Friends of the Earth

Oil still contaminates the Niger Delta, over two decades after Shell was first called out for its destruction of the land.

High court judgement “wrong” and “out of step with the world”. Activists vow to continue the fight to stop expansion.

Activists Joe Corré and Joe Boyd - supported by Friends of the Earth - take on gas company suppressing protest in the courts - and win. 

Friends of the Earth campaigners urge Welsh local authorities to stop investing over £60m in the tobacco industry.

Friends of the Earth in Court of Appeal to protect free speech from injunctions by oil and gas companies.

Inquiry to hear from experts on potential climate impacts of the first flow test site in the county.

The Welsh Government has committed to avoid the continued extraction and use of fossil fuels.

The High Court has quashed a government decision to turn down a new open cast coal mine in north east England.

Upcoming government waste strategy must act on ‘invisible’ microplastics pollution.

A reflection on the anti-capitalist and anti-patriarchal nature of resistance to agribusiness for World Day of Action for Food Sovereignty.

A landmark report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will be met with a global week of action demanding an end to dirty energy.

Council-run pension funds are investing billions in overseas fracking industries, new data from 350.org, Platform and Friends of the Earth has shown. MARIANNE BROOKER reports

Poorly regulated and dangerous acid stimulation could be used to increase fossil fuel production. A new report from Friends of the Earth calls for a ban. MARIANNE BROOKER reports

Friends of the Earth has launched a legal challenge in the High Court arguing that the government's National Policy Statement for Heathrow Airport fails to address climate change. MARIANNE BROOKER reports

Gardeners across Britain are being asked to earn their stripes by joining the Great British Bee Count and help our threatened pollinators. Bees are good for flowers - and also support our farmers, argues EMI MURPHY of Friends of the Earth

It’s never been easier to show support for a cause. To make online armchair campaigning even easier still, Ellie O’Donnell and ALEXANDRA HEAL and ELLIE O'DONNELL have compiled a list of 10 ongoing campaigns they think Ecologist readers would like to know about

CRAIG BENNETT, the chief executive of Friends of the Earth, is a self styled “hard remainer”. Craig led the environment charity's campaign to stay in the European Union. He argues leaving the EU poses a tremendous threat, not only to current environmental protections but also to any future legislation needed to tackle new challenges

Is Theresa May failing to protect us from an 'invisible killer'? The European Commission last Tuesday gave Britain ten days to show how it would control air pollution with the threat of legal action in the European Court of Justice. Tim Holmes reports

Young Friends of the Earth Norway and Greenpeace lost a historic case against the Norwegian government yesterday over new licenses for arctic oil drilling. Though a visible and damaging loss, permeating through are billows of optimism and shifting environmental governance. KATIE HODGETTS reports

The Green Alphabet Writing Prize (GAWP) winner was announced at Flipside, East Anglia's leading literary and arts festival, creating the space for a conversation about the environment. HARRIET GRIFFEY, our cultural editor, reports

Today - International Women's Day of Struggle - we share the voices and experiences of Friends of the Earth women and transgender environmental activists. The national and regional contexts described by these activists are diverse. But the challenges they face are a common expression of the linked oppressions based on class, gender, race/ethnicity, sexuality, disability and other power relations.

They may have wanted to leave Europe behind but Brexiteers still want the same - if not higher levels of environmental protection - for the UK's wild bee populations and natural wild places says a new report commissioned by Friends of the Earth and published today

Friends of the Earth UK are recruiting a new member to their 16-person Board to provide top level direction, strategy and guidance ...

Friends of the Earth are calling on Prime Minister David Cameron, and Energy Secretary Ed Davey to wean the UK off fossil fuels and create a 'Clean British Energy Revolution'