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Publications & Reports

Friends of the Earth's documents are grouped into a number of types based on their intended use and target audience.

  • Reports - Our most detailed publications, setting out the arguments and analysis which lie behind our campaign demands.
  • Briefings - Download or order guides to issues surrounding our campaigns, so you can feel fully informed when taking action.
  • Policy briefings
  • Guides
  • Submissions

Explanation of types

Briefing
Sets out Friends of the Earth Scotland position on a single issue with supporting evidence or provide key facts on a issue. Suitable for media, politicians, general public and campaigners.

Guide
Tactical and strategic materials for use in winning campaigns. Suitable for campaigners.

Report
Research based background to a subject. Suitable for experts, experienced campaigners and specialist media.

Sumission
Presents Friends of the Earth Scotland's position to a consultative body. Suitable for experts and experienced campaigners.


 

Misc

  • 9/2007 Drinking at the last chance saloon... The challenge of climate change

    • Briefings

  • 3/2004 TPRA in practice (Eire planning system)
  • 12/2003 Say Yes2Less - Congestion charging
  • 9/2003 Parliamentary : European Pollutant Emission Register
  • 9/2003 Evidence to the Environment Committee Inquiry into Scotland's National Waste Strategy
  • 6/2001 Local Authority Recycling Targets - a consultation paper
  • 1/2000 The Landfill Directive - a consultation paper
  • 8/2007 Holyrood 2007: manifesto comparison
  • 2/2007 Giving Power to the People; changing the way energy is used in Scotlands buildings
  • 10/2006 Shell. Wildlife Destroyer of the Year?
  • 6/2006 Set for approval?: Future National Developments for Scotland, 2008 to 2020
  • 6/2005 2005 AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: WHY THE UK GOVERNMENT IS PART OF THE PROBLEM
  • 3/2005 Planning Reform: What the Planning White Paper should say
  • 3/2005 Planning Reform: What the Planning White Paper should say (summary)
  • 12/2004 INTRODUCING CORE SCOTLAND
  • 7/2004 TPRA Explained (plus how to take action)
  • 6/2004 Dont be a fossil: Fight climate change! 10 demands to get rid of Europes Carbon Dinosaurs
  • 3/2004 on TPRA
  • 11/2003 Executive debate on transport
  • 5/2003 Parliamentary on Third Party Right of Appeal
  • 4/2003 Friends of the Earth Scotland proposals for inclusion in party manifestos for 2003 Scottish Parliamentary elections.
  • 9/2002 Transport (Scotland) Bill - a for MSPs
  • 1/2002 BLOOD ON GLASGOWS DOORS ?
  • 8/2001 Shoppers' update: Pesticides in food
  • 1/2001 NUCLEAR POWER: A from Friends of the Earth
  • 12/2000 Good Neighbour Agreements
  • 8/2000 HEATING OUR HOMES and NOT THE SKY : The politics of environment and the burden of fuel poverty
  • 6/2000 Crisis in Chemicals
  • 9/1998 Poisoning our children: The dangers of exposure to untested and toxic chemicals

    • Guides

  • 7/2007 Noise Pollution FAQs
  • 7/2007 Noise Pollution Cheat Sheet
  • 7/2007 Roads & Traffic FAQs
  • 7/2007 Roads & Traffic Cheat Sheet
  • 7/2007 Industrial Pollution FAQs
  • 7/2007 Industrial Pollution Cheat Sheet
  • 7/2007 Landfills FAQs
  • 7/2007 Landfills Cheat Sheet
  • 7/2007 Incineration FAQs
  • 7/2007 Incineration Cheat Sheet
  • 12/2003 CITIZENS SCIENCE: WHAT ACTIVISTS NEED TO KNOW
  • 9/2003 Global Connections: The International Impact of Community Action
  • 9/2003 Voices from the Grassroots
  • 9/2003 Credit Where it's Due : The Ecological Debt Education Project
  • 3/2003 Catalyst Project training materials-Contents, Introductory materials and Guidance
  • 3/2003 Catalyst Project training materials- tools
  • 3/2003 Catalyst Project training materials- Opencast mining
  • 3/2003 Catalyst Project training materials- Waste
  • 3/2003 Catalyst Project training materials- Genetically modified crops
  • 3/2003 Catalyst Project training materials- Fish farming
  • 3/2003 Catalyst Project training materials- Fuel poverty
  • 5/2002 Environmental campaigning
  • 5/2002 Community sustainability audits
  • 5/2002 Setting up a community sustainability project
  • 12/1999 The Incineration Campaign

    • Policy Briefings

  • 7/2008 The Big Ask Scotland campaign for an effective Scottish Climate Bill - FoES
  • 6/2008 Waste prevention - FoES
  • 5/2008 Why annual targets are needed in the Scottish Climate Bill - FoES
  • 2/2008 The Scottish Climate Change Bill - FoES
  • 1/2008 Energy - FoES / ACE
  • 1/2008 Forth Road Bridge - Can we fix it? Yes we can! - FoES
  • 9/2007 Carbon emissions from buildings - FoES / ACE
  • 9/2007 Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route - FoES
  • 9/2007 The UK Climate Change Bill: committee reports - FoES
  • 6/2007 A greener Scotland - FoES
  • 6/2007 Carbon offsetting - FoES
  • 5/2007 - Transport and environmental justice - FoES
  • 11/2006 Energy standards in building regulations - FoES/ACE
  • 11/2006 Planning etc (Scotland) Bill - FoES
  • 10/2006 Climate change and road transport - FoES/Transform Scotland
  • 6/2006 Climate change and buildings - FoE/ACE
  • 1/2006 Energy Review debate
  • 1/2006 Sustainable Development Strategy debate
  • 1/2006 Air Route Development Fund
  • 11/2005 Housing Bill - Coalition on Energy Efficiency
  • 11/2005 Waste debate
  • 11/2005 Joint parliamentary Energy Efficiency Targets in Housing
  • 6/2005 Plastic Carrier Bag Levy
  • 6/2005 Housing Bill:
  • 4/2005 Nuclear and Climate
  • 3/2005 Energy Efficiency
  • 2/2005 Energy Efficiency
  • 1/2005 Onshore Wind Farms
  • 1/2005 TPRA
  • 1/2005 Fuel Poverty
  • 1/2005 Home Energy Conservation Act
  • 1/2005 Green Jobs
  • 1/2005 Onshore Wind Farms & Climate Change
  • 12/2004 Climate Change
  • 8/2004 Aarhus
  • 7/2004 Taking it on development UK sustainable development strategy together
  • 2/2004 Home Energy Conservation Act
  • 5/2003 Environmental Justice
  • 5/2003 Climate Change in Scotland
  • 2/2003 Building Regulations and Refurbishment
  • 6/2002 Issues in Improving Quality in Private Housing
  • 3/2000 Sustainable Development and the Domestic Sector
  • 3/2000 CLIMATE CHANGE

    • Reports

  • 2/2007 The Oil & Gas Bank: RBS & the financing of climate change
  • 11/2006 Annexe to building regulations - Thermal Performance of Housing inthe Aberdeen Area - report commissioned by Aberdeen City Council
  • 9/2006 THE FUTURE STARTS HERE: The route to a low-carbon economy
  • 3/2006 Bypassing the truth: the case against the Aberdeen Western Bypass
  • 2/2006 The power of Scotland
  • 12/2005 Environmental justice in Scotland - just words?: A view from outside
  • 11/2005 PROFITS BEFORE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
  • 6/2005 Africa Up in smoke?
  • 6/2004 Love thy neighbour?: Good Neighbour Agreements
  • 6/2004 Toxics: Shoppers Update 2004
  • 2/2004 Report on TPRA
  • 8/2003 Carbon Dinosaurs: A Report highlighting the role of coal-fired power stations in UK climate and energy policy
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Forward)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 1 - part 1)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 2 - part 1)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 2 - part 2)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 3 - part 3)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 3)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 4)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 5)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 6)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 7)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 8 - part 1)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 8 - part 2)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 8 - part 3)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 9 - part 1)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 9 - part 2)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 9 - part 3)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 10 - part 1)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 10 - part 2)
  • 2/2003 Towards a Sustainable Scotland (Chapter 10 - part 3)
  • 8/2002 The Environmentalism of the Poor, J.Martinez-Alier
  • 6/2002 Access All Areas: Final Report of FoE Scotland's FoI Campaign
  • 1/2002 Counting Chemicals (pollution release inventories)
  • 1/2002 Incineration or Something Sensible?
  • 12/2001 Environmental Justice and Inequalities Environmental Justice
  • 12/2001 Third Party Rights of Appeal (summary)
  • 9/2001 Third Party Rights of Appeal in Planning
  • 7/2001 Recovery of Ozone Depleting Chemicals from Domestic Refrigeration Equipment
  • 5/2001 The Great Food Gamble - GM Food and Health
  • 2/2001 Right to Really Know
  • 9/2000 Gathering storm: The human cost of climate change

    • Submissions

  • 6/2008 Submission to the Scottish Government Fuel Poverty Forum - FoES / ACE
  • 5/2008 Consultation on Permitted Development Rights for Domestic Microgeneration Equipment – FoES / ACE response
  • 4/2008 Consultation on proposals for a Scottish Climate Change Bill – FoES response
  • 4/2008 Draft National Planning Framework 2 - FoES Response
  • 12/2007 Review of Building (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 - FoES / ACE response
  • 9/2007 Consultation on the Household Energy Supplier Obligation from 2011 - FoESresponse
  • 8/2007 Lothian and Borders Area Waste Plan - consultation response
  • 8/2007 Consultation on a Carbon Emissions Reduction Target 2008-11 - FoES response
  • 6/2007 Consultation on a UK climate change bill - FoES response
  • 6/2007 Consultation on a Scottish Energy Efficiency & Microgeneration Strategy -FoES/ACE response
  • 5/2007 Consultation on the Draft Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Order - FoES consultation response
  • 5/2007 The Single Survey - FoES/ACE consultation response
  • 3/2007 The Environmental Liability Directive - FoES consultation response
  • 2/2007 The Way Forward for the Enforcement of Environmental Law in Scotland - FoES consultation response
  • 2/2007 Consultation on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral
  • 1/2007 Response to Public Health Legislation in Scotland - FoES consultation response
  • 1/2007 Energy Performance Commitment - FoES consultation response
  • 11/2006 BAA Aberdeen Aberdeen Airport outline Master Plan Draft for Consultation
  • 10/2006 SPP6 Renewable Energy - FoES consultation response
  • 9/2006 Helen Eadie's consultation on removal of tolls from Forth andTay Road Bridges - FoE response
  • 8/2006 Consultation on implementation of the EU Energy Performance of BuildingsDirective - FoES/ACE response
  • 8/2006 Supplementary evidence in support of Mike Pringle's Environmental Levyon Plastic Bags Bill
  • 8/2006 Bruce Crawford's consultation on removal of tolls from Forth andTay Road Bridges - FoE response
  • 8/2006 Tolled Bridges Review - TRANSform/FoE response
  • 8/2006 Response to the Scottish Building Standards Agencys consultation on implementation of articles 7, 8 & 9 of the EU directive on the energy performance of buildings
  • 7/2006 National Transport Strategy consultation - FoE response
  • 7/2006 Review of the Scottish Fuel Poverty Statement - FoE response
  • 7/2006 European and External Relations Committee inquiry into the European Commission's Energy Green Paper - FoE/ACE
  • 7/2006 DTI consultation: Policy framework for new nuclear build
  • 5/2006 Scottish Executive Waste Prevention strategy - FoE response
  • 5/2006 CoRWM draft recommendations on radioactive waste - FoE response
  • 5/2006 Scottish Building Standards Review - FoE/ACE response
  • 5/2006 Scottish Executive Waste Prevention strategy - FoE response
  • 4/2006 SNP Energy Review - FoE response
  • 4/2006 UK Energy Review response
  • 3/2006 Boyack Energy efficiency and microgeneration Bill FoE/ACE response
  • 3/2006 Green Micropower Bill FoE/ACE response
  • 1/2006 Planning committee evidence
  • 9/2005 Greens Big Ask Bill consultation response:
  • 9/2005 Plastic Carrier Bag Levy: Committee Evidence
  • 8/2005 Modernising the planning system
  • 8/2005 Brief comments on "Future Fuel Poverty Programmes"
  • 8/2005 ENERGY EFFICIENCY STRATEGY: SCOPING DOCUMENT
  • 7/2005 How should the UK manage radioactive waste?: CoRWMs 2nd Consultation
  • 5/2005 BAA Edinburgh Edinburgh Airport outline Master Plan Draft for Consultation
  • 10/2004 Strategic Environmental Assessment - Proposed Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Bill
  • 9/2004 Forth Estuary Transport Authority (FETA) LTS - FoE response
  • 9/2004 Towards a Green Jobs Strategy: Response from Friends of the Earth Scotland
  • 7/2004 Consultation response on Rights of Appeal in Planning
  • 5/2004 Environmental Levy Bill - Consultation Response
  • 3/2004 Strategic Environmental Assessment Consultation on Proposed Legislative Measures to Introduce Strategic Environmental Assessment in Scotland
  • 1/2004 Climate Change Scotlands Role in Delivering Climate Justice
  • 1/2004 SUBMISSION TO THE ENTERPRISE AND CULTURE COMMITTEE INQUIRY INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY
  • 8/2003 SITA Incinerator, Aberdeen - Departure Hearing
  • 6/2003 The Future Development of Air Transport - FoE response
  • 12/2002 Air transport consultation
  • 9/2002 Friends of the Earth Scotlands response to the UK Energy Review
  • 6/2002 Central Scotland Corridor Studies - FoE response
  • 6/2002 IMPROVING BUILDING STANDARDS: PROPOSALS: SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE CONSULTATION - 2002
  • 5/2002 Scottish Fuel Poverty Statement Response from Friends of the Earth Scotland
  • 1/2001 Written Evidence to Justice 1 Committee
  • 5/2000 Warm Homes and Energy Efficiency
  • 5/2000 Healthy Homes and Energy Efficiency
  • 3/2000 An Open Scotland - Consultation - FoE's response
  • 2/2000 Integrated Tranport Bill - The Executive's Proposals
  • 2/2005 Review of the Scottish Climate Change Programme - Friends of the Earth Scotland Response

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