Friends Of The Earth

Supreme Court rules against Whitehaven coal mine, as campaigners call for the project to be refused once and for all.

A new Friends of the Earth analysis identifies ‘pollution hotspots’ where water, air, noise and light pollution converge, threatening human health and the survival of native species.

Is UK climate change mitigation policy continuing to fail?

'The manifestos of the two main political parties at the 2024 general election (GE2024) provide a glimpse into the possible worlds that voters will choose to inherit next month.'

Judgment could have profound implications for new fossil fuel projects, including Cumbrian coal mine and North Sea oil and gas fields, says Friends of the Earth.

Should climate protesters picket an MP at home?

The UK Government’s Carbon Budget Delivery Plan is inadequate and in breach of the Climate Change Act, court hears.

Rosebank oil field could be the key climate issue of 2024 – and the catalyst for an unprecedented coalition.

Friends of the Earth has identified 19 onshore sites where new or extended extraction activity is planned using publicly available planning application data.

Campaigners demand a reduction of carbon emissions and end to new fossil fuels in the wake of terrifying Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.

The move amounts to a U-turn on the PM’s opposition to building new turbines onshore as set out in his failed first bid for the Conservative leadership.

Campaigners hail legal victory in challenge over UK Government's Net Zero strategy.

'Deposit return scheme' charging customers a levy for drinks containers paid back when they return them for recycling may not happen until late 2024.

Robert Jenrick, communities secretary, to “call in” controversial application for new coal mine on the Cumbrian coast.

Freedom of Information requests reveal local authority pensions invest £9.9 billion in fossil fuel companies.

Newcastle City Council has rejected Banks Mining’s application to extract 800,000 tonnes of coal from a site at Dewley Hill near Throckley.

Friends of the Earth reacts as Supreme Court rules on policy allowing third runway.

A just transition to a low carbon economy should involve oil companies paying more tax and energy workers having more say.

Just 15 percent of England's national parks are now wooded.

Campaigners call on UK Government to boost access to green spaces in the most deprived neighbourhoods as part of a Green and Fair Covid-19 Recovery Plan.

Banks Mining application for Highthorn near Druridge Bay, Northumberland, turned down by communities secretary Robert Jenrick.

Banks Mining's operations at its Bradley surface mine in County Durham have ceased.

The antidote to being powerless alone is taking action together.

'We have the opportunity to make sure that recovery from coronavirus also means the new normal benefits people rather than driving profit.'