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Praise as Scots climate change targets achieved

Targets for cleaner air set in 2015 have been reached for the first time

NEWS 13 June 2017 by Robert Armour

Save Scotland’s wild land from industrial destruction

One of the country’s leading conservation charities has launched a campaign to ensure greater protection for Scotland’s wild land

NEWS 13 June 2017 by Graham Martin

Greenpeace: Gove has a lot to prove on the environment

Greenpeace has expressed its scepticism after Michael Gove was elevated back into the Westminster cabinet as environment minister

NEWS 12 June 2017 by Graham Martin

Leading activist lifts the lid on corruption in the fracking industry

Friends of the Earth Scotland will host Wenonah Hauter, founder and executive director of Food & Water Watch US and a leading anti-fracking activist

NEWS 8 June 2017 by Graham Martin

Dismay and defiance: Scotland joins condemnation as Trump trashes climate deal

Scottish charities joined in the world-wide chorus of dismay and defiance which has greeted the US decision to pull out of the 2015 Paris climate deal

NEWS 2 June 2017 by Graham Martin

Scots reject fracking and call for outright ban

40,000 Scots have told the Scottish Government to ban fracking with 12 hours still to go on the official consultation on the issue

NEWS 30 May 2017 by Graham Martin

Wildlife groups: shooting industry must be regulated

Wildlife conservation groups want a “progressive partnership” with the shooting community, to develop a licensing scheme for gamebird hunting

NEWS 26 May 2017 by Graham Martin

GE17: environment must not suffer from Brexit fall out

All parties must campaign on environmental issues in the general election, an influential umbrella group has said

NEWS 23 May 2017 by Graham Martin

Charity gagging clause a permanent threat to civil society

Charities are being silenced ahead of voting as Lobbying Act does not account for snap election

NEWS 22 May 2017 by Robert Armour

Revealed: Scotland’s worst cycling accident hotspots

League table ranked by accident severity published by leading charity

NEWS 22 May 2017 by Robert Armour

TFN Guide to Running a Charity or Social Enterprise 2024

This year’s Guide takes a look at how the sector is progressing in inclusion, diversity, equality and environmentalism - what more can be done to further these aims, featuring a wealth of expert opinion, advice and reflection.

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