearthscotland/8737490275/RBS Mountaintop Removal Protest at RBS Bank headquarters AGM, Edinburgh, 14/05/2013:Friends of the Earth Scotland demonstrators protest outside the RBS AGM, held at Gogarburn, the bank's global headquarters.Pictured are Friends of the Earth campaigners, including (front) Paul Daly and Mary Church - posing as two 'bankers' stuffing their faces with coal to feed their fossil fuel addiction.PRESS RELEASE...

Climate Update - April 2013

TOP LINE: April was cooler and wetter than average but also very sunny, being the 10th sunniest April on record April statistics: Average Temperature: 4.8°C which is 0.9°C below the long-term average (1971-2000)Average Rainfall: 121.2mm, which is 40% higher than the long-term average Average Sunshine: 170.9hrs, which is 30% higher than the long-term average, making it the 10th sunniest on record Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said:...

Fracking priority downgraded in new planning policy

Friends of the Earth Scotland today (30 April 2013) welcomed a major change in policy from the Scottish Government that will make it much more difficult for companies to exploit unconventional gas and fracking in Scotland....

MPs report on shale gas - FoE Scotland Reaction

MPs report on shale gas - FoE Scotland Reaction Reacting to a new report published today by the Energy and Climate Change Committee on the impact of shale gas on energy markets, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland Dr Richard Dixon said: “This report does little to back the case for a UK shale gas revolution....

Edinburgh pollution zones extended as policies fail

Friends of the Earth Scotland called for urgent action on pollution from transport as the number of Edinburgh streets which fail air quality standards increased today (26 April 2013), with an additional six miles of streets now classed as polluted. The City of Edinburgh Council is extending its existing three air pollution problem zones and adding two new ones at Inverleith Row and Glasgow Road because targets for air pollution are not being met....

Pensioner faces legal bill of £173,000 in St Andrews legal challenge

A ruling from the highest court in the UK today (24 April 2013) means that campaigning pensioner Penny Uprichard faces a legal bill of over £173,000, in her legal challenge against the expansion of St Andrews....

Scottish Coal sites create risk to the environment

Friends of the Earth Scotland today (24 April 2013) called on the Scottish Government to ensure that opencast mine sites abandoned by Scottish Coal did not create environmental problems because of a legal uncertainty over who is responsible....

Leaks at Canonbie should signal the end for Dart's dirty gas plans

Commenting on news that SEPA is investigating a possible gas leak from Dart Energy’s coalbed methane project at Canonbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Campaigns Co-ordinator Mary Church said: “If it turns out that methane gas is leaking from wells at Dart’s Canonbie project, then this is yet another nail in the coffin for the company’s coalbed methane plans in Scotland....

Open cast communities sold out by ailing industry

Commenting on the revelation that many old opencast sites are years late in being restored, Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: "About the only reassurance given to any community which has to put up with opencast mining is that the site will be restored afterwards. It seems these promises are being widely broken and the government may even be working to let the industry off the hook at more sites....