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Responding to the UK government’s latest announcement out of the UN climate talks in Dubai, that it will bring in new legislation to address the UK’s contribution to global deforestation and biodiversity loss, Clare Oxborrow, forests campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said: …

The case for a new coal mine in Cumbia is collapsing and the government should withdraw its support, Friends of the Earth said today, on the first anniversary of the government’s decision to give the highly controversial mine the green …

The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s repeated pledge to honour a key international climate commitment is veering dangerously off track – and the emissions gap has grown enormously under his leadership, new analysis by Friends of the Earth – published in today’s …

Commenting on Rishi Sunak’s speech at the climate summit in Dubai, Friends of the Earth’s international climate campaigner, Rachel Kennerley, who is attending the climate talks in Dubai, said: “Rishi Sunak’s call for tougher action on climate change is completely undermined by …

Unison members, pensioners and other campaigners are making a noise in Droylsden today outside a meeting of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF). They claim the Fund is persistently ignoring the calls of Fund members and Unison representatives to get …

1st December 2023 For questions contact hannah@fuelpovertyaction.org.uk  Local people struggling to heat their homes plan to hold a Warm Up protest, demanding the government take immediate action on UK fuel poverty. They point to damning subsidies and profits for fossil fuel …

Commenting on the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, which starts later today (Thursday 30 October), Rachel Kennerley, international climate campaigner at Friends of the Earth, who is attending the talks, said: “With communities across the world increasingly battered by devastating floods, …

* On Friday 17th November, Manchester Friends of the Earth members will be joining Afzal Khan MP at Trinity House Community Resource Centre, Rusholme for a School COP28 event where we will be holding a community crafting session with school staff and children to co-create …

Reacting to the news that Steve Barclay has replaced Thérèse Coffey as Environment Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Cabinet reshuffle, Paul de Zylva, nature campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said: “Thérèse Coffey’s time as Environment Secretary was mired in controversy. Her lasting legacy will …

Responding to the King’s speech, which marks the start of the parliamentary year and serves as an opportunity for the government to set out its priorities for the coming months, Jamie Peters, climate coordinator at Friends of the Earth, said: “If …

As the oil and gas giant Shell posts quarterly profits of £5.1bn, Imogen Dow, warm homes campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said:“Buoyed by last year’s bumper profits – the biggest in Shell’s history – the company is going full steam …

A disability rights activist, a campaigner fighting to save his home from coastal erosion, and the environmental justice group, Friends of the Earth, are taking the government to court over its ‘unlawful’ climate adaptation plans. The claimants filed their legal …

Unison members and other campaigners are in Bury today outside a meeting of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. They want the Mayor and Council Leaders to call on their Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) to get rid of its climate-damaging …

After announcing plans to weaken a number of green policies last month, the government has today issued a response to the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC), which requested further information about the how the changes will impact on the UK’s climate targets. …

 ·  £16 billion invested into fossil fuel industry by LGPS  ·  Over £8 billion funding new oil and gas exploration ·  Varied approach to fossil fuel funding; o Just 10% of funds hold 50% of investment in fossil fuels o Schemes in Wales & London …

Extinction Rebellion and Fossil Free GM are demonstrating outside a major pension conference in Manchester on Wednesday morning 18th October [07.45 – 09.15].  Accompanied by a life-size model elephant the demonstrators will be calling out the “elephant in the room”: …

Friends of the Earth is going to the High Court on Tuesday (17 October) [1] to try to obtain the advice and recommendation departmental officials gave to Michael Gove before he granted planning permission to a controversial new coal mine in Cumbria, …

Responding to the Climate Change Committee’s assessment of recent announcements on net zero from the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Danny Gross, climate campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said: “This assessment highlights the glaring inconsistencies between the government’s rhetoric and action. …