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YEARS

2021

CAMPAIGNS

CLIMATE

“Case for Cumbrian coal mine at its weakest”: Friends of the Earth reacts to council withdrawing support for Whitehaven coal

climate

news release

6th May 2021

Cumbria County Council has shared its Statement of Case a day ahead of the Planning Inspector's deadline, now saying it is neutral with regard to the mine: neither for or against the application.

News release: Climate and ecological emergency should be deal breaker in all council actions, say local election candidates

climate

news release

5th May 2021

With one day of campaigning before the local elections in Greater Manchester, Manchester Friends of the Earth welcomes the cross-party support from candidates for urgent action on climate change and other environmental challenges facing us locally, nationally and globally.

Mozambique gas project: High Court to hear application for legal challenge over UK government financial support

climate

news release

21st Apr 2021

Burning gas from plant each year could equal climate-wrecking emissions from EU aviation sector

UK to toughen climate targets – Friends of the Earth reaction

climate

news release

20th Apr 2021

Commenting on the UK government’s expected decision to strengthen its targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions for the next 15 years, Friends of the Earth climate campaigner Connor Schwartz said

Youth-led hustings puts Mayoral candidates under spotlight on climate

climate

news release

3rd Apr 2021

Over 100 people attended the Greater Manchester Climate and Environment Hustings on Thursday evening (1 st April), to hear candidates Andy Burnham (Labour), Melanie Horrocks (Green) and Simon Lepori (Liberal Democrats) set out their commitments to address the climate and ecological emergencies if they are elected Mayor of Greater Manchester on 6th May.

Government ban on UK funding of overseas fossil fuel projects: Friends of the Earth warns that exemptions would be disastrous

climate

news release

24th Mar 2021

Reacting to news that the UK government is to ban funding of fossil fuel projects overseas, Rachel Kennerley, climate campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said:

Coal: “Very compelling reasons” not to open mine, says minister – Friends of the Earth reaction

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news release

17th Mar 2021

Reacting Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng’s comments today that there are “very compelling reasons” not to open a new coal mine in Cumbria, Friends of the Earth climate campaigner Tony Bosworth said:

Government ‘calls in’ controversial Cumbrian coal mine

climate

news release

11th Mar 2021

Welcoming news that communities secretary Robert Jenrick has decided to ‘call in’ Cumbria County Council’s controversial decision to grant planning permission for a new coal mine near Whitehaven, Friends of the Earth climate campaigner Tony Bosworth said

Budget 2021 – Friends of the Earth reaction

climate

news release

3rd Mar 2021

Reacting to the Chancellor’s Budget today, Friends of the Earth’s head of policy Mike Childs said:

Local green apprenticeships needed to fix youth unemployment crisis

climate

news release

2nd Mar 2021

Research by Friends of the Earth has revealed that creating 250,000 green apprenticeships leading to jobs including in renewable energy, woodland creation, and peatland restoration, would help address the crises in youth unemployment (that could cost today's unemployed young people £39bn in future earnings), and climate breakdown.

Drax drops plans for Europe’s largest gas plant – Friends of the Earth reaction

climate

news release

25th Feb 2021

Welcoming news that power giant Drax has abandoned plans to build Europe’s biggest gas power plant, Friends of the Earth Yorkshire and Humberside campaigner Simon Bowens said:

Dirty pensions: North West local government funds still heavily invested in fossil fuels

climate

news release

23rd Feb 2021

Local councils in the north west still have over a billion pounds invested in planet-wrecking fossil fuels through local government pension funds. Freedom of information requests by environmental campaigners found that, despite decreases in recent years, local government pensions in the north west held over £1.4 Billion of investments …

Cumbria Council reconsidering controversial coal mine – Friends of the Earth reaction

climate

news release

9th Feb 2021

Friends of the Earth has welcomed Cumbria Council’s decision today to reconsider approval for the a controversial coal mine near Whitehaven.

Top scientist warns PM over coal mine decision – Friends of the Earth reaction

climate

news release

4th Feb 2021

Responding to today’s warning from leading climate scientist James Hansen that the UK government’s decision to allow a new coal mine to go ahead in Cumbria shows a “contemptuous disregard for the future of young people”

Environment Bill delayed – Friends of the Earth reaction

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news release

26th Jan 2021

Reacting to news that the government’s flagship environment bill has been delayed, and not expected to become law until the autumn, Friends of the Earth campaigner Kierra Box said

2020 one of hottest years on record – Friends of the Earth reaction

climate

news release

14th Jan 2021

“This is yet another clear warning that climate breakdown is here and the impacts – deadly droughts, terrifying wildfires, devastating storms – are hitting us hard and fast.

Government allows Cumbrian coal mine to go ahead – Friends of the Earth reaction

climate

news release

6th Jan 2021

Secretary of State Robert Jenrick’s decision to allow a controversial new coal mine in Cumbria to go-ahead hugely undermines UK government claims of global leadership on the climate crisis says Friends of the Earth.

Newcastle City Council unanimously rejects opencast coal mine – Friends of the Earth reaction

climate

news release

19th Dec 2020

Friends of the Earth has welcomed today’s unanimous decision by Newcastle City Council's planning committee to reject a planning application for an opencast coal mine at Dewley Hill.

“Heathrow expansion remains very far from certain”: Friends of the Earth reacts as Supreme Court rules on policy allowing third runway

climate

news release

16th Dec 2020

Judgment is no ‘green light’ for expansion. It makes clear that full climate considerations remain to be addressed and resolved at the planning stage, where Friends of the Earth will continue the challenge against a third runway

PM announcement: UK government investment in overseas oil ends, but Mozambique gas project continues

climate

news release

11th Dec 2020

UK government announce it will stop funding oil and gas projects abroad in a victory for climate justice

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