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- UK support for Mozambique gas plant fuelling conflict – Friends of the Earth Thu, 15 Apr 21, 3:00pmEnvironmental group warns UK’s £750m funding for fossil fuel project could worsen Isis-led insurgency
- Carbon capture is vital to meeting climate goals, scientists tell green critics Sun, 17 Jan 21, 4:36amSupporters insist that storage technology is not a costly mistake but the best way for UK to cut emissions from heavy industry
- Newcastle councillors reject plans for opencast coal mine Sat, 19 Dec 20, 4:33amFriends of the Earth calls for end to such excavation in England after unanimous decision on Dewley Hill site
- Increase in burning of plastic 'driving up emissions from waste disposal' Mon, 16 Nov 20, 6:00pmExpansion of energy-from-waste incineration could stop UK hitting its net zero carbon target, campaigners warn
- Campaigners start legal challenge to UK's $1bn grant to Mozambique gas project Mon, 7 Sep 20, 3:00pmFriends of the Earth seeks judicial review, saying aid deal contradicts climate commitments
- Bank of England under pressure over board member's oil links Mon, 24 Feb 20, 12:00amGreen campaigners seek to embarrass Bank over role of Tullow Oil exec Dorothy Thompson
- Bushfire survivors join claim against ANZ for financing climate crisis Thu, 30 Jan 20, 6:47pmThree survivors joined Friends of the Earth to accuse ANZ of misleading consumers by investing in fossil fuel projects
- Energy treaty 'risks undermining EU's green new deal' Mon, 9 Dec 19, 11:01amCalls for ECT to be scrapped to stop fossil fuel firms using it to take governments to court
- Fracking protesters 'priced out' of Cuadrilla legal challenge Sun, 1 Sep 19, 11:14pmJudge denies costs protection over injunction restricting protests at Lancashire site
- Government's shift to relax shale gas fracking safeguards condemned Fri, 16 Aug 19, 5:43amEnvironment groups fear possibly ‘weakened’ earthquake risk rules after report on Cuadrilla drilling
- How women can invest more ethically | Letters Thu, 11 Apr 19, 3:07amWe need to think hard about the kind of future our money is going to support through our investments, writes Mary Stevens of Friends of the Earth. Plus a letter from Margaret SquiresYour article on why women need to start...
- Storms, cyclones and floods will only worsen as the planet warms | Letters Thu, 21 Mar 19, 5:17amCraig Bennett, CEO of Friends of the Earth, says rich countries must act to make disasters such as the cyclone that hit Mozambique less likely. Meteorologist Bernadette Woods Placky describes how Climate Matters is helping...
- New research shows an organic diet shrinks pesticide exposure Thu, 14 Feb 19, 2:30amThe bad news isn’t news to many — eating a conventional diet leads to pesticide buildup. But a new study published in Environmental Research reveals surprisingly good news. Switching to an all-organic diet quickly and...
- Government faces court action over 'illegal' planning policy Tue, 4 Sep 18, 3:00pmExclusive: Friends of the Earth says revised national planning policy makes it ‘virtually impossible’ for councils to refuse fracking schemes
- End coal mining in the UK, environmentalists urge government Wed, 11 Jul 18, 6:37pmEnvironmentalists have written to ministers, asking them to reform the planning system so that all future coal mines are automatically refused