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    • RENEWABLES TARGETS WELCOMED
    • SCOTTISH MPS CALL FOR STRONG CLIMATE BILL
    • SCOTTISH BUDGET - FoES Comment
    • Climate campaigning MP bolstered by postcard support
    • Waste: Government efforts to shake 'dirty man of Europe' tag welcomed
    • Ministers must say yes to reduction and recycling, no to incineration
    • B&Q TO STOP SELLING PATIO HEATERS
    • Salmond 'confident' on Forth bridge HGVs - Friends of the Earth comment
    • Scottish Parliament vote on energy - Friends of the Earth Scotland
    • "Bob the Builder" lookalikes visit Parliament committee
    • NUCLEAR POWER IS NOT THE SOLUTION
    • NUCLEAR POWER IS NOT THE SOLUTION
    • 'SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL' ADVERT FALSE, SAYS WATCHDOG
    • DISAPPOINTMENT AS MSPS "IGNORE ALL THE EVIDENCE" ON TOLLS
    • FOE SCOTLAND COMMENT ON SECOND FORTH ROAD BRIDGE DECISION
    • "Bob the Builder" lookalikes take message on Forth Road Bridge to Parliament: "Can we fix it? Yes we can"
    • SCOTLAND TO SET HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR CLIMATE-FRIENDLY BUILDINGS IN EUROPE
    • TOUGH PLANNING AND BUILDING RULES ARE VITAL TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
    • RENEWABLES TARGETS WELCOMED
    • New Research Shows Scottish Government Can Lead the Way on Green Homes
    • 2007 Winners Announced for Scottish Eco Prize for Creativity
    • Budget Reaction: Scottish Government Must Do More on Climate
    • 2007 Shortlist Announced for Scottish Eco Prize for Creativity
    • WEEKEND OF ACTION AGAINST PACKAGING WASTE
    • CALL TO END SCOTLAND'S HOME RENEWABLES RED TAPE
    • CALL TO END SCOTLAND'S HOME RENEWABLES RED TAPE
    • HOME ENERGY CHALLENGE HOTS UP FOR MSPs
    • SCOTS PUBLIC OFFERED FREE WASTE PREVENTION TRAINING
    • SCOTLAND SET TO MISS WASTE TARGETS - NEW REPORT
    • SCOTLAND'S CLIMATE EMISSIONS - LATEST FIGURES PUBLISHED
    • EXPERT PANEL ON ENERGY IN SCOTTISH HOMES - FoE comment
    • RBS PROFITS THREATENED BY FOSSIL FUEL FINANCING
    • SCOTTISH ECO PRIZE FOR CREATIVITY 2007
    • SCOTTISH RECYCLING FIGURES PUBLISHED - FoE comment
    • MSPS RISE TO 'HOME ENERGY CHALLENGE'
    • SHIP-TO-SHIP OIL TRANSFER VOTE - FoE comment
    • TRAMS GET GREEN LIGHT AS EXECUTIVE RESPONDS TO VOTE
    • SHIP-TO-SHIP OIL TRANSFER - KEY VOTE THIS WEEK
    • TRAMS & EARL VOTE
    • NUCLEAR WASTE DUMPING
    • SCOTTISH CLIMATE BILL ANNOUNCED - FoE comment
    • AUDIT SCOTLAND / EDINBURGH TRAMS - FoE comment
    • MPS JOIN AL GORE AT THE MOVIES
    • CARBON CALCULATOR NO SUBSTITUTE FOR TOUGH GOVERNMENT ACTION
    • SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE CLIMATE BILL STATEMENT
    • NUCLEAR REACTOR SHUT DOWN - FoE comment
    • FREE TRAINING FOR COMMUNITIES ON CONSULTATION AND PLANNING
    • AUDIT SCOTLAND TO REVIEW EDINBURGH TRAMS - FoE comment
    • ENERGY WHITE PAPER BRANDED A "DANGEROUS DISTRACTION"
    • GOVERNMENT PUBLISHES ENERGY WHITE PAPER
    • NUCLEAR POWER: Survey finds majority of MSPs opposed
    • SCOTTISHPOWER - CLEANER COAL PLANS WELCOMED
    • NEW FIRST MINISTER TO PROMOTE CLEAN ENERGY POLICY
    • ENVIRONMENTALISTS RALLY AGAINST THE BOMB
    • ELECTION: PARTY MANIFESTOS COMPARED ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
    • SHOPPERS URGED: DON'T LET EASTER GO TO WASTE
    • LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE POLICY - FoE comment
    • Scottish Decentralised Energy Report - FoE comment
    • GORDON BROWN FITS SOLAR PANELS - FoE comment
    • NUCLEAR POWER PROTEST: SCRAP EURATOM! demand Scots...
    • MSPS URGED: DON'T LET POLLUTERS OFF THE HOOK
    • FIRST MINISTER RENEWABLE ENERGY ANNOUNCEMENT
    • BROWN'S LAST BUDGET MOVES IN RIGHT DIRECTION - BUT NOT FAR ENOUGH
    • WAY FORWARD ON WASTE IS TO HELP SCOTS "SLIM THEIR BINS"
    • CLIMATE CHANGE BILL PUBLISHED
    • MICRO-RENEWABLES AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY - FoE comment
    • NUCLEAR POWER: TARGET SCOTLAND?
    • CHANCELLOR PREPARES TO MAKE KEY GREEN SPEECH
    • THE OIL BANK OF SCOTLAND - fuelling climate change
    • EU LEADERS TAKE TIMID STEPS TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
    • ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FUND - FoE comment
    • PLASTIC BAG AGREEMENT
    • SCOTTISH HOUSEHOLD WASTE PLANS
    • SCOTTISH HOUSE BUILDER TO GO 'ZERO-CARBON'
    • EXPOSED: SCOTTISH CARBON CONFUSION
    • NUCLEAR POWER PLANS "DELAYED UNTIL MAY"
    • TRANSPORT DEBATE - FoE comment
    • NUCLEAR POWER DEBATE
    • ORKNEY WAVE FARM announcement
    • ORKNEY WAVE FARM announcement
    • CONGESTION CHARGE SCHEME EXTENDED
    • NUCLEAR POWER - BAD DAY FOR ATOMIC SUPPORTERS
    • NEW FORTH CROSSING ANNOUNCED
    • ABERDEEN BYPASS CONSULTATION CLOSES
    • WINDPOWER MILESTONE WELCOMED
    • EU TARGETS FOR GREENER CARS TOO WEAK
    • FIRST MINISTER ENVIRONMENT SPEECH - FoE comment
    • SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT WEEK (5-11 Feb 2007)
    • INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE SCIENTISTS ISSUE STARK GLOBAL WARNING
    • NEW STATS SHOW GOVERNMENT'S FAILING CLIMATE STRATEGY AND SOARING AVIATION EMISSIONS
    • NUCLEAR POWER PLANS CONDEMNED
    • SHELL: USE YOUR PROFIT TO CLEAN UP YOUR MESS
    • DOUNREAY CUTS WARNING
    • ABERDEEN BYPASS OPPOSITION GOES ONLINE
    • ACTION NEEDED TO CURB SUPERMARKETS
    • ANGER AT SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE'S 10,000 CLIMATE-WRECKING FLIGHTS
    • Wildlife 'snappers' to highlight harm done by Shell
    • CARBON OFF-SETTING
    • AL GORE CLIMATE FILM TO BE SHOWN AT SCOTTISH SCHOOLS
    • SCOTTISH COUNCILS TO SIGN CLIMATE PLEDGE
    • EUROPEAN ENERGY PLANS SLAMMED OVER CLIMATE CHANGE
    • NEW REPORT: GM CROPS STILL NOT PERFORMING
    • FROM TODAY MOTORISTS TO GET FREE RECYCLING ASSISTANCE
    • FORTH ROAD BRIDGE: CABINET MEETING
    • ABERDEEN BYPASS PROPOSAL CONDEMNED
    • EU Toxic Chemical Legislation: Still not safe enough
    • NATIONAL TRANSPORT STRATEGY: Executive fails to get serious on climate change
    • SCOTTISH NATIONAL TRANSPORT STRATEGY TO BE PUBLISHED
    • EDDINGTON TRANSPORT REPORT - comment
    • ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME - comment
    • NUCLEAR: BRITISH ENERGY HITS "PANIC BUTTON" AND DUMPS CHIEF
    • PLANNING BILL: POWER GRAB COMPLETE AS COMMUNITIES LOSE RIGHTS OF APPEAL
    • PLANNING BILL: Power grab almost complete as communities to be silenced
    • FRIENDS OF THE EARTH'S BIG ASK CAMPAIGN GETS CLIMATE CHANGE BILL INTO QUEEN'S SPEECH
    • GOVERNMENT SET TO INTRODUCE CLIMATE BILL IN QUEEN'S SPEECH
    • FINAL PARLIAMENT VOTE ON PLANNING REFORM
    • TOXIC CHEMICALS FAILURE LOOMING
    • Scottish greenhouse gas cuts - Friends of the Earth comment
    • NUCLEAR POWER CAN'T SAVE THE CLIMATE
    • NUCLEAR POWER - YET ANOTHER 'SHAM' CONSULTATION ENDS
    • GOVERNMENT'S CLIMATE BILL STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION
    • CLIMATE CHANGE: STERN MEASURES REQUIRED
    • SCOTTISH HOUSEHOLD TRANSPORT STATISTICS PUBLISHED
    • NUCLEAR WASTE - BRIBERY NO SOLUTION TO DEADLY LEGACY
    • CLIMATE CHANGE BILL - Friends of the Earth Scotland comment
    • SCOTLAND PULLED UP FOR FLOUTING EU ENERGY EFFICIENCY LAWS
    • GRANGEMOUTH TO PRODUCE BIOFUELS
    • GOVERNMENT "LIKELY" TO INTRODUCE NEW CLIMATE CHANGE BILL IN QUEEN'S SPEECH
    • M74 GO AHEAD - FoE Scotland Comment
    • Forth Bridge cable replacement study – FoE Scotland comment
    • I Count campaign - Blair's last chance to stop climate chaos
    • UK MUST DEMONSTRATE INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON CLIMATE CHANGE
    • RECYCLING FIGURES PUBLISHED - 25 PER CENT TARGET WITHIN SIGHT
    • WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2006 SCOTTISH ECO PRIZE FOR CREATIVITY
    • RAIL: STIRLING-ALLOA-KINCARDINE TRACK LAYING BEGINS - FoE comment
    • AUDIT SCOTLAND TRANSPORT SPENDING REPORT PUBLISHED
    • RECYCLING: TENEMENT PLANS WELCOMED
    • NUCLEAR POWER PROTEST AT BRITISH ENERGY AGM
    • GREENS HOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY TARGETS BILL WELCOMED
    • UK'S FIRST CLIMATE ROAD MAP PUBLISHED - Government urged to act
    • ENERGY: THE ROOFTOP REVOLUTION BEGINS
    • 2006 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR SCOTTISH ECO PRIZE FOR CREATIVITY
    • ENERGY: SCOTLAND THE WAVE - BY NEXT SUMMER?
    • CHEMICAL LEAK AT GRANGEMOUTH
    • BRITISH ENERGY - PROFITS RISE, RELIABILITY FALLS
    • RBS PROFITS MASK DESTRUCTION
    • WASTE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS REINFORCE SCOTLAND'S NUCLEAR VETO
    • BIG ASK GOES LIVE IN GLASGOW
    • FORTH ESTUARY OIL TRANSFER GREENLIGHT CONDEMNED
    • ENERGY REVIEW MUST DELIVER SAFE, CLEAN FUTURE
    • SNP ENERGY REVIEW - FoE comment
    • RENEWABLES ANNOUNCEMENT - SCOTLAND
    • M74 COURT CASE ENDS - FoE FORCED TO WITHDRAW
    • NUCLEAR POWER & SCOTLAND - FoE comment
    • M74 MOTORWAY: BRITAIN'S BIGGEST ROAD BUILDING PROJECT GOES TO COURT
    • M74 MOTORWAY: GROUP LAUNCHES EMERGENCY LEGAL DEFENCE FUND
    • SCOTTISH SUCCESS AS MICROPOWER BILL BECOMES LAW
    • BOYACK ENERGY BILL - Friends of the Earth comment
    • ROYAL SOCIETY ENERGY REPORT - Friends of the Earth comment
    • ENERGY REVIEW & SCOTLAND
    • BORDERS RAIL LINK GO AHEAD - Friends of the Earth comment
    • SCOTTISH PUBLIC SET TO LOSE PLANNING RIGHTS
    • SCOTLAND'S RENEWABLES TARGET TO BE MET 'THREE YEARS EARLY'
    • General Motors withdraw Hummer ad after FoE Scotland complaint
    • Government announcement on Climate Change Law ­ FoE Scotland comment
    • Government removes red tape - Friends of the Earth Scotland comment
    • DARLING MUST STAND FIRM ON FUEL TAX
    • BUDGET REACTION: Climate commitment 'spin deep'
    • Scottish groups join to wake Gordon up to aviation
    • Biofuel targets help fuel human rights disaster in Indonesia
    • Biofuel targets help fuel human rights disaster in Indonesia
    • High street banks financing biofuel destruction in Latin America
    • Fuel poverty announcement welcomed
    • Personal Carbon Credits - FoE Scotland comment
    • SCOTTISH CLIMATE TARGETS THREATENED BY HUGE INCREASE IN AVIATION EMISSIONS
    • FoES welcomes DBERR report on micro-renewables
    • World leaders warned of further threats to food security
    • Tricky to opt-out of Royal Mail junk
    • Warm welcome for Climate Challenge Fund
    • ENERGY EFFICIENCY IS STILL THE MISSING LINK IN EFFORTS TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Support for oil fund only if spent on reducing dependency
    • Pedal power showcases Scotland as a cycling destination
    • Survey finds supermarkets' organic produce overpriced and overpackaged
    • Survey finds supermarkets' organic produce overpriced and overpackaged
    • Fuel protest - Friends of the Earth Scotland comment
    • BROWN COULD FACE BACKBENCH REBELLION OVER CLIMATE BILL
    • Government must not fall for GM hype
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