Coalition leaders' open letter to Brown published in Guardian
The leaders of Stop Climate Chaos Coalition wrote to the Guardian on the 10th October to hold Gordon Brown to his promise to meet 15% of our energy needs from UK renewables by 2020.The letter was...
View ArticleEnergy Bill: Renewable energy proposals must be strengthened
A coalition of trade bodies, unions and charities is calling for Government plans to introduce a feed-in tariff into its Energy Bill to be significantly strengthened so that people are given real...
View ArticleWorld Governments Urged to do More to End the Recession
At the end of March, ahead of the London G20 Summit, the Put People First alliance – made up of over 160 unions, development agencies, faith and environmental groups – brought 35,000 people onto the...
View ArticleMiliband must end coal emissions
A call for an end to dirty coal emissions by Stop Climate Chaos Coalition members, Christian Aid, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Oxfam, RSPB, WDM and WWF UK, has been published in the Guardian.read...
View ArticleScotland's Climate Bill on the verge of leading the world
Coalition group hails Government amendment and urges MSPs to fix remaining loopholes.Scotland's climate change legislation is once again on the verge of being 'world leading' said campaigners today...
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Scotland 'leads the world' in the fight against climate change
Wednesday 24th June 2009The Scottish Parliament today led the world by passing the strongest climate change legislation of any industrialised nation.Stop Climate Chaos Scotland lobbying at Holyrood -...
View ArticleGovernment faces environmental legal challenge over RBS
The World Development Movement, PLATFORM and People & Planet have today launched legal action against the Treasury for allowing public money, poured into the Royal Bank of Scotland to be invested...
View ArticleCampaigners land blow on 'oil and gas' bank
The government has been roundly criticised from various quarters for the use of public cash to bail out and prop up RBS. Scandals over Sir Fred's pension and now the ten million pound salary and bonus...
View ArticleCarbon markets won't save the rainforest - we must tackle the route causes of...
Responding to the launch of the Environmental Audit Committee's report on how to stop emissions from deforestation, Friends of the Earth argued that money alone wouldn't save rainforests.
View ArticleProcurement Reform Bill consultation response
“Scotland has set world leading targets in our Climate Change legislation and we have the opportunity to show similar leadership in sustainable procurement.” Scottish Government's Sustainable...
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