POSTS ARCHIVE
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.
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Climate summit fails to agree tough action to slash emissions
The talks ended with weak action and gaping holes in the rule book for meeting climate targets
17th Dec 2018
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Largest earthquake in Lancashire since fracking started
A 1.5 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Blackpool, Lancashire today
11th Dec 2018
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Let’s make 2019 the year we save the planet: Friends of the Earth’s New Year’s resolutions for the climate
Friends of the Earth has pulled together a list of the lifestyle changes that will have the biggest positive impact on the planet; in terms of saving energy and cutting emissions.
10th Dec 2018
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Send the Government a frack-free Christmas card!
In the two weeks that Cuadrilla tried fracking in Lancashire, 36 small earthquakes occurred around the fracking site in Lancashire.
8th Dec 2018
Climate agreements after Paris: countries, payments, and the climate emergency
A report reviewing climate commitments under the Paris Agreement by country has been released during the UN climate conference in Poland. “After Paris: inequality, fair shares, and the climate emergency” shows that the only way to succeed in the face … Continue reading
6th Dec 2018
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Wales commits to a fossil-free future for sake of the planet
Friends of the Earth now calling for the rest of the UK to step up and end all fossil fuel projects
5th Dec 2018
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How to be more engaging when communicating around climate change
Over the last three decades, reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have made it increasingly clear that wide-scale societal and political changes are required to ensure a sustainable, resilient future.
3rd Dec 2018
Stockport Hydro’s Environmental Challenge Fund
The Fund now stands at £3,800 for up to 10 projects. Apply now if you have a environmental, cooperative or community project within the Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council boundary.
2nd Dec 2018
Fossil Banks – No Thanks
Climate change, long considered an urgent but future threat, is now with us, and already impacting the lives of millions of people around the world. It’s being driven in large part by the continued exploration and burning of coal, oil and gas. … Continue reading
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Friends of the Earth challenge Lancashire fracking in High Court
Friends of the Earth is suing the Environment Agency for failing to take the best course of action to protect Lancashire’s environment from fracking.
29th Nov 2018
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UK summers could be over 5C warmer by 2070
End support for fracking, airport expansion and road-building, government urged
27th Nov 2018
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Saddleworth Moor named as one of the frontlines of climate chaos in England
Friends of the Earth has revealed the frontlines of climate change in England today (26 November) to mark the 10th anniversary of the Climate Change Act and the urgent action still needed to prevent runaway climate change. Communities around Saddleworth … Continue reading
26th Nov 2018
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Druridge Bay: government decision to reject mine overturned
A High Court judge has upheld the legal challenge from operators Banks Mining to the government’s decision to refuse permission for the opencast coal mine in Northumberland.
23rd Nov 2018
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Climate Change Act turns 10: Friends of the Earth’s tips for the first-time environmental activist
The public are being urged to mark the 10th anniversary of the Climate Change Act by joining the battle for a cleaner, safer future.
19th Nov 2018
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Switch to Ecotricity and they will donate £50 to Friends of the Earth
Here in the UK, electricity generation is responsible for a quarter of our carbon emissions – making it a huge contributor. That means we urgently need to change the way we power our country and our homes.
18th Nov 2018
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Scrap subsidies for burning wood for power – Please write to your MP (BiofuelWatch)
We urgently need your help to call on the government to Scrap Subsidies for Burning Wood Biomass and to redirect these subsidies to clean renewables.
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Reform countryside to tackle climate change, urges government advisor – Friends of the Earth reaction
“This is a wake-up call for a complacent government that we must completely transform the way we use land, to avoid climate breakdown and make space for nature.”
15th Nov 2018
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Risky business: Local government pension funds and the climate crisis
How Local Government Pension Funds are failing to protect themselves from the financial risks of climate change. Continue reading
10th Nov 2018
Local Government Pension Funds failing to protect themselves from financial risk of climate – Friends of the Earth and Platform London report reveals.
Local Government Pension Funds failing to protect themselves from financial risk of climate – Friends of the Earth and Platform London report reveals. The largest UK Local Government Pension Funds (LGPFs) are failing to take adequate action to reduce the … Continue reading
9th Nov 2018
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Tell your MP to stop the government’s daylight robbery (10:10)
We know we urgently need to ramp up climate action. But over the last few years the government has been removing support for renewables.
5th Nov 2018
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