Human genes belong to human beings
Today, I stood with women’s health activists, BRCA-positive women and activists and organizations from across the country in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to express Friends of the Earth’s support and solidarity with Breast...Read more...
Waitrose asks suppliers to stop using neonicotinoid pesticides
Biodiversity news – by Matthew Zola UK supermarket chain Waitrose has asked its suppliers to discontinue the use of insecticides thought to be harmful to bee health. Waitrose has asked the farmers who supply the supermarket...Read more...
Wind turbines zones plan outlawed
Published on the 15 April Environmental campaigners have welcomed a judge's decision to outlaw Milton Keynes Borough Council's plan to insist on minimum distances between wind turbines and houses. Friends of the Earth said the...Read more...
News: Leaks at Canonbie should signal the end for Dart's dirty gas plans
Commenting on news that SEPA is investigating a possible gas leak from Dart Energy’s coalbed methane project at Canonbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Campaigns Co-ordinator Mary Church said: “If it turns out that methane gas is...Read more...
News: Open cast communities sold out by ailing industry
Commenting on the revelation that many old opencast sites are years late in being restored, Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: "About the only reassurance given to any community which has to put...Read more...
Local beekeeper ‘drained’ by bee shortage
Mackinaw Valley Apiaries owner says more than half of the bees he had this winter died Mackinaw beekeeper Steve Mayes said this winter he lost 55 percent of the bees in the 320 hives he maintains across central Illinois....Read more...
Waitrose Bans Suppliers from using Bee - Harming Pesticides
The campaign to restrict the use of pesticides linked to bee decline was given a huge boost today when supermarket chain Waitrose banned suppliers from using neonicotinoid insecticides. The move follows discussion between the...Read more...
Netherlands: Grievance Mechanisms For Resources Industry Contracts - Charles Russell LLP
January 2013 saw the long-awaited ruling of the Dutch court in the five cases brought by campaigning NGO Friends of the Earth against Royal Dutch Shell. The cases related to pollution incidents in the Niger Delta, and left both...Read more...
Gardening star Alys Fowler gives bee-friendly tips for your garden
Garden writer and broadcaster Alys Fowler is urging people to create bee-friendly gardens and help save these crucial pollinators. The former Gardener's World presenter has teamed up with Friends of the Earth for The Bee Cause....Read more...
Blog: The Big Green Bike Ride - On the road again
It's amazing I cycled all the way from London to Edinburgh in just 6 days, blogs Susie Hewson - a participant in last year's Big Green Bike Ride. Cycling with my 23 year old son Andrew was fantastic because we supported each...Read more...
Tar sands protest outside G8 meeting
Reacting to today's (Thursday 11 April) protest against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline in the US, outside a meeting of G8 foreign ministers including US secretary of State John Kerry, Friends of the Earth Executive Director...Read more...
Join Statement: Stop land grab in Hungary!
Posted by ARC on Thursday, April 11, 2013 · Leave a Comment From 5 to 8 April, a number of organisations came together in Budapest for the Food Sovereignty Programme meeting organised by Friends of the Earth International. At...Read more...
European Court finds against UK on access to environmental justice
European Court finds against UK on access to environmental justice The Coalition for Access to Justice for the Environment (CAJE) has today welcomed the judgment of the European Court [1] in the meaning of 'prohibitive expense'...Read more...
Africa: Rich Nations Should Approach Private Climate Finance With Caution
0 Comments Article Rating:0 | Read: 1 This week in Washington, DC, U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern is hosting a ministerial meeting on mobilising climate finance. This invitation-only event for finance and...Read more...
Friends of the Earth Claim: Studies show fracking causes cancer in local communities
Show us one. From Euractiv.com: “Several peer-reviewed studies have shown that [extracion] operations and production activities significantly increase the cancer risks for communities living less than half a mile from drilling...Read more...
Dairy switches to 'green' milk
Send us your pictures, video, news and views by texting DST to 80360 or Wind power helps Acorn Dairy produce greener milk 2:09pm Tuesday 9th April 2013 in News By Alexa Copeland , Reporter (Darlington) AN organic dairy has...Read more...
Friends of the Earth praise Stroud MP for supporting ban on bee-harming chemicals
9:58am Thursday 11th April 2013 in News By Chris Warne , SNJ reporter for Stonehouse and Chalford. Twitter @ChrisWarneSNJ STROUD MP Neil Carmichael has been praised by Friends of the Earth for backing a ban on bee-harming...Read more...
UK’s largest garden centre joins call for bee action plan
B&Q, the UK’s largest garden centre, today, (11th April 2013), gave its support to Friends of the Earth’s call for a national Bee Action Plan. Friends of the Earth’s Bee Cause campaign is demanding a Bee Action Plan to protect...Read more...
EU's chief science advisor gives shale gas go-ahead (News)
The EU’s chief scientific advisor has said that evidence allows the go-ahead for extracting shale gas, the energy source at the centre of a European policy tug-of-war. The EU executive launched a green paper on 27 March,...Read more...
While NRC Contemplates Restart of San Onofre, New Study Shows Decline of Cancers Since Northern...
New Study: Cancer decline since Rancho Seco nuclear plant closed over 20 years ago by Michael Steinberg Recently Southern California Edison asked the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for permission to restart Unit 2 at its San...Read more...
Environmental Groups Petition DOE for New Rules on Processing LNG Export Applications
Sierra Club, Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy, Center for Biological Diversity, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Earthworks, Environment America, Friends of the Earth, Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, and Rogue Riverkeeper filed a...Read more...
News: RBS sustainability report shows deliberate manipulation of truth by the state-owned bank
Commenting on an RBS sustainability report published today (10 April 2013), Paul Daly, Corporate Accountability Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Scotland, said: Share buttons: Display Facebook and Twitter share buttons read moreRead more...
News: Fracking report too quick to dismiss earthquake dangers
Commenting on a new study from Durham University about fracking induced earthquakes Friends of the Earth Scotland Campaigns Co-ordinator Mary Church said: “Durham University’s research is surprisingly blasé about the risks...Read more...
Blog: Margaret Thatcher, Elvis and Friends of the Earth's month of news, views and action
Do you remember where you were when you heard Elvis had died? I do. I was on holiday in Scotland. When Nelson Mandela was released? At a friend's house in London. When the Twin Towers were attacked? On holiday, again, in...Read more...
Union Fenosa’s dirty little secrets
Just who are we getting into bed with when we allow foreign multinational wind companies free range to pillage rural Australia communities? Spanish-owned Union Fenosa is behind eight wind projects across NSW and Victoria. Four...Read more...
Pro-poor Climate Finance: Is There a Role for Private Finance in the Green Climate Fund?
New Report from Friends of the Earth U.S. and Pan African Climate Justice Alliance This week in Washington, DC, U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern is organizing the Ministerial Meeting on Mobilizing Climate...Read more...
Department restructure: green light for dirty coal?
By Cam Walker, Friends of the Earth campaigns coordinator. Victorian Premier Denis Napthine has today announced a major restructure of the public service, with major implications for environmental policy and which could give...Read more...
Bees: Welsh draft action plan for pollinators welcomed
Commenting on the draft Action Plan for Pollinators for Wales, published today (Tuesday 9 April 2013) by the Welsh Government, Friends of the Earth Cymru Director Gareth Clubb, said: "The Welsh Government's draft pollinator...Read more...
Blog: Sustainable businesses from tiny Acorns grow
At Friends of the Earth, we have always confronted businesses when they pursue profit at the expense of the environment and of people. So it's a real pleasure when a company really embraces the environmental challenges of the...Read more...
Margaret Thatcher: green hero or environmental opportunist?
Margaret Thatcher will be remembered for her short lived "green period" in the late 1980s when she helped put climate change (or global warming as it was then known), acid rain and pollution on to the mainstream political map.Read more...
