Scottish Campaign News
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Local elections: Getting candidates talking about the environment
WWF Scotland’s local election campaign highlighted the contribution councillors can make to making Scotland’s councils greener. Thanks to the hundreds of you who emailed the candidates standing in your area to ask for more policies to help you live greener lives. Thanks also to those of you who came along to our ‘Environment Café’ in Glasgow to put these candidates on the spot.
March 2012: Another great Earth Hour!
WWF's Earth Hour in Scotland was another huge success! Thousands of people got involved and almost 100 Scottish national and local landmarks switched off for the hour, including Edinburgh Castle, the Clyde Arc, the Falkirk Wheel and Inverness Castle.
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February 2012 - More money for active travel
Thanks to the hundreds of supporters from the Stop Climate Chaos coalition to wrote to their MSPs, the Scottish Government has allocated a further £13m over three years to cycling and walking. While its not everything we want, it shows that campaign is being heard.
January 2012 - Edinburgh goes for gold!
Edinburgh Council became the first council in Scotland to take WWF's gold timber pledge, meaning that it has committed to buying all its timber products from recycled, certified or sustainable and legal sources.
Ask your council to follow their lead - visit www.wwf.org.uk/makethepledge
January 2012 - On Yer Bike!
Thanks to the more than 350 supporters who gathered outside the office of the Scottish Government with their bikes to demand an increase funding for cycling and walking. The huge numbers caught the interest of Transport Minister Keith Brown who came out to speak to the crowd. We wait with interest to hear the Scottish Government's next move.
November 2011 - another nail in the Hunterston coffin
On 9 November North Ayrshire Councillors voted against the application to build a new coal-fired power station at Hunterston, North Ayrshire. The huge show of public objection was cited as one of the reasons, along with concerns over health, environment and climate change. This is a significant victory as the issue is now likely to go to Public Inquiry.
October 2011 - Huge support for More Fish
In October we broke through our target to add 5,000 extra names to WWF's Europe-wide More Fish petition. Over 50,000 people in the UK have now signed up - and that number will rise as other countries get involved. Our campaign to end overfishing will continue, but we've shown that people in Scotland are right behind us.
September 2011 - Record number of people object to Hunterston
When the consultation on the proposed coal-fired power station closed at the end of September, over 21,000 people had objected to it - a record number for a consultation of this kind. The Scottish Government was left in no doubt about the strength of public feeling on this unwelcome proposal.
August 2011 - Great start to our More Fish campaign
Tom Kitchin launches our campaign in Edinburgh. He says:
"Scotland gives us access to some of the best seafood in the world and if we are to continue enjoying delicious fish dishes, it’s so important that as many people as possible support this WWF More Fish campaign.”
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