Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌍
@foescot.bsky.social
We’re a climate campaigning organisation and part of the largest grassroots environmental network in the world ✊
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If you're talented, passionate and want to change the world, then apply for a job with Friends of the Earth Scotland.
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📢We're hiring!
Could you be our new Transport Campaigner?
This role will help win better buses for our communities and build power in our movement for a better transport system. 🚌
Applications close 12 January.
Check out the job description and skills we are looking for👇
foe.scot/jobs/
Could you be our new Transport Campaigner?
This role will help win better buses for our communities and build power in our movement for a better transport system. 🚌
Applications close 12 January.
Check out the job description and skills we are looking for👇
foe.scot/jobs/
Freya from our team has been looking back at a very busy year in activism – from sub-vertising and cycling pilgrimages, to shareholder actions and good old-fashioned marching, 2025 has been bursting with action.
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Resilient, strong and fighting fossil fuels in 2025
Recapping a year of positive climate activism - calling out fossil fuel lies, energy company greed and supporting people to act together.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Freya from our team has been looking back at a very busy year in activism – from sub-vertising and cycling pilgrimages, to shareholder actions and good old-fashioned marching, 2025 has been bursting with action.
foe.scot/resilient-st...
foe.scot/resilient-st...
Our team in the north east of Scotland had another great year of community organising.
We found new and exciting ways to get the word out – with creative projects and attending prominent events.
We found new and exciting ways to get the word out – with creative projects and attending prominent events.
December 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Our team in the north east of Scotland had another great year of community organising.
We found new and exciting ways to get the word out – with creative projects and attending prominent events.
We found new and exciting ways to get the word out – with creative projects and attending prominent events.
The biggest backer of the Acorn carbon capture project is pulling out. It is clear that this technology cannot be relied on.
Scottish Ministers must now reject plans for a new gas burning power station at Peterhead once and for all.
www.thenational.scot/news/2569685...
Scottish Ministers must now reject plans for a new gas burning power station at Peterhead once and for all.
www.thenational.scot/news/2569685...
Here's why climate campaigners say Aberdeenshire gas plant plans should be shelved
Plans for a replacement gas power station in Peterhead should be shelved after a linked carbon capture project suffered a 'crippling blow',…
www.thenational.scot
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The biggest backer of the Acorn carbon capture project is pulling out. It is clear that this technology cannot be relied on.
Scottish Ministers must now reject plans for a new gas burning power station at Peterhead once and for all.
www.thenational.scot/news/2569685...
Scottish Ministers must now reject plans for a new gas burning power station at Peterhead once and for all.
www.thenational.scot/news/2569685...
Tell the Scottish Government to make big businesses act responsibly 🗣️
Your voice is needed to pressure our leaders to end the waste and environmental harm caused by our economy.
We’ve drafted an email that you can send or edit:
Your voice is needed to pressure our leaders to end the waste and environmental harm caused by our economy.
We’ve drafted an email that you can send or edit:
Tell the Scottish Government to make big businesses act responsibly
Take action and call on the Scottish Government to put people and nature first in its circular economy strategy.
act.foe.scot
December 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Tell the Scottish Government to make big businesses act responsibly 🗣️
Your voice is needed to pressure our leaders to end the waste and environmental harm caused by our economy.
We’ve drafted an email that you can send or edit:
Your voice is needed to pressure our leaders to end the waste and environmental harm caused by our economy.
We’ve drafted an email that you can send or edit:
International human rights experts this month told the Scottish Government how it can reduce the harms of damaging business supply chains.
In this clip, expert Charles B. Chilufya from Kenya details how the draft circular economy strategy could be improved to ensure supply chains cause less harm.
In this clip, expert Charles B. Chilufya from Kenya details how the draft circular economy strategy could be improved to ensure supply chains cause less harm.
December 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
International human rights experts this month told the Scottish Government how it can reduce the harms of damaging business supply chains.
In this clip, expert Charles B. Chilufya from Kenya details how the draft circular economy strategy could be improved to ensure supply chains cause less harm.
In this clip, expert Charles B. Chilufya from Kenya details how the draft circular economy strategy could be improved to ensure supply chains cause less harm.
The closures at Grangemouth & Mossmorran have exposed the lack of transition planning by both Governments.
Leaving workers at the hands of uncaring corporations & the market is deeply unjust.
Climate groups stood in solidarity with unions to demand real support 👇
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Leaving workers at the hands of uncaring corporations & the market is deeply unjust.
Climate groups stood in solidarity with unions to demand real support 👇
foe.scot/standing-wit...
Standing with workers to demand for a fast and fair transition
Climate campaigners have pushed for a worker-led energy transition plan despite political failures at Grangemouth and Mossmorran
foe.scot
December 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The closures at Grangemouth & Mossmorran have exposed the lack of transition planning by both Governments.
Leaving workers at the hands of uncaring corporations & the market is deeply unjust.
Climate groups stood in solidarity with unions to demand real support 👇
foe.scot/standing-wit...
Leaving workers at the hands of uncaring corporations & the market is deeply unjust.
Climate groups stood in solidarity with unions to demand real support 👇
foe.scot/standing-wit...
Do you want to help win a publicly-owned bus network that’s free for everyone? 🚏
We’re recruiting a transport campaigner to join our team. You’ll be an organiser, a great communicator and have a strong campaigning background.
Read the job description and apply by 12 January
We’re recruiting a transport campaigner to join our team. You’ll be an organiser, a great communicator and have a strong campaigning background.
Read the job description and apply by 12 January
Jobs
If you're talented, passionate and want to change the world, then apply for a job with Friends of the Earth Scotland.
foe.scot
December 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Do you want to help win a publicly-owned bus network that’s free for everyone? 🚏
We’re recruiting a transport campaigner to join our team. You’ll be an organiser, a great communicator and have a strong campaigning background.
Read the job description and apply by 12 January
We’re recruiting a transport campaigner to join our team. You’ll be an organiser, a great communicator and have a strong campaigning background.
Read the job description and apply by 12 January
2025 saw the fight for a circular economy in Scotland go global.
We learnt how our supply chains are impacting on indigenous people in South America, fought for a international plastic treaty, and supported communities in Scotland to campaign for a better future.
foe.scot/a-year-fight...
We learnt how our supply chains are impacting on indigenous people in South America, fought for a international plastic treaty, and supported communities in Scotland to campaign for a better future.
foe.scot/a-year-fight...
A year fighting for a circular economy
We’ve had an extraordinary year where we learnt how Scottish supply chains are influencing resource exploitation in South America, we joined the fight for a global plastics treaty and we supported…
foe.scot
December 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
2025 saw the fight for a circular economy in Scotland go global.
We learnt how our supply chains are impacting on indigenous people in South America, fought for a international plastic treaty, and supported communities in Scotland to campaign for a better future.
foe.scot/a-year-fight...
We learnt how our supply chains are impacting on indigenous people in South America, fought for a international plastic treaty, and supported communities in Scotland to campaign for a better future.
foe.scot/a-year-fight...
Our organisers in the North East had a fantastic year.
They launched a radio show & film club, stood in solidarity with the people of Palestine and got the word out to communities across the region.
foe.scot/community-or...
They launched a radio show & film club, stood in solidarity with the people of Palestine and got the word out to communities across the region.
foe.scot/community-or...
Community organising in the North East
Looking back on a year of community organising in the North East of Scotland
foe.scot
December 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Our organisers in the North East had a fantastic year.
They launched a radio show & film club, stood in solidarity with the people of Palestine and got the word out to communities across the region.
foe.scot/community-or...
They launched a radio show & film club, stood in solidarity with the people of Palestine and got the word out to communities across the region.
foe.scot/community-or...
2025 marked a year of movement building, actions and demonstrations – we spoke out against big polluters and politicians that want to slow down climate action. 📢
Here are just a few of our highlights 🧵
Here are just a few of our highlights 🧵
December 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
2025 marked a year of movement building, actions and demonstrations – we spoke out against big polluters and politicians that want to slow down climate action. 📢
Here are just a few of our highlights 🧵
Here are just a few of our highlights 🧵
📢We're hiring!
Could you be our new Transport Campaigner?
This role will help win better buses for our communities and build power in our movement for a better transport system. 🚌
Applications close 12 January.
Check out the job description and skills we are looking for👇
foe.scot/jobs/
Could you be our new Transport Campaigner?
This role will help win better buses for our communities and build power in our movement for a better transport system. 🚌
Applications close 12 January.
Check out the job description and skills we are looking for👇
foe.scot/jobs/
Jobs
If you're talented, passionate and want to change the world, then apply for a job with Friends of the Earth Scotland.
foe.scot
December 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
📢We're hiring!
Could you be our new Transport Campaigner?
This role will help win better buses for our communities and build power in our movement for a better transport system. 🚌
Applications close 12 January.
Check out the job description and skills we are looking for👇
foe.scot/jobs/
Could you be our new Transport Campaigner?
This role will help win better buses for our communities and build power in our movement for a better transport system. 🚌
Applications close 12 January.
Check out the job description and skills we are looking for👇
foe.scot/jobs/
Scottish Ministers' huge climate gamble with carbon capture is delusional. 🤯
Ministers are betting that this dodgy tech will cut equivalent of 1/3 of *all Scottish emissions* by 2040.
But right now there is no plant, no planning application & now the main developer is quitting.
Ministers are betting that this dodgy tech will cut equivalent of 1/3 of *all Scottish emissions* by 2040.
But right now there is no plant, no planning application & now the main developer is quitting.
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Scottish Ministers' huge climate gamble with carbon capture is delusional. 🤯
Ministers are betting that this dodgy tech will cut equivalent of 1/3 of *all Scottish emissions* by 2040.
But right now there is no plant, no planning application & now the main developer is quitting.
Ministers are betting that this dodgy tech will cut equivalent of 1/3 of *all Scottish emissions* by 2040.
But right now there is no plant, no planning application & now the main developer is quitting.
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌍
This decision is a huge embarrassment to both the Scottish and UK Governments.
The Acorn carbon capture project's main backer is pulling out of the scheme.
Politicians have promised over £280million of (supposedly scarce) public money to a technology with a long history of failure.
The Acorn carbon capture project's main backer is pulling out of the scheme.
Politicians have promised over £280million of (supposedly scarce) public money to a technology with a long history of failure.
December 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This decision is a huge embarrassment to both the Scottish and UK Governments.
The Acorn carbon capture project's main backer is pulling out of the scheme.
Politicians have promised over £280million of (supposedly scarce) public money to a technology with a long history of failure.
The Acorn carbon capture project's main backer is pulling out of the scheme.
Politicians have promised over £280million of (supposedly scarce) public money to a technology with a long history of failure.
This decision is a huge embarrassment to both the Scottish and UK Governments.
The Acorn carbon capture project's main backer is pulling out of the scheme.
Politicians have promised over £280million of (supposedly scarce) public money to a technology with a long history of failure.
The Acorn carbon capture project's main backer is pulling out of the scheme.
Politicians have promised over £280million of (supposedly scarce) public money to a technology with a long history of failure.
December 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This decision is a huge embarrassment to both the Scottish and UK Governments.
The Acorn carbon capture project's main backer is pulling out of the scheme.
Politicians have promised over £280million of (supposedly scarce) public money to a technology with a long history of failure.
The Acorn carbon capture project's main backer is pulling out of the scheme.
Politicians have promised over £280million of (supposedly scarce) public money to a technology with a long history of failure.
Major fossil fuel players in the #ICMForum stand to gain €Bns from @EU_ subsidies for #CCS.
Equinor (who is behind the new Peterhead power station) is tied to 14 projects receiving €2.7B 🛢️
Shell to 12 projects receiving around €5B 🔥
Public money propping up private polluters.
Equinor (who is behind the new Peterhead power station) is tied to 14 projects receiving €2.7B 🛢️
Shell to 12 projects receiving around €5B 🔥
Public money propping up private polluters.
🔴 BREAKING: Analysis from @oilchange.bsky.social and @corporateeurope.org reveals €17+ billion of public funds poured into #CCS in Europe since 2001.
After decades of failures, fossil fuel ties keep influencing the EU Commission at the #ICMForum.
Read more 👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/fa...
After decades of failures, fossil fuel ties keep influencing the EU Commission at the #ICMForum.
Read more 👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/fa...
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Thanks to those that joined us in Stirling last week for the screening of Power Station! 🎥
It was great to be joined by Director, Hilary Powell, for an online Q&A.
It was great to be joined by Director, Hilary Powell, for an online Q&A.
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Thanks to those that joined us in Stirling last week for the screening of Power Station! 🎥
It was great to be joined by Director, Hilary Powell, for an online Q&A.
It was great to be joined by Director, Hilary Powell, for an online Q&A.
Tell the Scottish Government to make big businesses act responsibly 🗣️
Your voice is needed to pressure our leaders to end the waste and environmental harm caused by our economy.
We’ve drafted an email that you can send or edit: act.foe.scot/tell_the_sco...
Your voice is needed to pressure our leaders to end the waste and environmental harm caused by our economy.
We’ve drafted an email that you can send or edit: act.foe.scot/tell_the_sco...
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Tell the Scottish Government to make big businesses act responsibly 🗣️
Your voice is needed to pressure our leaders to end the waste and environmental harm caused by our economy.
We’ve drafted an email that you can send or edit: act.foe.scot/tell_the_sco...
Your voice is needed to pressure our leaders to end the waste and environmental harm caused by our economy.
We’ve drafted an email that you can send or edit: act.foe.scot/tell_the_sco...
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌍
“This Mozambique gas project is a huge carbon timebomb, linked to serious human rights abuses. It should never have been given UK taxpayer-funded support in the first place.” - Asad Rehman, the chief executive of Friends of the Earth.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK pulls $1.15bn support for Mozambique gas project after climate and terror concerns
TotalEnergies scheme became lightning rod for terror in region and was accused of violating human rights
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“This Mozambique gas project is a huge carbon timebomb, linked to serious human rights abuses. It should never have been given UK taxpayer-funded support in the first place.” - Asad Rehman, the chief executive of Friends of the Earth.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
People power matters 📣
We need people to stand with us now more than ever.
Join as a member from £1 per month: act.foe.scot/membership
We need people to stand with us now more than ever.
Join as a member from £1 per month: act.foe.scot/membership
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
People power matters 📣
We need people to stand with us now more than ever.
Join as a member from £1 per month: act.foe.scot/membership
We need people to stand with us now more than ever.
Join as a member from £1 per month: act.foe.scot/membership
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌍
📣 130+ groups tell EU to scrap its #greenhydrogen import plans that prioritise Europe's flawed energy agenda over the rights, needs, and futures of communities in the Global South.
Read more 🧵 1/5 👇
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/m...
Read more 🧵 1/5 👇
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/m...
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📣 130+ groups tell EU to scrap its #greenhydrogen import plans that prioritise Europe's flawed energy agenda over the rights, needs, and futures of communities in the Global South.
Read more 🧵 1/5 👇
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/m...
Read more 🧵 1/5 👇
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/m...
Today saw a landmark announcement from the UK Govt that it will end exploration for new oil & gas fields. 🛢️
People power has forced them to make this happen and it makes clear that we are on the path to ending fossil fuels. ✊
People power has forced them to make this happen and it makes clear that we are on the path to ending fossil fuels. ✊
November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Today saw a landmark announcement from the UK Govt that it will end exploration for new oil & gas fields. 🛢️
People power has forced them to make this happen and it makes clear that we are on the path to ending fossil fuels. ✊
People power has forced them to make this happen and it makes clear that we are on the path to ending fossil fuels. ✊
BREAKING🚨 Campaigners were outside Dana Petroleum HQ in Aberdeen today to call out their contract with the Israeli government!
We join the International Day of Action against Dana Petroleum & its owner the Korean National Oil Company (KNOC) - in Ulsan, South Korea, in Aberdeen, Edinburgh & London.
We join the International Day of Action against Dana Petroleum & its owner the Korean National Oil Company (KNOC) - in Ulsan, South Korea, in Aberdeen, Edinburgh & London.
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
BREAKING🚨 Campaigners were outside Dana Petroleum HQ in Aberdeen today to call out their contract with the Israeli government!
We join the International Day of Action against Dana Petroleum & its owner the Korean National Oil Company (KNOC) - in Ulsan, South Korea, in Aberdeen, Edinburgh & London.
We join the International Day of Action against Dana Petroleum & its owner the Korean National Oil Company (KNOC) - in Ulsan, South Korea, in Aberdeen, Edinburgh & London.
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌍
“The reality and scale of the crisis means that small steps forward aren’t going to be enough... I won’t sugar-coat it – the consequences will be terrifying if words aren’t turned into action soon.” - Asad Rehman, chief executive of Friends of the Earth. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30’s watered-down agreements will do little for an ecosystem at tipping point
Delegates made minimal headway on timetable for replacing oil and gas or on firm commitments to reducing carbon emissions
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
“The reality and scale of the crisis means that small steps forward aren’t going to be enough... I won’t sugar-coat it – the consequences will be terrifying if words aren’t turned into action soon.” - Asad Rehman, chief executive of Friends of the Earth. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌍
"I'm from the confluence of the Ganges; our rivers carry the stories of the climate crisis. We need the finance to adapt, build our future, and protect our communities. Not to come and beg in an annual humiliation ritual for what is rightfully ours."
Bareesh Chowdhury, BELA / FoE Bangladesh
#COP30
Bareesh Chowdhury, BELA / FoE Bangladesh
#COP30
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"I'm from the confluence of the Ganges; our rivers carry the stories of the climate crisis. We need the finance to adapt, build our future, and protect our communities. Not to come and beg in an annual humiliation ritual for what is rightfully ours."
Bareesh Chowdhury, BELA / FoE Bangladesh
#COP30
Bareesh Chowdhury, BELA / FoE Bangladesh
#COP30
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"The fact that the Scottish Government has still not vocally opposed Rosebank shows it is not treating the climate crisis with the seriousness it deserves."
Our activist Jean from Global Justice Dundee quoted in @scotnational.bsky.social 👏🏼
www.thenational.scot/news/2563836...
Our activist Jean from Global Justice Dundee quoted in @scotnational.bsky.social 👏🏼
www.thenational.scot/news/2563836...
Holyrood protesters demand SNP stand against Rosebank
PROTESTERS gathered outside the Scottish Parliament to call on the Scottish Government to stand against the Rosebank oil field.
www.thenational.scot
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"The fact that the Scottish Government has still not vocally opposed Rosebank shows it is not treating the climate crisis with the seriousness it deserves."
Our activist Jean from Global Justice Dundee quoted in @scotnational.bsky.social 👏🏼
www.thenational.scot/news/2563836...
Our activist Jean from Global Justice Dundee quoted in @scotnational.bsky.social 👏🏼
www.thenational.scot/news/2563836...