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Award-winning British sci-fi author collaborates with Friends of the Earth on a radical new podcast about climate hope


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(Joint press release from Emma Newman and Friends of the Earth) An award-winning podcaster and science-fiction author is launching an innovative new podcast – Imagining Tomorrow – in an unusual collaboration with the environmental campaigning group Friends of the Earth. Emma Newman, …

Govt hydrogen production announcement – Friends of the Earth reaction


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Responding to today’s government announcement on 11 hydrogen production projects, Mike Childs, head of policy at Friends of the Earth, said: “We’re pleased to see the government backing green hydrogen projects. Made from electricity and water, green hydrogen is essential for …

COP28 deal - Friends of the Earth reaction


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Responding to the conclusion of the COP28 climate conference in Dubai, Friends of the Earth’s international climate campaigner, Rachel Kennerley – who has been attending the talks – said: “Self-interest, weak leadership and a lack of urgency by wealthy countries …

Campaigners call on Unilever to clean up dirty palm oil


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Friends of the Earth campaigners in the North West will gather outside Unilever’s offices in Port Sunlight on Wednesday (13th December) to call on the multinational company to clean up dirty palm oil in its supply chains (1). Unilever is one of …

UK Climate minister leaves COP summit – Friends of the Earth reaction


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Commenting on news that climate change minister Graham Stuart is returning to London from the Cop28 summit to vote on the Rwanda Bill later today, Friends of the Earth’s international climate campaigner,  Rachel Kennerley – who is in Dubai – …

COP28: UK govt announces new global deforestation law – Friends of the Earth reaction


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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: …

First anniversary of Cumbrian coal mine decision: Govt urged to withdraw support for project 


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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 …

COP28: Sunak's policy failures are derailing a crucial international climate target - new research 


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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 …

Rishi Sunak’s climate speech - Friends of the Earth comment


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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 …

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Protesters accuse GM Pension Fund of funding the climate crisis (Fossil Free Greater Manchester)


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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 …

Locals will ‘Warm Up’ in Manchester City Centre, demanding Government action on fuel poverty.


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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 …

COP28: Time running out to avert catastrophic climate change


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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, …

Bus services outside London plummet – new research (reissued)


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Friends of the Earth press release: Reissued with updated data*  Regional data is available here.  Bus services outside of London have seen a staggering decline over the past 15 years, with provision plummeting by more than 60% in 80 local authority …

Campaigners unite to demand warm homes for all in Greater Manchester.


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* 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 …

New Environment Secretary appointed in reshuffle – Friends of the Earth reaction


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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 …

King’s speech – Friends of the Earth reaction


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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 …

Shell quarterly profits – Friends of the Earth reaction


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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 …

Government faces human rights legal challenge over failing to protect frontline communities from escalating impacts of climate crisis


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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 …

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Fossil fuel pension protest in Bury (Fossil Free Greater Manchester)


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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 …

Govt responds to Environmental Audit Committee and CCC over net zero policies – Friends of the Earth reaction


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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. …

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