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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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European vote on banning bee-harming pesticides delayed until 2018

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12th Dec 2017

Outdoor ban on neonicotinoid pesticides needed to help protect bees, says Friends of the Earth European Commission proposals for a complete outdoor ban on three neonicotinoids were discussed by member states today – but no vote was taken. The issue …

Support tougher restrictions on bee-harming pesticides

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9th Dec 2017

For nearly four years, there has been a temporary ban on three bee-harming pesticides called neonicotinoids.

Glyphosate relicensing backward step for health and environment

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27th Nov 2017

Government must help farmers move away from controversial chemical

Support tougher restrictions on bee-harming pesticides

nature

9th Nov 2017

Environment Secretary Michael Gove finally backed tougher restrictions on bee-harming pesticides called neonicotinoids. His landmark decision is down to millions of people keeping up the pressure for a full ban on bee-harming neonics – and it demonstrates just how powerful …

Stop the massacre of migrating birds

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29th Sep 2017

Every year more than 2 million migrating birds, including robins, thrushes and nightjars, are illegally trapped and killed in Cyprus as part of a criminal food business. A major part of this illegal killing occurs on UK territory on the …

Make a poster to save our bees

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7th Sep 2017

For over three years there has been a Europe-wide ban on bee-harming pesticides called neonicotinoids. But this ban only applies to crops attractive to pollinators — it doesn’t cover crops like wheat. This October, Michael Gove will vote on behalf …

Breaking: Wyevale helps the bee – but Homebase are still sitting on the fence

nature

26th Aug 2017

You did it! Wyevale have responded to public pressure – they’ve committed to taking bee-harming pesticides out of their flowering plants. This wouldn’t have happened without the thousands of messages they received from people like you. What’s more, eight of …

Homebase urged to act after most top garden retailers say no to bee-harming neonicotinoids

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news release

22nd Aug 2017

Nine of the top 10 leading garden retailers and garden centres don’t want the flowering plants they sell to be grown with bee-harming neonicotinoid pesticides and have told suppliers not to use them, a Friends of the Earth survey [1] …

Government must ban bee-harming pesticides as new research shows risk to bumblebee extinction

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14th Aug 2017

The government must act to permanently ban bee-harming pesticides says Friends of the Earth as new research from Royal Holloway University released today (14 August) suggests that neonicotinoid pesticides pose a risk of bumblebee extinction. The research showed that queen bees …

Stop the monster pig farm

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9th Aug 2017

The beautiful countryside of Northern Ireland’s northwest coast could soon be covered in pig slurry. If a proposed mega pig farm gets the go ahead, then part of its day-to-day operation will require the spreading of vast quantities of effluent (that’s …

Silence

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3rd Aug 2017

Over 18,000 people have emailed Homebase and Wyevale telling them that you want their ‘pollinator-friendly’ plants to be free from bee-harming pesticides. But so far they haven’t replied to you, and haven’t committed to taking action. That’s tens of thousands …

Biodiversity indicators highlight government failure on environment

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The UK Biodiversity Indicators 2017, published by the UK government today (3 August), shows not enough is being done to protect our natural environment, with too many indicators static or showing a decline in our biodiversity, says Friends of the …

Tell your MP to protect EU nature laws

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19th Jul 2017

The ‘Great’ Repeal Bill is meant to convert all the European laws that currently protect our environment into UK laws, ahead of Brexit. The government has committed to continue protections for food, nature and the environment after Brexit. But if our MPs …

Green Belt Under Siege 2017 (CPRE report)

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13th Jul 2017

425,000 houses now planned for Green Belt, of which more than 70% are unaffordable. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has revealed a significant increase in houses planned for the Green Belt, and yet most of these houses will …

Government urged to back complete ban after major European study finds neonicotinoid pesticides harm bees

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29th Jun 2017

The results of a long-awaited, large-scale European field trial, published today, has found that neonicotinoid pesticides harm honeybees and wild bees. The results of the study, conducted by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and published in the journal Science, …

MEPs back complete ban on bee-harming pesticides

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22nd Jun 2017

MEPs have overwhelmingly rejected an attempt by a UK Conservative MEP to oppose a full ban on neonicotinoid pesticides that have been linked to bee decline. 43 MEPs on the Environment Committee voted against the proposal by Julie Girling MEP, …

TV presenters urge people to join the Great British Bee Count and help our bee-leagured bees

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19th May 2017

TV presenters Michaela Strachan and Ellie Harrison are urging people to take part in Friends of the Earth’s Great British Bee Count, which begins today (Friday, 19 May 2017) and runs until 30 June. The Bee Count is also being …

78% agree garden centres should not sell garden plants grown with pesticides harmful to bees

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• Findings come as Friends of the Earth launches Great British Bee Count 2017 Over three quarters of the British public (78%) agree that garden centres and retailers should not sell plants grown with pesticides that are harmful to bees, …

Greater Manchester residents urged to help our under threat bees

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news release

17th May 2017

Join Great British Bee Count 2017 (19 May-30 June) and find out how bee-friendly your local space is. Manchester Friends of the Earth is urging local people to play their part in helping Britain’s under-threat bees by creating pollinator-friendly gardens, …

Retailers urged to act after pesticides linked to bee decline discovered in “pollinator friendly” garden plants

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news release

13th May 2017

Call comes ahead of Great British Bee Count, launched next week Garden centres and retailers are being urged to take urgent action after new research, revealed today [1], found some outlets were selling garden plants grown with pesticides linked to …

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