Past press releases

1996

3 Jan -

Newbury tree protestors fight high court eviction bid



5 Jan -

paper recycling is green



8 Jan -

Security Convoy heads toward battle of Newbury



9 Jan -

The Third Battle of Newbury Begins...



9 Jan -

Newbury: Round one to the protestors



11 Jan -

Newbury: work stopped for the third day running



14 Jan -

Newbury: Hundreds of residents replant route



15 Jan -

Newbury business against the bypass



16 Jan -

Newbury people dress threatened trees



17 Jan -

Cars Cost the Earth



18 Jan -

Newbury: Top environmentalists visit bypass route



18 Jan -

FOE beams giant three-screen cine protest at motor industry banqueteers



18 Jan -

NGO's Witness bypass threat to Newbury Nature



22 Jan -

FOE welcomes coalite dioxin prosecution



22 Jan -

Newbury: former minister supports the protest



22 Jan -

Newbury: International press briefing



23 Jan -

Newbury: FOE acts to ensure safety



24 Jan -

Newbury: Pantomime cow arrested for aggravated trespass



24 Jan -

Newbury Bypass "may be scrapped"



24 Jan -

Newbury: the bypass protest is overwhelmingly peaceful



24 Jan -

International Press Briefing



25 Jan -

The Road Traffic Reduction Bill - a solution to Newbury's traffic problems.



29 Jan -

Newbury Contractors move on camps



30 Jan -

Nirex case crumbles as RCF inquiry ends



30 Jan -

Newbury: illegal raids on protest camps



31 Jan -

Newbury Campaign - Construction firms targeted



2 Feb -

Druid Ceremony to celebrate Newbury Bypass trees



2 Feb -

Tropical Rainforest Countries alerted to Newbury destruction



6 Feb -

Appeals against Newbury Evictions



6 Feb -

Celebrities back mass route walk at Newbury



6 Feb -

Government keeps new agency on a short lead



7 Feb -

Clergy hold special service on Newbury Bypass route



7 Feb -

Transport Experts Blast Newbury Bypass Myths



8 Feb -

'Piggyback' Railfreight could help remove need for Newbury Bypass



8 Feb -

Security Guards join Newbury Bypass protestors



9 Feb -

New figures are Bypass Bombshell for Highways Agency



12 Feb -

Britain's largest ever anti-road-building protest



15 Feb -

Ice Age Snail could freeze bypass route



16 Feb -

Public says Newbury Bypass should halt to save snail.



17 Feb -

Climbing festival gives 'eviction award' to support newbury protest



19 Feb -

Newbury Bypass will save two minutes on most journeys



21 Feb -

Mandatory grants for lead pipe replacement under threat



22 Feb -

Lord Kennet supports Newbury Bypass protest



22 Feb -

Suprise government announcement on Newbury nature reserves



26 Feb -

Emergency services contradict minister over Newbury violence



26 Feb -

Newbury protestors pledge to clean up oil spill



27 Feb -

Newbury protestor's appeal court hearing fails.



27 Feb -

FOE Comments on Blair's Environment Speech



27 Feb -

Newbury Bypass in exceptional hearing at the court of appeal



27 Feb -

Tree dweller to challenge Newbury Bailiffs in High Court



29 Feb -

Sheriff's men move on Newbury Green Defenders



29 Feb -

FOE Calls For Greater Openness Over Sources Of Soil Contamination



29 Feb -

Greenwich Millennium Site Gives British Gas Golden Opportunity For Fresh Approach



29 Feb -

Lady Barber lashes police behaviour at Newbury



6 Mar -

Friends of the Earth takes Third Battle of Newbury to Construction Companies



6 Mar -

Friends of the Earth takes Third Battle of Newbury to London Construction Companies



6 Mar -

FOE says "Give up your car for two days a week"



6 Mar -

Motor Industry's 100th birthday



6 Mar -

Traffic Reduction tour..



7 Mar -

Newbury Eviction Climb Down



7 Mar -

Whose land is it anyway?



8 Mar -

Bypass security costs exceed one million pounds



9 Mar -

A call to arms



9 Mar -

Hundreds of Archaeologists to protest at Newbury



10 Mar -

Newbury Residents put nesting boxes in Bypass trees



13 Mar -

Giant Inflatable Chainsaw confronts Newbury Bypass workers



14 Mar -

Government can't pay for Newbury Bypass



15 Mar -

Toll road threatens Tories in Staffs S.E. By-election



15 Mar -

Judgement Day looms for Newbury Construction Firms



15 Mar -

FOE director challenges lib-dems



20 Mar -

Newbury Bypass rejected by National Opinion Survey



20 Mar -

Health and Safety Fears at Newbury



20 Mar -

Road Traffic Reduction Bill Introduced to Commons



21 Mar -

FOE report highlights damage to wetlands



25 Mar -

Newbury protestors ask Judge to suspend evictions



26 Mar -

Newbury - Judge allows evictions to continue



26 Mar -

Teens Curb the Car Day - Sunday 30 June 1996



27 Mar -

Energy Saving Measure in Finance Bill



29 Mar -

Newbury - Evictions nearly over but campaign continues



1 Apr -

Environment Agency publishes unlawful guidance on Right to Know



1 Apr -

FOE comment on environment agency



2 Apr -

Newbury:Evictions Finally End



3 Apr -

Friends of the Earth's 25th - 5th May 1996



3 Apr -

"Galleries" on the buses for FOE's 25th



10 Apr -

25 years of local activism



11 Apr -

Don't fund road lobby - don't join RAC or AA



11 Apr -

Sir George heads for rapids over M25



13 Apr -

Green Groups challenge Government over Traffic Growth - Demonstration Planned to Surround the DOT



13 Apr -

Green Groups surround the Department of Transport in call for Road Traffic Reduction



15 Apr -

Critical Submission to Sea Empress Inquiry



17 Apr -

Taxpayers Face Huge Bill For Nuclear Legacy



19 Apr -

Opposition to New Oil Threat in South Wales



22 Apr -

Scientists speak out against loss of fungi



24 Apr -

Sea Empress Oil Spill: 100,000 Demand Inquiry



24 Apr -

minister rejects Mass Call for Oil Inquiry



24 Apr -

It's Official! Hampshire County County Deliberately Published Misleading Evidence on Incinerator Inquiry



25 Apr -

FOE slams transport green paper for failure to use targets to cut traffic



29 Apr -

Dirty Fuel Destined For Wales Is Rejected in U.S.



30 Apr -

London needs long-term commitment to public transport funding syas FOE



2 May -

Londoners invited to join Friends of the Earth's Flag Day



6 May -

Newbury Bypass provides eight years relief for A34, admits leaked Berkshire County Council plan



7 May -

Madagascar mine threatens new lemur species



7 May -

Shareholders protest at RTZ AGM



7 May -

Top names launch 'Art on the buses'



8 May -

MP kills bill to protect wildlife habitats



9 May -

Oil Community Says No to Dirty Fuel and Yes to Clean Energy



10 May -

Newbury bypass protests - mob rule or peaceful defence of our heritage?



13 May -

Oil Spill Damage Will Last For Decades



14 May -

Proposed snail sanctuary could cause bypass review



15 May -

FOE welcomes government biodiversity plans



21 May -

"Don't hold your breath" FOE warns asthmatics



22 May -

New report confirms illegal trade in mahogany



23 May -

Mass shareholder protest for bypass builders



23 May -

Water customers put conservation before Keilder scheme



24 May -

Company boss and teacher in Newbury court



28 May -

Angry FOE challenges MP Banks to public debate



30 May -

English Nature confirms snail reserve on bypass route



4 Jun -

UK Round Table and Government Transport Policy



4 Jun -

Government Talks Rubbish on Waste Tour



4 Jun -

Friends of the Earth refutes sustainable paper report



5 Jun -

Public's Right to Know Denied



5 Jun -

Newbury snail reserve to be cordoned off



6 Jun -

FOE CONDEMNS GOVERNMENT DECISION TO BUILD NEWBURY BYPASS BEFORE EFFECTS ON RARE SNAILS ARE KNOWN



6 Jun -

Government Complacent in Face of Global Warming Warning



6 Jun -

New Research Shows Global "Footprint" of Motoring As FOE Puts The Car on Trial



6 Jun -

Protesters go to department of transport



7 Jun -

"Summer Time Smog" Hits Highest Level This Year



7 Jun -

Test Drive The "Virtual Car" With 'Java'



10 Jun -

Taxpayer Worse Off After Nuclear Privatisation



11 Jun -

Car Industry "Must Take The Blame" For Pollution Says FOE



11 Jun -

Government faces court action over Newbury snail



14 Jun -

Wildlife policy put to the test over Newbury snail



17 Jun -

HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT - A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE



18 Jun -

NEWBURY SNAIL CASE - DECISION EXPECTED WEDNESDAY



18 Jun -

NEWBURY SNAIL: HIGH COURT HEARING



18 Jun -

NEW EUROPEAN STANDARDS WILL FAIL TO PREVENT "SMOG"



21 Jun -

Account for the Future: Public Urged to Move Savings



22 Jun -

FUMING MAD TEENAGERS CURB THE CAR: 30TH JUNE 1996



24 Jun -

NEWBURY SNAIL: COURT DECISION 2PM ON TUESDAY



24 Jun -

FOE LAUNCHES LONDON POSTER ON INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION



25 Jun -

RULING DEMONSTRATES NEED FOR TOUGHER WILDLIFE LAW



26 Jun -

GOVERNMENT URGED TO SUSPEND NEWBURY BYPASS



27 Jun -

BRITAIN'S TOP CLIMBER IN NEWBURY COURT



28 Jun -

Pesticide Pollution of Drinking Water



2 Jul -

FOE Reaction to Climate Change Study



3 Jul -

FOE defends European court action to protect UK Drinking Water



4 Jul -

NGOs URGE SWISS COMPANY TO QUIT MALAYSIAN DAM



4 Jul -

Labour's New Manifesto



8 Jul -

FOE says UK will fail to meet 7 out of 9 targets on health and the environment



10 Jul -

ASA UPHOLD COMPLAINTS AGAINST SARO-WIWA ADVERT



10 Jul -

Milford Haven Orimulsion Jetty Would Be Unlawful Now



11 Jul -

Important Conference Links Environment,Deprivation and Ill-Health



14 Jul -

WORLD OF DANCE - LYDD AIRPORT 24 AUGUST



16 Jul -

SALISBURY COUNCIL MOVES TO AVERT 'ANOTHER NEWBURY'



18 Jul -

Call for Government Action on Climate Change



19 Jul -

PROTESTORS CONVERGE ON COSTAIN FOR EGM



25 Jul -

REPORT EXPOSES LOCAL LIB DEMS OVER NEWBURY BYPASS



25 Jul -

ART BYPASS - ARTWORK AT NEWBURY SUNDAY 25TH AUGUST



25 Jul -

PANTOMIME COW IN COURT OVER BYPASS CHARGE



26 Jul -

PROPOSALS FOR MORATORIUM ON MAHOGANY LOGGING



29 Jul -

PANTOMIME COW IN COURTROOM FARCE



31 Jul -

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY CHALLENGED OVER WATER SCHEME



6 Aug -

WORK STARTS AGAIN ON NEWBURY BYPASS



7 Aug -

FOE slams "incompetent" ASA over Newbury advert



7 Aug -

ART BYPASS: MAJOR ARTS EVENT COMES TO NEWBURY



8 Aug -

YORKSHIRE WATER BRANDED YORKSHIRE'S BIGGEST WASTER'



14 Aug -

NEWBURY HUNGER-STRIKER TO CHALLENGE BYPASS BAIL CONDITIONS IN HIGH COURT



19 Aug -

Worst smog of the summer raises stakes for Air Quality Strategy



21 Aug -

Gummer ducks key solution to air pollution - traffic reduction



23 Aug -

ACTION TO "TAME THE TRAFFIC" IN 100 TOWNS



4 Sep -

UK'S BEST WILDLIFE AREAS AT RISK OF DRYING OUT



5 Sep -

WATER COMPANY SUCKS YORKSHIRE'S BEST WETLANDS DRY



5 Sep -

COSTAIN FACE SHAREHOLDERS OVER NEWBURY BYPASS



6 Sep -

COSTAIN AGREES TO REVIEW NEWBURY BYPASS CONTRACT



9 Sep -

WORLD BANK IN AFRICAN RAINFOREST SCANDAL



10 Sep -

ECONOMIC DEAL SPELLS DOOM FOR MADAGASCAR FORESTS



11 Sep -

TOP NATURE RESERVE OFFICIALLY DELISTED TODAY



13 Sep -

WORLD'S FIRST WIND-UP RADIO AVAILABLE FROM FOE



16 Sep -

New tax will promote incineration not recycling



18 Sep -

FOE welcomes rail plans for Heathrow - but still opposes the fifth terminal



18 Sep -

Tax payers to be hit in pocket by Government's new plans for contaminated land clean-up



18 Sep -

Government repsonse to round table transport report a "mixed blessing" says Friends of the Earth



18 Sep -

BRONTE COUNTRY RISKS BEING HIGH AND DRY



19 Sep -

FOE COMMENTS ON BLAIR'S BOOK, 'NEW BRITAIN'



23 Sep -

Local Authorities Reject Solutions to Climate Disaster



25 Sep -

DoE HOTLINE CONCEALS 90% OF "SUMMERTIME SMOGS"



25 Sep -

PowerGen decision is death blow for Orimulsion in the UK



26 Sep -

Official Reports on Contaminated Drinking Water Kept Secret



26 Sep -

WORLD BANK'S ENVIRONMENTAL PLANS HAVE "LIMITED IMPACT"



27 Sep -

WASTE COMPANY RE-THINKS RED MOSS SUPERTIP



30 Sep -

Recycling targets jeopardised by new landfill tax



1 Oct -

FOE'S RESPONSE TO TONY BLAIR'S SPEECH



1 Oct -

High Court challenge over Salisbury bypass



2 Oct -

Labour Must Justify its Claim of No More Twyford Downs



2 Oct -

FOE WELCOMES LABOUR'S ENVIRONMENT SPEECH



3 Oct -

Chemical warfare agent in toxic explosion at Avonmouth



7 Oct -

CANAL PROJECT THREATENS ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATION



9 Oct -

Proposed Packaging Regulations Not Doing Their Job



9 Oct -

GREEN GUMMER STILL IN SHADOW OF GREY CABINET



11 Oct -

NEW WATER SAVING PLANS TOO COSMETIC SAYS FOE



15 Oct -

CLIMATE THREAT TO WATER SUPPLY: LEAKED GOVT PLAN



18 Oct -

Proposed Energy Market may not be Green



19 Oct -

FINLAND AND SWEDEN TARGETED BY FOREST CAMPAIGNERS



23 Oct -

Welsh Community Welcomes Europe's Largest Windfarm



23 Oct -

QUEEN'S SPEECH IGNORES IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION



29 Oct -

Government's Shabby Decision on Salisbury Bypass



30 Oct -

Public Show Strong Demand to Buy Green Energy



31 Oct -

Nirex Hides Nuclear Dump Data From Public



12 Nov -

New Report on Mystery Gender Benders Points Finger at Water Companies



13 Nov -

Don Foster MP to introduce Road Traffic Reduction Bill as Private Members Bill



21 Nov -

Home owners face huge bills as government lets polluters and house builders off the hook



21 Nov -

Ancient Rural Tradition Delivers Green Energy for the UK



22 Nov -

Blueprint for a Green Budget: Tax Pollution and Waste - Not Jobs



22 Nov -

BRITISH BUREAUCRACY vs BRITISH OAK



22 Nov -

FOE calls for tax changes to favour greener vehicles



24 Nov -

Leaked Document Shows Massive Cuts to Roads Programme



26 Nov -

CHANCELLOR LISTENS TO GREEN CONCERNS ON TRANSPORT ONLY



28 Nov -

S.O.S! ' SAVE OUR SNOWFORESTS' NEW YOUTH CAMPAIGN



29 Nov -

ROADWORKS - PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF ART BYPASS



4 Dec -

Government's broken promises on Right to Know revealed



10 Dec -

WATER SHAKE-UP NEEDED TO STOP DRAIN ON WETLAND WILDLIFE



16 Dec -

GREENER TRANSPORT POLICY IN NEED OF CASH



16 Dec -

LAPLAND'S REINDEER HUNGRY AND HOMELESS AT CHRISTMAS



19 Dec -

FOE SUPPORTS EU PROPOSAL TO BAN ANTIBIOTIC ANIMAL FEED



20 Dec -

CHRISTMAS WRAPPING PAPER COSTS 50,000 TREES!



23 Dec -

PROTESTORS TO ATTEND COSTAIN EGM OVER NEWBURY BYPASS



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