Commenting on Defra’s announcement today that just £3.5 billion of the £15 billion of public money available through the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is to be spent on greener farming, Friends of the Earth’s Nature Campaigner Paul de Zylva …
Thirteen leading UK environmental organisations are today calling for the UK Government to show its commitment to reversing bee declines by fully enforcing the ban on neonicotinoid pesticides.
Responding to the Environmental Audit Committee’s report today (Tuesday 12 November 2013) on the Government’s biodiversity offsetting plans, Friends of the Earth Nature Campaigner Sandra Bell said: “We mustn’t gamble with Britain’s wild spaces – nature cannot just be shifted …
Friends of the Earth say new plans to ‘offset’ the destruction of wildlife by compensating with new green spaces, announced by the Government today (Thursday 5 September 2013), are a license to trash nature.
Responding to Syngenta’s legal challenge to the European Commission’s decision to suspend the use of the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam on bee attractive crops, Friends of the Earth’s Head of Campaigns Andrew Pendleton said: “These restrictions are completely justified.
A Manchester MP and members of Manchester City Council joined Friends of the Earth for a Bee Tea at the urban bee-friendly garden created for the Dig the City event. [1]
On Friday 9th August, Manchester Friends of the Earth are inviting Manchester’s Members of Parliament and city councillors to a Bee Tea at the urban bee-friendly garden created for the Dig the City event. [1]
Government plans revealed today [Friday 28 June 2013] for the introduction of a National Pollinator Strategy to tackle the rapid decline of Britain’s bees and other pollinating insects have been given a cautious welcome by Friends of the Earth.
Marks and Spencer has today (Thursday 27 June) called on the Government to create a Bee Action Plan. The retailer joins businesses such as Co-op and B&Q, key scientists, 200 MPs from all parties, and tens of thousands of the …
” Environment Minister Lord de Mauley to make key note speech at Friends of the Earth organised event. The UK’s largest Bee Summit aimed at tackling the causes of bee decline, will take place in London next Friday (28 June …
The Government is being urged to take urgent action on pesticides after laboratory tests, published today (Thursday 13 June 2013) by Friends of the Earth and GM Freeze found traces of the weed killer glyphosate in the bodies of people …
A new report from the University of Reading shows that the North West now supports the only English population of the rare and declining Wall Mason Bee.
The decision today to introduce EU-wide restrictions on neonicotinoid insecticides linked to bee decline is a significant victory for bees and common sense, said Friends of the Earth. However, the environmental charity warned that pesticides are not the only threat …
The Government must take urgent action to protect declining bee populations by supporting European Commission proposals next Monday (29 April 2013) to restrict the use of pesticides linked to bee decline, Friends of the Earth said today (Friday 25 April …
The campaign to restrict the use of pesticides linked to bee decline was given a huge boost today when supermarket chain Waitrose banned suppliers from using neonicotinoid insecticides. The move follows discussion between the supermarket chain and Friends of the …
Commenting on the draft Action Plan for Pollinators for Wales, published today (Tuesday 9 April 2013) by the Welsh Government, Friends of the Earth Cymru Director Gareth Clubb, said: “The Welsh Government’s draft pollinator action plan – in response to …
Gardeners are being urged to create bee-friendly gardens this Easter, traditionally one of the busiest gardening weekends of the year, and play their part in safeguarding these threatened pollinators. UK bees have declined in recent years and Friends of the …
The UK Government should follow the example of Britain’s leading home and garden retailers by backing European Commission proposals later this week (expected Friday 15 March) to restrict the use of widely-used pesticides linked to bee decline, Friends of the …
Garden centres are the latest retailers to remove household products containing insecticides linked to bee decline from their shelves, Friends of the Earth revealed today (Friday, 15 February 2013). The action by Notcutts, Hillier, Squires and Blue Diamond, which between …
