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Garden Centres act on Pesticides Linked to Bee Decline
Garden centres are the latest retailers to remove household products containing insecticides linked to bee decline from their shelves, Friends of the Earth revealed today (Friday, 15 February 2013)....
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Call to CITES: stop stimulating demand for endangered species
The campaigning Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is calling on international policy-makers to Stop Stimulating Demand for critically endangered species. The London-based NGO cautioned that...
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London Assembly to debate increase in cycling budget
On Monday, 25th February, the London Assembly will debate an amendment to the Mayor’s budget to prioritise cycling schemes worth £41m if there are unexpected savings identified by Transport for London...
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Greens offer support to the No Dash for Gas activists being sued by EDF
At this year’s Green Party Spring Conference, an Emergency Motion proposed by Cllr Sam Hollick (Holywell) and Green Party leader, Natalie Bennett, offered the GPEW’s support to the No Dash for Gas...
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Google promotes online sales of elephant and whale products
Environmentalists today appealed to internet giant Google to remove thousands of advertisements from its Japanese Shopping site which promote products for sale from endangered whale and elephant...
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Threat to economy as treasury ignores expert warning on climate change
The Treasury is jeopardising the UK economy by ignoring warnings from senior Whitehall economists over the impacts of climate change and resource depletion, Friends of the Earth reveals today. The...
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UK land footprint is one and a half times the size of the nation
The UK uses over one and a half times its land size to provide the nation with products such as food, clothing and biofuels, a new report by Friends of the Earth reveals today (Thursday 7 March). The...
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One third of government ministers linked to UK companies fuelling climate change
One third of ministers in the UK government, including top cabinet ministers, are linked to the UK finance and energy companies fuelling climate change, a new report from the World Development Movement...
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Protection will help to end rosewood wars
CITES lists endangered wood in bid to halt booming illegal trade Granting international protection to threatened Siam rosewood is a major step towards saving the species from extinction and curbing the...
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Chancellor warned against carbon-busting budget
Budgetary measures that increase the UK’s dependency on fossil fuels would have a disastrous impact on the UK’s economic and environmental wellbeing, Friends of the Earth said today (Tuesday 19 March...
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Another fossil-fuelled budget says Friends of the Earth
Commenting on George Osborne’s Budget statement today (Wednesday 20 March 2013), Friends of the Earth’s Head of Campaigns Andrew Pendleton said: “This is yet another fossil-fuelled Budget that will...
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Gardeners urged to be green-minded and green-fingered this Easter
Alys Fowler gives bee-friendly gardening tips and gardeners are urged to avoid insecticides linked to bee decline. Gardeners are being urged to create bee-friendly gardens this Easter, traditionally...
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Conservationists urge RSPO member to cease rainforest destruction after...
WEST KALIMANTAN: Dramatic footage released today shows starving orangutans being rescued from an oil palm concession in Borneo after their forest homes were bulldozed by a member of the Roundtable on...
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Samsung Admits Using Forest-Trashing Tin
Samsung Electronics has admitted for the first time that it uses tin in its products that’s destroying tropical forests, killing coral and wrecking the lives of communities in Indonesia, Friends of the...
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Global Law Enforcement Body Commits to Tackling Wildlife and Forest Crimes
The United Nations’ anti-crime body last week resolved to step up the global fight against wildlife and forest crime in recognition of the urgent threat it poses and the serious nature of the criminal...
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EU Pesticide Restrictions Victory for Bees and Common Sense
Yesterday’s decision today to introduce EU-wide restrictions on neonicotinoid insecticides linked to bee decline is a victory for bees and common sense, said Friends of the Earth. However, the...
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New Report Highlights Extent of Bee Decline Across the UK
Some of the UK’s most iconic bees are in serious decline from Scotland to South West England, according to a new report from the University of Reading, commissioned by Friends of the Earth. The report...
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UK Lorry Giants Continue to Go Green
Over recent years, the green cause has become an increasingly prevalent issue not just for the general public, but for many individual industries. Lorries by Roger Cornfoot More and more people as well...
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Former diplomat warns Coalition’s domestic ‘own goals’ risk Britain’s...
Speech reveals DEFRA has cut climate change adaptation team from 38 staff to 6 Ahead of International climate negotiations and the game-changing Energy Bill vote on 3rd June, former Special...
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Iceland is Killing Endangered Fin Whales for Japanese Pet Treats
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) and the Iruka & Kujira [Dolphin & Whale] Action Network (IKAN) have all...
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