tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-368072052024-02-21T03:57:03.981+00:00Friends of the Earth FalkirkFOE Falkirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02624151518321977132noreply@blogger.comBlogger201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36807205.post-23678078987452980272021-03-22T12:44:00.001+00:002021-03-22T12:44:42.693+00:00Living within the Glow 2021 Questionnaire <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCgf4vIHdRBaUuMK5dHEd0zAkYHkHfpRf3Ce8jWwmhVWx-ACZMETLdGF48yWWql6XHimuZ8_ASAGsNjYCqtphWH4_o3N_VrblkTfiow2S2rpFZvGDrnbJFgK2qdEG0kCQkgCg/s2048/EA7C7252-0E47-4694-830F-1F4BCC29AD28.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2043" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCgf4vIHdRBaUuMK5dHEd0zAkYHkHfpRf3Ce8jWwmhVWx-ACZMETLdGF48yWWql6XHimuZ8_ASAGsNjYCqtphWH4_o3N_VrblkTfiow2S2rpFZvGDrnbJFgK2qdEG0kCQkgCg/s320/EA7C7252-0E47-4694-830F-1F4BCC29AD28.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Friends of the Earth Falkirk are collecting views of local residents and beyond about their current concerns about living next to the oil industry in Grangemouth and their hopes for the future of the area. We are looking for diversity of views both locally and nationally and we will record them all in report Living within the Glow 2021. The 2021 questions are below the explanation of the 2005 Report and a link to read the original report. </p><p><span style="font-size: large;">To make a contribution to the Living within the Glow 2021 complete the form on the link:</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCP24NNqqcnuHAf-BgYHZEL0nviA8_e3cWfULlpN8J6oq4yw/viewform?usp=sf_link" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCP24NNqqcnuHAf-BgYHZEL0nviA8_e3cWfULlpN8J6oq4yw/viewform?usp=sf_link</a></p><p>In 2005 Friends of the Earth Falkirk undertook a street questionnaire to ask residents who live within the glow of the Grangemouth oil refinery their views on the industry. We went onto the streets of Grangemouth and Bo’ness and asked the question. “When do you reminded that you live close to a major petro-chemical industry?”!</p><p>Read Living Within The Glow: Stories from the fence line by clicking the link:</p><p><a href="https://climateactionscotland.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/living-within-the-glow-2006.pdf">https://climateactionscotland.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/living-within-the-glow-2006.pdf</a></p><p>In 2005 the refinery was under the management of BP. Over the past 16 years a lot has change within the industry with INEOS owning the majority of the oil and gas production in the town now. As the Scotland Government and Falkirk Council recognise the Climate Emergency Ineos continue to be the largest polluter in Scotland, Five of the INEOS plants based along Bo’ness Road include five of the the top ten biggest carbon polluters in Scotland. When Scotland has effectively banned fracking in Scotland INEOS ships fracked gas direct from Pennsylvania in the United States to Grangemouth Docks to maintain its role as the biggest producer of plastic in the UK. The impact of the oil and gas industry in not restricted to the residents of Grangemouth and we like the view from residents across Falkirk District who have an opinion to share.!</p><p>The two questions for 2021 are:</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsvk3qrYNrlBtTuuro8YVM-sYOjU9tg_K-8WV4nXJnt9OCdwCX2sCoWJAju__5zCibZO4HgkSDs2smfl1gVcSEJm_h4p_r6t2SoEu3BH6EdgC_YBfrhXjXYKqEtbmMdls7o0k/s2048/116612F1-A83A-4B51-972E-AE3C3BF2DDE9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsvk3qrYNrlBtTuuro8YVM-sYOjU9tg_K-8WV4nXJnt9OCdwCX2sCoWJAju__5zCibZO4HgkSDs2smfl1gVcSEJm_h4p_r6t2SoEu3BH6EdgC_YBfrhXjXYKqEtbmMdls7o0k/s320/116612F1-A83A-4B51-972E-AE3C3BF2DDE9.jpeg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_EmCpO92N-gLfc3hY_i3vQBnkpKGXO96Y0lMPZBaA1MwSPyrz8HmLJccIaAA4rWqJjUPdZn9wuuEdlisQBNxWPhpxPJxl9oG5Uf3Oc6QMiWyNJaQDEgzB6zrCkdXyoOUWn0R/s1440/98FB71D5-E4FE-4B7C-9EE4-20BF3721363B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_EmCpO92N-gLfc3hY_i3vQBnkpKGXO96Y0lMPZBaA1MwSPyrz8HmLJccIaAA4rWqJjUPdZn9wuuEdlisQBNxWPhpxPJxl9oG5Uf3Oc6QMiWyNJaQDEgzB6zrCkdXyoOUWn0R/s320/98FB71D5-E4FE-4B7C-9EE4-20BF3721363B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><p></p><p></p>Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050783095568256167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36807205.post-60842578725248969852021-03-08T20:48:00.000+00:002021-03-08T20:48:51.459+00:00Do you know what nurdles are? Do you know were they come from?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5Xj0Ks2uYZh6DduOZRgTE5t-FPQ91YkeDJUL3HpljmR9X7wTxieIcA6dj2xCynIkwDDWqFG2voUdOxlLn5sqdX5r1bKEVappmDxi3WvU8nIRju79aBwFLM_quN5mM1ZNN-eZ/s2048/2F471867-F838-491A-B9FF-BCAC627A4E3A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5Xj0Ks2uYZh6DduOZRgTE5t-FPQ91YkeDJUL3HpljmR9X7wTxieIcA6dj2xCynIkwDDWqFG2voUdOxlLn5sqdX5r1bKEVappmDxi3WvU8nIRju79aBwFLM_quN5mM1ZNN-eZ/s320/2F471867-F838-491A-B9FF-BCAC627A4E3A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://fb.watch/46hEBr7dze/">https://fb.watch/46hEBr7dze/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"> #shineonindiafarmers Friends of the Earth Falkirk stand in solidarity with the striking farmers in India defending their food sovereignty against the Indian Government and agribusiness development</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2GW-KD7mWiTxiP4RAKyC1fkH_2QiD2ewd7cTynpmwSqVG0_VQFSjqctzLWf8YfjR6Fp5Wk6QyPuJRw4qLWud9-BeZcX7jxQqblrsn-RCIX73zWssLCMhLHNfnWkGqHkbiKc0/s992/1818ADFA-FA4A-4AF2-97C9-2472FA920EAB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2GW-KD7mWiTxiP4RAKyC1fkH_2QiD2ewd7cTynpmwSqVG0_VQFSjqctzLWf8YfjR6Fp5Wk6QyPuJRw4qLWud9-BeZcX7jxQqblrsn-RCIX73zWssLCMhLHNfnWkGqHkbiKc0/s320/1818ADFA-FA4A-4AF2-97C9-2472FA920EAB.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050783095568256167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36807205.post-42292857500882308022021-01-19T18:13:00.003+00:002021-01-19T18:13:40.226+00:00Main Street, Bainsford, Falkirk and West Bridge Street remain amount the dirtiest streets in Scotland- Again<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="1527" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpMPb55mxQM9NlKywSmv9-MAY22yzBqoh8kG1HTOqiNhz4PNp_9vr0Khexn6e2oLlh8GR1Pg3be1RmxkZ5YEKhNzBr-QIj3OVzy8PXJnP__gleQofLq835r1mVkjYpmGI0vE6/w449-h265/14126C47-C70D-4F1A-BDF9-4AFCF8FF47D4.jpeg" width="449" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050783095568256167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36807205.post-10779438074731864562020-12-22T12:44:00.006+00:002020-12-22T12:48:21.916+00:00Divest Falkirk Press Release<p></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 17px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 17px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2zXOs9bFbVnqF2LCKzeDuzAmiq43UHU2HHoQk_FfjOZPgxO38kstunSBGiDB1Yl1fwhyqzjDGhAEciNifQKJ0sMgXyOik8GLVC4Cba-3alFJLsMkbTR0Fa5eTFMlk5an_USP/s820/6AB4C04B-1E3C-4164-825F-265B0D4F0DC5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="820" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ2zXOs9bFbVnqF2LCKzeDuzAmiq43UHU2HHoQk_FfjOZPgxO38kstunSBGiDB1Yl1fwhyqzjDGhAEciNifQKJ0sMgXyOik8GLVC4Cba-3alFJLsMkbTR0Fa5eTFMlk5an_USP/s320/6AB4C04B-1E3C-4164-825F-265B0D4F0DC5.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 17px;"><br />To whom it may concern,</span><p></p><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 17px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 17px;">Please see the following press release from <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Divest Falkirk press release 4/12/20 </span>for your consideration.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 17px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 17px;">............</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 17px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleTallBody; font-size: 17px;"><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-fcccce58-7fff-a18a-b66d-956cf71705e1" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">FALKIRK PENSION FUND LOSES OVER 34 MILLION AS FOSSIL FUEL INVESTMENTS CRASH IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The non-profit organisation, Platform, commissioned Transition Economics to conduct the analysis (1), which showed that the combined investments by 10 Scottish local government pension funds into leading oil companies, including BP and Royal Dutch Shell, collapsed between April 2017 and November 2020.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Falkirk Council’s Pension Fund which saw losses of £34,769,72. Translating to hundreds of pounds lost for every member of the fund in Falkirk, Clackmannanshire and Stirling. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Concerned constituents and members of the local Divest Falkirk campaign have been actively engaging councillors and representatives of the Falkirk council Pension Fund since 2018. We have been calling for an end to fossil fuels investments and instead a commitment to renewable energy and needed infrastructure like social housing. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Particularly concerning was the lack of interest and concern from the SNP group. A meeting was held between campaign members with Paul Garner, SNP environment spokesperson for the Falkirk Council, in 2019. Despite passing a motion declaring a climate emergency, the investment concerns were not taken seriously. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Combined factors of climate change, where the burning of fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – is the main driver of this problem, there is also a serious threat to pensions as the oil and gas sector continues to collapse. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This analysis concluded that, across the UK, local authority pension funds could have lost at least £1.75 billion in value over the past three years as a result of retaining their investments in just nine oil & gas companies.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Angus Maclean from Divest Falkirk said:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“We have on many occasions raised these financial risks with councillors and unfortunately they have been met with deaf ears. It is time the Falkirk Pension Fund listens and works towards a more sustainable future for all of us.”</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">END</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contact details:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Angus Maclean</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="mailto:Amaclean4@gmail.com" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amaclean4@gmail.com</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NOTES TO EDITORS</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(1) Original report 'Value lost to UK local authority pensions due to oil investments'</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://foe-scotland.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b5ad0d61b2a67d22c68bf7d8d&id=691ddfa854&e=262bc8b257">https://foe-scotland.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b5ad0d61b2a67d22c68bf7d8d&id=691ddfa854&e=262bc8b257</a></span></p></div><p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" /></p><p> </p>Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050783095568256167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36807205.post-50853938149355322102020-12-11T18:16:00.000+00:002020-12-11T18:16:00.797+00:00#Shalemustfall We stand today in solidarity with frontline communities across Scotland, across the UK and across the globe<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6vGfzPZlF0Q6maw7iEGDXtvBNCXyTa-M3t8biYHdqdpnL2olQxkLCV9JFzF4sQxzLCwyYO7qo9kY7LBzVEBS3HUa_8EXGsFqdqHDyCZfhLaRm8gNbLoGL68qSnaYh7zPVPtm/s1101/2E857BDB-E087-47C6-9DE3-D9589AD84425.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="1092" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF6vGfzPZlF0Q6maw7iEGDXtvBNCXyTa-M3t8biYHdqdpnL2olQxkLCV9JFzF4sQxzLCwyYO7qo9kY7LBzVEBS3HUa_8EXGsFqdqHDyCZfhLaRm8gNbLoGL68qSnaYh7zPVPtm/s320/2E857BDB-E087-47C6-9DE3-D9589AD84425.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJeQtddBtrrc-4F1icRYzMJ1z-G9-hAHqFk5CDzjhtB7g-dMtM6v9dPBxhiLPfLgpR8OXu8bBw85-6D7YzG-UZWGLLixd8qGXcUnFUTYU8q3xotR9UugTptZZviwySSrWPgmx6/s2048/869E68B4-5D1E-4144-AF1B-FB4B694D64AD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJeQtddBtrrc-4F1icRYzMJ1z-G9-hAHqFk5CDzjhtB7g-dMtM6v9dPBxhiLPfLgpR8OXu8bBw85-6D7YzG-UZWGLLixd8qGXcUnFUTYU8q3xotR9UugTptZZviwySSrWPgmx6/s320/869E68B4-5D1E-4144-AF1B-FB4B694D64AD.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050783095568256167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36807205.post-14972072046216625432020-12-11T18:13:00.005+00:002020-12-11T18:21:56.288+00:00Gastivist Video- the case against fracked gas<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROfYvqjUb5g9Fv9yn5UXqr61jq-5JxwISGwnzw_XMh6jm5kMrF4i1V0CTM8Rn5VuCQSqm5nn3uq1DL0IWP4Pe9pLN541wMTDJZMTP-6DpDxUHd9fU9pSxPgSTmMfs4QLL9bdC/s1536/BC6E52A8-B6A1-4697-874E-443E2E9C7ED7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1085" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROfYvqjUb5g9Fv9yn5UXqr61jq-5JxwISGwnzw_XMh6jm5kMrF4i1V0CTM8Rn5VuCQSqm5nn3uq1DL0IWP4Pe9pLN541wMTDJZMTP-6DpDxUHd9fU9pSxPgSTmMfs4QLL9bdC/s320/BC6E52A8-B6A1-4697-874E-443E2E9C7ED7.jpeg" /></a></div><p>Watch a short video on fossil gas which explains why shale must fall. Gastivists- Stopping a fossil gas lock in. Click on link <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FSMU4O401w0&feature=youtu.be#">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FSMU4O401w0&feature=yout</a></p><p><br /></p>Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050783095568256167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36807205.post-32503317210047930862020-12-03T19:33:00.002+00:002020-12-03T19:33:15.811+00:00Notes from recent Mossmorran Event and the local experience with INOES<p><br /></p><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnT_kevtwuAKpt8Q3GLeM97gwnGD6F3u7NK4sgVVg5dzgZwwIqYnvha0CX4GKe3zUmi5lNSjnab3nAw-7XVrNAGtiVlugTFcb-QnoshZiSIolhbYpjBEOMBznfQrKzoUMle3z/s320/721A656C-3C37-43E3-A8BA-3E9553620396.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXnT_kevtwuAKpt8Q3GLeM97gwnGD6F3u7NK4sgVVg5dzgZwwIqYnvha0CX4GKe3zUmi5lNSjnab3nAw-7XVrNAGtiVlugTFcb-QnoshZiSIolhbYpjBEOMBznfQrKzoUMle3z/s0/721A656C-3C37-43E3-A8BA-3E9553620396.jpeg" /></a></div><br /></span><b>Friends of the Earth Falkirk/ Friends of the Earth Scotland Zoom Event </b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Tuesday 10 November </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Bellow is a brief summary of the meeting. There was a number of voices from local residents, local campaigners, representatives from national groups and others interested in hearing from Mossmorran and Grangemouth experience. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Feedback from the Mosmorran Action Group- </b></span><span style="font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0px;">James and Linda </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">When the Mossmorran plant was developed in the 1970’s there was a promise of prosperity and jobs for a community which had been decimated by the deindustrialisation of the tradition industries in fife. The plant was built at an “acceptable distance” from the community. When residents had complaints they were dismissed as individual concerns.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">In 2017 there was a major flaring event which led to an angry public meeting. SEPA and the local politicians were present but not the Exxon or Shell . Concerns could no longer be presented at individual concerns. Freedom of Information requests were submitted and the information disclosed was published to inform the community and draw media attention to the communities concerns.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The Mossmorran Action Group was formed and images of the flaring was collected and shared on the MAG website and Facebook page. As people started to share their images and vocalise their concerns a <b>SOCIAL IMPACT MAP </b>was produced online to map where the information residents were sharing. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Actions Speak Louder than Words </b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">With recent periods of high flaring there was an appetite amongst the group to have a presence at the plants gates on a regular bases to raise the profile of the concerns. This has lead to events at Scottish Parliament and support from local politicians during debates in parliament. The group is building a local movement.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Context of Grangemouth Community and Ineos </b></span><span style="font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0px;">Norman </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Grangemouth had a different starting point from Mossmorran. People moved to Grangemouth in the 70’ and 80’s after the discovery on North Sea Oil. Workers moved for well paid jobs and good working conditions with BP, which was a nationalised industry at the time. BP clearly had a social licence and the community were happy to balance any environmental concerns with the economic benefit. This social licence has now been lost by the industry. When BP was privatised the conditions on the workers deteriorated and jobs and job security was reduced. At the same time the ageing plant had more shut downs and flaring was just one of the concerns within the community. However, ironically due to the size of the industry surrounding the town, the industry is virtually invisible to local residents. It becomes invisible until something particularly unusual happens then life just carries on as normal.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Where BP had been good to the workers and the town, Ineos does not even look for a social licence. It has challenged it’s workforce, challenged the community in planning concerns and challenged SEPA and Scottish Government to enable it to continue its business of extraction, refining and manufacturing, as if there wasn't a global climate emergency.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>How do we raise Environmental and Climate Justice concerns while engaging with the community and their lived experience of living within the glow of Ineos.</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Meeting Discussion</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">There was a number of residents from Bo’ness. There was an agreement with the description of Grangemouth but concerns were shared that Bo’ness- just 4 miles away from Ineos Plant- are totally ignored by the industry. Where every household in Grangemouth receive Emergency Procedure Cards, the residents of Bo’ness, who are impacted by the pollution and potentially at risk from living close to the plant receive no information. When there is going to be disruption at the plant INEOS post last minute notification in Grangemouth but none of these are directed at Bo’ness Residents. The town would like recognition from INEOS. here has also been a call for SEPA to have an office in Grangemouth to address the environmental concerns Finally there has been ongoing anger with the Scottish Government for overturning local planning decisions in favour of the industry, undermining the democratic processes the community engage in. The Bo’ness Road Closure decision was just the latest example of this undermining of the community, Falkirk Council’s planning officials and the democratic process of a public enquiry.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Within Grangemouth there was recent resistance to the closure of Bo’ness Road but their was a struggle to get support for the Bo’ness Road Action Group. The group did have a couple of actions including picketing a ministerial visit and organising a cycle event- “Get on yer bike”. However, there was a feeling around the town that most residents are apathetic and accepting of their situation.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">There was recognition from Grangemouth residents that the town is divided. There is households who have benefited from the oil industry and there remains a is a legacy loyalty. The town now has areas of social deprivation and one in four children in the town are living in poverty. Climate Change might not be these households highest priority right now. The response to the recent XR direct action was mixed with some people being supportive, some people being angry with the traffic disruption, but the majority probably didn’t have an opinion either way </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">On the day of the meeting Ineos had announced potentially 200 jobs being lost as they reconfigured the plant and scale back operations in the downturn in demand for oil during the pandemic. This highlights the need for a Just Transition for workers and for the oil and gas workers to transition rather than be victims of the need for the oil and gas industry to scale down to meet climate targets.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The Ineos plants along Bo’ness Road, including 5 of the top ten biggest CO2 polluters in Scotland joins up the dots of nearly every Friends of the Earth Scotland Campaign- Climate Justice, Just Transition, Fracking, Circular Economy, Plastics, Air Quality and importantly Community Action.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Possible Action Friends of the Earth can take forward form the meeting:</b></span></div><ul style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(38, 40, 42); color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><li style="font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> Look at replicating the Mossmorran Social Impact Map for Grangemouth </span></li><li style="font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Look at community engagement in Grangemouth, Bo’ness and Falkirk to listen to the lived experience and concerns, while sharing relevant environmental campaigns. <b>Collect stories and concern by video and text to share the views of local residents.</b></span></li><li style="font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Engage in relevant FoE Scotland campaigns through the lens of Grangemouth, Bo’ness and Falkirk.</span></li><li style="font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Campaign in solidarity with other Scottish sites, such as Mossmorran. </span></li><li style="font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Campaign in solidarity with Ineos sites across the globe,such as fracking sites and plastic plants. across Europe. Call out Ineos Greenwash</span></li></ul>Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050783095568256167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36807205.post-42443214367086962172020-11-25T22:22:00.000+00:002020-11-25T22:22:03.496+00:00Toxic News post on Grangemouth <p><a href="https://toxicnews.org/2020/11/17/reflecting-on-noxious-deindustrialisation-from-paradox-to-paradigm/">https://toxicnews.org/2020/11/17/reflecting-on-noxious-deindustrialisation-from-paradox-to-paradigm/</a> </p>Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050783095568256167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36807205.post-45757471951995950552020-11-25T21:45:00.001+00:002020-11-25T21:45:49.424+00:00Mossmorran Solidarity Enent<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuCHoNKBV2kJyueLAm6X6OPYvU6xAk-fgpuQ-zVQ4YhNNVHVuqRj-KoEqiLQEKa1-Qqq5g1WzENAUWya0gJYPZr5YhfLZkSDnBX9G0KejZlv_s0mGyqBXNOg1zrD1JzfDpJK3/s1180/CC38B73A-C614-4A1F-8D20-FAD0E6E16516.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuCHoNKBV2kJyueLAm6X6OPYvU6xAk-fgpuQ-zVQ4YhNNVHVuqRj-KoEqiLQEKa1-Qqq5g1WzENAUWya0gJYPZr5YhfLZkSDnBX9G0KejZlv_s0mGyqBXNOg1zrD1JzfDpJK3/s320/CC38B73A-C614-4A1F-8D20-FAD0E6E16516.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>On Tuesday 10 November we hosted an event along with Friends of the Earth Scotland and the Mossmorran Action Group. The meeting explored the similarities and the differences between the communities surrounding the Exxon Plant in Fife and the the community of Grangemouth which lives within the glow of Ineos. <br /> <p></p>Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050783095568256167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36807205.post-5810315479715880002020-01-22T19:06:00.003+00:002020-01-22T19:12:45.078+00:00West Bridge Street, Falkirk remains in the top ten works polluted streets in Scotland <h2 class="tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-137" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: 'matiz important'; font-size: 1.625rem; font-weight: inherit; margin: 30px auto 20px; max-width: 700px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 700px;">
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">The Bean Row Garden was an essential element of Friends of the Earth Falkirk putting down roots in Falkirk. Both literally, we grow food for annual celebration Soup and Stovies Community Meal, and metaphorically, we were a group who were prepared to get our hands dirty and show a long term commitment to out area.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bolder;">The efforts we have all put into Bean Row, and the other four gardens around the town centre, have resulted in recognition from RHS It's Your Neighbourhood Award with at least 4 Outstanding Awards over the years including 2018.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">Right from the start the harvest has always been the main ingredients of our Soup and Stovie community meal. Early own rhubarb was planted and rhubarb crumble has been the dessert for the majority of meals. Soup and Stovies has always been vegetarian and for the past 3 years have been totally vegan. The first crop to be planted was Broad Beans, what else could it have been on Bean Row. One memorable year we had a abundance of beans and broad bean homous was on the menu that year. </span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 16px;">We will have a soup and stovies this year. Hopefully, if not on Bean Row- as near as possible, to celebrate local food and volunteering. At the last meeting we looked at what options we have. The gardens all started off as part of a litter campaign so we will ensure that we do some Litter Picks in Spring to keep up the tradition. We may look at another pocket of land either for growing food or for guerrilla gardening- who knows were the next stage of the journey will lead.</span></h3>
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Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050783095568256167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36807205.post-71547611060151836992018-12-10T17:59:00.000+00:002018-12-10T18:03:29.921+00:00link to FoE Manchester Plastic Free Christmas Newsletter Friends of the Earth Manchester have devoted their December newsletter to support a plastic free Christmas open to access their PDF <a href="https://www.manchesterfoe.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/ManchesterFoE_Newsletter_2018_Christmas.pdf" target="_blank">Manchester Newsletter. </a>Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050783095568256167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36807205.post-5033464478189447392018-12-06T22:18:00.001+00:002018-12-06T22:18:40.570+00:00Don't Waste Christmas <div class="page" title="Page 1">
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<span style="font-family: TrebuchetMS; font-size: 72px;">Seasonal Greetings.</span><br />
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Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050783095568256167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36807205.post-11099246066988517412018-11-20T00:07:00.002+00:002018-11-20T00:07:32.955+00:00Link to Just Transition film with Grangemouth towards the endhttps://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2018/11/09/a-just-transition-from-fossil-fuels-to-environmental-justice/Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050783095568256167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36807205.post-28885978690557700102018-11-03T10:44:00.001+00:002018-11-03T10:44:04.960+00:00Outstanding Award from Its your Community for our Community Gardens in Falkirk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jean had chitted some early Rocket potatoes along with main crop Pink for Apple and Maris Piper. Norman dug a trench parallel to the fence and carried out the honours. Sandra prepared an area adjacent to the potatoes where she planted the broad beans - all the planting being carried out under the guidance of experienced gardener Jean.<br />
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Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050783095568256167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36807205.post-12826739721009754202018-01-28T17:37:00.003+00:002018-01-28T17:37:54.218+00:00Air Quality Figures for Falkirk The, now annual, revelation from Friends of the Earth Scotland in the Sunday Herald of the most polluted streets does not have a Falkirk street in either of the top ten worst offenders for NO2 or for Particular matter. see link to <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjx6o-BkPvYAhUfOsAKHfVfA3MQFggxMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldscotland.com%2Fnews%2F15886359.Revealed__the_most_polluted_streets_in_Scotland%2F&usg=AOvVaw1iYdSo2SelaZjpK_0D_N7n" target="_blank">Sunday Herald article </a>here. Emilia Hanna, Air Quality Campaigner at Friends of the Earth Scotland have provided us with more detail from the results to enable us to explore the air quality issues in Falkirk.<br />
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A polluting, often gridlocked, stretch of Falkirk streets should be no surprise to Falkirk drivers. <b>Main Street, Bainsford is the 12th biggest polluter in Scotland for Particulate Matter </b>at 15.5 micrograms per cubic metre<b> T</b>he street which leads to Main Street on the way into and out of Falkirk to the North is <b>Graham's Road, the 16th biggest polluter for Particulate Matter </b>at 14.5 micrograms per cubic metre<b>. </b>As the road gets narrower on Main Street the concentration is higher.<br />
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<b>West Bridge, Falkirk </b>has regularly been recorded within the worst offenders and is currently sitting at the<b> 15th biggest NO2 polluter in Scotland</b>. hardly a situation the town can be proud of.Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050783095568256167noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36807205.post-11969945263653967632017-04-19T22:35:00.000+01:002017-04-19T22:35:05.874+01:00The Bentley Effect Screening in Falkirk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The Bentley Effect documents the extraordinary tale of a community that defied the gas juggernaut - and won.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">When the coal seam gas industry staked a claim on the Northern Rivers shire of Australia, alarm bells rang out. A critical mass of people from all walks of life – farmers, landowners, mums, dads, activists, scientists – organised themselves to rally against the unconventional gas invasion. Despite the enormous public opposition, the gas industry and the State Government were determined to see their gas plan through. What happened next set an historic precedent.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Join Brendan Shoebridge, Simon Clough and Ian Gaillard who each played an important part in the Bentley Effect story as they take their documentary around Scotland as part of the Bentley Effect 2017 UK Tour.</b></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">With the fight against fracking and unconventional gas in Scotland at a critical stage this year, we invite you to these special screenings to learn first hand how communities can protect themselves against unwanted unconventional gas development.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Monday 15th May: GLASGOW, 7pm at CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD with FrackWatch Glasgow</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tuesday 16th May: FALKIRK, 7pm at Falkirk Trinity Church, Manse Place, Falkirk FK1 1JN with Concerned Communities of Falkirk</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Tuesday 16th May: KIRKINTILLOCH, 7pm at Kirkintilloch Miners' Welfare & Social Club, Saramango St, Kirkintilloch, Glasgow G66 3AA with Kirkintilloch Against Fracking and Torrance Against Fracking</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Wednesday 17th May: EAST KILBRIDE, 7pm at the Murray Owen Centre, 1 Liddell Grove, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 9AD with RIC East Kilbride and South Lanarkshire Against Unconventional Gas</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Thursday 18th May: EDINBURGH, 5.30pm Screening Room G.04, 50 George Sq, University of Edinburgh, EH8 9LH with OurForth Portobello and Tommy Sheppard MP</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The Bentley Effect UK Tour is running through May and June 2017. Details about dates and locations can be found <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thebentleyeffectmovie"><span style="color: #0278b8; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">here</span></a>, and you can donate to the tour <a href="https://planetfunder.org/%20%20%20"><span style="color: #0278b8; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">here</span></a>. More information on The Bentley Effect film can be found at <span style="color: #0278b8; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><a href="http://www.thebentleyeffect.com/">www.thebentleyeffect.com</a></span></span></div>
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