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Our website contains a variety of items dating back to 2001. You can use this archive to explore by year, campaign theme, specific campaign, and category. See also our new releases, our media appearances and our newsletters.

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Autumn Statement: Chancellor must put our health, homes and quality of life first

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news release

29th Nov 2014

The Chancellor must prioritise peoples’ health, homes and quality of life in next week’s Autumn Statement, Friends of the Earth said today.

Could the Government’s ‘Wellbeing Centre’ lead to a new economic ideology?

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news release

28th Oct 2014

Commenting on today’s launch in London and Bristol of the National ‘What Works Centre for Wellbeing’, Friends of the Earth Senior Economics Campaigner, David Powell, said: “Pursuing economic growth isn’t worth a hill of beans if it doesn’t actually improve …

UK pension funds linked to land grabbing for the first time

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news release

12th Jun 2014

UK pension funds and asset management companies could potentially have £37 billion invested in ‘land grabs’ worldwide, according to a new report published today (Thursday 12 June 2014) by Friends of the Earth.

Call on Government to act after abduction of prominent Bangladeshi environmentalist’s husband

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news release

17th Apr 2014

Friends of the Earth is today (Thursday 17 April 2014) calling for the UK Government to put urgent diplomatic pressure on to Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, to establish the whereabouts and well-being of Mr Abu Bakar Siddique, following his abduction …

UK found in breach of EU ‘access to environmental justice’ law

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news release

14th Feb 2014

The Coalition for Access to Justice for the Environment (CAJE) [1] today welcomes the historic judgment of the European Court [2] on the UK’s non-compliance with EU law on costs in environmental legal proceedings, after a ten year battle by …

Govt slammed as Lobbying Bill forced through Lords

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news release

28th Jan 2014

Reacting to the failure of peers to back further changes to the controversial Lobbying Bill today, Friends of the Earth’s senior energy campaigner, Liz Hutchins said: “We are bitterly disappointed that Ministers did not listen to the united voice of …

Lobbying Bill: Lords urged to stand up for democracy again

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news release

22nd Jan 2014

The House of Lords was urged today (Wednesday 22 January 2014) to stand up for democracy once again after MPs, backed by the Government, voted to overturn crucial changes to the Lobbying Bill at its Third Reading.

Govt urged to think again on Lobby Bill, following House of Lords defeat

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news release

15th Jan 2014

The Government has been defeated in the House of Lords this evening over its controversial lobbying bill, despite offering concessions following criticism from charities.

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