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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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Barclays’ owned Third Energy gets go-ahead to frack in Yorkshire

climate

news release

20th Dec 2016

Mrs Justice Lang will give her judgement on the decision to frack in Ryedale, North Yorkshire this morning. She will rule that fracking may go-ahead. Claimant in the case, Reverend Jackie Cray, said: “I’m obviously disappointed in the verdict but …

Scale of diesel scandal unknown as garages banned from advertising pollution filter removal

transport

news release

14th Dec 2016

The Department for Transport must investigate how many diesel cars are driving without pollution filters says Friends of the Earth as garages are today (14 December) banned from advertising services for their removal. The environmental charity formally raised the issue …

Anti-fracking campaigner, Tina Rothery, escapes jail

climate

news release

9th Dec 2016

A judge at Preston Combined Court has ruled today that Tina Rothery should not go to prison for contempt of court. The order against Tina has been discharged. Polly Steiner, Friends of the Earth North West campaigner, said: “It is …

Bees: Wildlife and environment groups call for neonic pesticides ban to be retained – and extended to all crops

nature

news release

1st Dec 2016

Seventeen of the UK’s leading wildlife, conservation and environment groups are calling for the current EU restrictions on neonicotinoid insecticides to be retained – and extended to all crops – to protect Britain’s bees.

New NICE guidance on air pollution – “tinkering” not enough to deal with crisis says Friends of the Earth

transport

news release

Responding to new draft guidance on air pollution from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Jenny Bates, Friends of the Earth air pollution campaigner said: “While NICE is rightly saying schools and nurseries must be built away …

Ministers pledge £15 million for natural flood measures, following Friends of the Earth campaign

climate

news release

24th Nov 2016

News today that the government will provide an extra £15 million to utilise nature and manage land to reduce floods has been welcomed by Friends of the Earth. Today’s announcement by Andrea Leadsom follows a campaign by Friends of the …

Autumn Statement: Chancellor pootling along in slow lane towards a low-carbon future

climate

news release

23rd Nov 2016

Reacting to the chancellor’s Autumn statement today, Friends of the Earth senior campaigner Liz Hutchins said: “The Chancellor is pootling along in the slow lane, when the UK needs to be on the fast track to a low-carbon economy. “With …

Cornwall congratulated for acting on bees and pesticides

nature

news release

• Three major South West councils now have neonicotinoid pesticides bans on non-agricultural land Cornwall Council’s decision today to ban the use of neonicotinoid pesticides on its parks, highways and other public land [1] as part of an action plan to …

Ministers failing to fund natural flood measures, reveals Friends of the Earth

climate

news release

21st Nov 2016

Nearly one year on from last winter’s devastating floods, ministers have failed to deliver on repeated promises to support natural flood management (NFM), like planting trees to reduce flood risk, Friends of the Earth reveals today. A Freedom of Information …

UK Parliament ratifies Paris climate deal

climate

news release

17th Nov 2016

Reacting to news that the UK parliament has approved ratification of the Paris climate agreement, Friends of the Earth international climate campaigner Asad Rehman said: ”This excellent news sends yet another signal to Mr Trump that world nations will act …

Fracking company says there are no bats at Yorkshire fracking site, survey finds differently

climate

news release

16th Nov 2016

In May of this year, North Yorkshire County Council approved an application to frack in Ryedale. In their planning report they stated that “the development as proposed would be undertaken within an area known to be devoid of bats.”

The environmental resistance will stand against Trump (Friends of the Earth US)

justice

news release

10th Nov 2016

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President-elect Donald Trump threatens our environment and we vow to fight him every step of the way. Like Sen. Bernie Sanders, Trump tapped into a deep resentment about the governing establishment of both the Democratic and Republican Parties. …

Government consultation on coal phase-out welcomed

climate

news release

9th Nov 2016

Reacting to the government consultation published today on the phase-out of coal, Friends of the Earth climate campaigner Guy Shrubsole said: “Coal is a dirty, inefficient and climate-wrecking fuel that belongs in the past. The government’s move to consult on …

London taxi protest over air pollution

transport

news release

8th Nov 2016

Responding to the taxi drivers protests at Whitehall in central London latr today over traffic and air pollution, Sophie Neuburg, Friends of the Earth London campaigner, said: “Taxi drivers are right to be concerned about air pollution. London’s air is …

Sovereignty in Action: Parliament must give assurance that UK and environment will be better off

news release

3rd Nov 2016

Commenting on government’s court defeat this morning, Craig Bennett, chief executive, Friends of the Earth, said: “Those wanting to leave the EU said consistently that British courts and British parliament should be sovereign.

“Urgent and dramatic” action needed on climate change, warns UN – Friends of the Earth reaction

climate

news release

Responding to today’s [Thursday 3 November] UN warning that the world must urgently and dramatically increase action to tackle climate change, Friends of the Earth’s international climate campaigner Asad Rehman said: “This is a stark warning that cannot be ignored …

Government loses court battle on dirty air, it must act now to ditch diesel

transport

news release

2nd Nov 2016

The government must phase out diesel to reduce deaths from air pollution says Friends of the Earth, as the High Court today (2 November) allows a judicial review of the UK government’s plans to tackle air pollution – which campaigners …

Flooding: MPs call for Environment Agency overhaul

climate

news release

Responding to today’s call, from a committee of MPs, for the Environment Agency to be overhauled to protect communities from rising flood risk, Friends of the Earth climate campaigner Guy Shrubsole said: “Abolishing the Environment Agency’s role in flooding, as …

Waitrose throws down gauntlet by sourcing non-genetically modified soya

food

news release

1st Nov 2016

In welcome news, Waitrose has today announced that they will source soya from Europe that is not genetically modified for their pig feed. Friends of the Earth’s senior food and farming campaigner, Clare Oxborrow, said: “This is a big, positive …

Spotlight on Fracking Funders Barclays

climate

news release

29th Oct 2016

Residents from across Greater Manchester will be campaigning outside Barclays St Ann’s Square Branch, Manchester, on Saturday (29 October) to highlight the banking giant’s financial interests in fracking.

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