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Protestors to target Lloyds AGM over coal investments
Protestors will target the Lloyds Bank AGM in Edinburgh today (Thursday 15 May), accusing it of destroying people’s lives and fuelling climate change by bankrolling the global coal industry. Date:...
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Europe Will Need Land Three Times Size of UK to Meet Bioenergy Demands
By 2030 Europe could require an area of land and forest three times the size of the UK to meet our bioenergy demands, new research published by Friends of the Earth Europe today (Wednesday 28 May 2014)...
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Offsetting is a Massive Threat to Wildlife Environmental Groups Warn
Biodiversity offsetting is already being used by developers to justify schemes that will cause irreversible harm to nature, warn over 15 environment groups across the world today (Monday 2 June 2014),...
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Fracking: Government plans to grant a new ‘right’ of corporate trespass...
Fracking will be a disaster environmentally, economically and for homeowner rights. The Green Party has today warned that homeowners’ rights across the country are threatened by the Government’s new...
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Saving water at home – the facts
As well as saving you buckets of money on your utility bills, watching your home water usage is hugely beneficial to the environment and can help prevent water pollution, reduce soil saturation and...
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Public Urged to Become Bee-Spotters in First Annual Count
People around the UK are being urged to take part in the first Great British Bee Count, which starts today (Tuesday 10 June 2014) and runs until the end of August, to help scientists build a nationwide...
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Andrew Lansley Tops First Annual Solar League Table
Andrew Lansley tops the first annual Solar League Table, but all MPs must try harder says Friends of the Earth Andrew Lansley is top of the class, Justine Greening is bottom, and the Energy and Climate...
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UK politicians just love their driving public don’t they?
They’ll get you somehow. In one area of the country our politicians want to slap a tax on people for using the very cars they were encouraged to buy in the first place, as well as fining them for...
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Unlikely Bedfellows: Mines That Run On Solar Or Wind Power
Mining companies are often seen as dinosaurs when it comes to making changes that will benefit the environment, but that perception may be shifting as some companies turn to renewable energy to cut...
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Bumblebees most Spotted in Great British Bee Count
Yellow and black bumblebees have been the most common species seen by people logging bee sightings for The Great British Bee Count this summer, using a smartphone app developed by Friends of the Earth,...
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Governments and Retailers Must Act to Halt Iceland’s Slaughter of Endangered...
A new report today calls for the international community and vested commercial interests to take tough action to end Iceland’s ongoing slaughter of endangered fin whales. ‘Slayed in Iceland: The...
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Mayor Urged to Consider LPG autogas as Part of London Emissions Strategy
Commenting on Boris Johnson’s oral submission to the Environmental Audit Committee inquiry into air pollution today, Linda Gomersall, General Manager, Autogas Ltd, said: “It is baffling that Boris...
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Nation Needs Affordable Homes – And They Must Be Green, Says Friends Of The...
The supply of affordable homes must be increased to help tackle the housing crisis, but they must be built to high environmental standards and situated in the ‘right place’, Friends of the Earth said...
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Thousands urge European Commission to ditch biodiversity offsetting
As the European Commission concludes its consultation on biodiversity offsetting, almost 10,000 people and over 60 organisations have signed a letter [1] urging the Commission not to pursue policy...
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The Urban Community Energy Fund Launched Today
The number of community owned renewable energy schemes in England is set to increase thanks to a £10 million fund unveiled today by Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey. The Urban Community...
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Green Thinking: Reasons Those Ink Toner Cartridges Don’t Belong in Your Bin
We go through over 65 million ink and toner cartridges every year in the UK and somewhere close to 55 million of these actually end up in landfill after they have run out. There are plenty of ways to...
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Don’t scrap EU action plan on natural resources, say retailers and manufacturers
Some of the UK’s biggest businesses and trade groups – including Unilever, IKEA, Kingfisher, M&S and EEF, the Manufacturers’ Organisation – have put intense pressure on the European Commission [EC]...
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Palm oil plantation crime drives massive illegal logging in Indonesia
The clear-cutting of forests to make way for oil palm plantations is driving a wave of illegal logging in Indonesia, fundamentally undermining efforts to bring much-needed reform to the nation’s...
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The UK Donates £720m To The UN’s Green Climate Fund
Energy Secretary, Ed Davey, recently announced plans to donate £720m to the UN’s international fund, set-up to help poorer countries cope with the devastating effects of climate change. As climate...
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Protests sweep Algeria targeting fracking by Algerian regime and multinationals
Big demonstrations have spread from the Sahara to Algiers, after Algerian authorities announced the drilling of the first shale gas well in the country. Tens of thousands joined anti-fracking protests...
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