Past press releases

1999

12 Jan -

Residents and FOE team up to oppose kent airfield expansion



12 Jan -

Home insulation saves lives



12 Jan -

Foe welcomes sea empress guilty plea



12 Jan -

Prescott's global warming roadshow - a chance to have your say



13 Jan -

500 roads in london may not meet Government pollution standards



13 Jan -

"newspaper challenge" for michael meacher



14 Jan -

Labour breaks election pledge



15 Jan -

Questions not answered over sea empress



18 Jan -

Named: britain's most polluted roads



20 Jan -

Government advisers split on frankenstein crop approval



20 Jan -

"greenwash" company flogs mahogany beds



21 Jan -

Trade Secretary Plots Foreign Reprocessing Nightmare for Britain



21 Jan -

Lords lose gmo plot



25 Jan -

Council bulldozes top wildlife site



25 Jan -

Supermarket loyalty cards to track GM food threat



26 Jan -

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY CHIEF UNDER FIRE...AGAIN! FOE calls on Lord De Ramsey to quit



27 Jan -

Lex: transport policy from the dark ages



28 Jan -

'GM-FREE FOOD' CONTAMINATED WITH GM INGREDIENTS. Companies breaking EU law on GM labelling



31 Jan -

Restaurants and cafes to label GM ingredients



1 Feb -

Foe lambasts aa's "shameful" fuel tax campaign



2 Feb -

GROUPS CALL FOR FREEZE ON REGIONAL AIRPORTS EXPANSION House of Lords debate airports issue



3 Feb -

FOE SUPPORTS TORY GM MORATORIUM CALL. What about the precautionary principle Mr Blair



3 Feb -

Gm crops: commercial planting possibly weeks away?



8 Feb -

FOE publishes guide to grossly polluting factories



8 Feb -

COMMUNITY RIGHT TO KNOW BILL. FOE Demands Labour Meets Election Pledge on Pollution Facts



9 Feb -

Politicians slammed for "Bickering" over GM food crisis



12 Feb -

FOE Director writes to PM over sacked GM scientist



15 Feb -

RATTY MAKES A COMEBACK! Top Site for "Wind in the Willows" Water Voles Found in East London



17 Feb -

Fears for wildlife in secret GM crops paper



17 Feb -

Monsanto GM fine "pathetic"



17 Feb -

Monsanto in court over GM crop safety



17 Feb -

Hare today, gone tomorrow Species threatened by GM crops



19 Feb -

ACID TEST FOR ENVIRONMENT AGENCY! Put company directors in the dock following Tees acid leak says FOE



22 Feb -

GM freeze: The law's on our side.



23 Feb -

STOP DAMAGING UK COUNTRYSIDE US COMPANY TOLD. Plea to Scotts Co (Ohio) AGM: Leave Britain's peatlands alone



25 Feb -

Foe slams 'nuclear jack' cunningham's opposition to small green energy scheme



1 Mar -

ETHICAL FOREIGN POLICY - A "DAM DISGRACE" Labour Challenged to End Backing for Kurdish Dam Disaster



2 Mar -

Government advice on GM crops blown away by new pollen report



3 Mar -

GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONS SECRET GM HEALTH REPOR. Leaked Papers Show "Voluntary Moratorium" A Sham



4 Mar -

Gm crops harmful to wildlife says new research



9 Mar -

First steps from grey brown's green baby



10 Mar -

Landfill tax hike welcomed



11 Mar -

BAA's HEATHROW 'PROMISES' ARE WORTHLESS PR STUNT



16 Mar -

THREE YEAR GM BAN NOT ENOUGH, SECRET PAPER SHOWS Leaked Government Document Confirms Need For Five Year Freeze



17 Mar -

Foe congratulates sainsbury's on GM food ban



17 Mar -

Budget `99: it was greener than you think



18 Mar -

150,000 PEOPLE TO DIE FROM COLD BY NEXT ELECTION. Friends of the Earth Publishes Death Forecasts for Each MP



21 Mar -

GASPING FOR THE MILLENNIUM. FOE Publishes Pollution Future for UK's Nastiest Roads



22 Mar -

Foe tells blair to stand firm against the hauliers



22 Mar -

Filthy factories named



23 Mar -

Buses:right idea, but prescott's "racehorses" will fall at first fence without legislation



23 Mar -

Shoppers flock to gm-free iceland



24 Mar -

EXXON: STILL TRASHING THE ENVIRONMENT . Ten Years on from Exxon Valdez - New Report Exposes World's Least Green Company



24 Mar -

Lords get it wrong on nuclear waste dump



25 Mar -

Government won't hit recycling targets without new law



25 Mar -

FOE TARGETS TESCO IN NATIONAL GM FOOD CAMPAIGN. Frankenstein takes message to Supermarket of the Year Award



25 Mar -

STOP DESTROYING UK WILDLIFE SITES, US COMPANY TOLD. Environment and Conservation Groups Challenge The Scotts Company



30 Mar -

FOE groans at another Government consultation. - Government action not words needed to support green energy



30 Mar -

"VIETNAMESE" GARDEN FURNITURE SCAM EXPOSED. Shoppers Told: Boycott it to Save Cambodia



30 Mar -

UK'S BIGGEST FARMER PULLS PLUG ON GM TRIALS. FOE Demands Halt to "Unscientific" Tests



31 Mar -

Government plans stake to the heart of water company vampires



31 Mar -

SHOCK GM LEGAL MOVE BY ALL-PARTY MPs. Politicians and FOE Sue Government Over Seed Fast-Tracking



1 Apr -

GM LEGAL ACTION: GOVERNMENT HOISTS WHITE FLAG. FOE/MPs Action A Major Setback for Biotech Industry



9 Apr -

FOE CALLS ON MEACHER TO PLOUGH UP FARM SCALE GM TRIAL. Seed company accused of breaking the law



13 Apr -

50 YEARS OF WILDLIFE PROTECTION? SSSIs Celebrate Half Century: 7th July 1999



13 Apr -

Communities lobby Parliament over "toxic timebombs"



14 Apr -

New pollen research casts further doubt on GM trials



15 Apr -

GOVERNMENT TO BAN LINDANE? EU Report Slams Dangerous Insecticide.



16 Apr -

Government agrees:air travel is serious climate threat



19 Apr -

Monsanto in "slapp" at GM protests



21 Apr -

Biotech industry's GM code won't work



22 Apr -

Ici agm told: "phoo - your record stinks!"



26 Apr -

Pollution hits the poor hardest



26 Apr -

BLAIR URGED: ACT NOW ON POVERTY AND POLLUTION. Call Follows New Research On Pollution/Inequality Link



28 Apr -

Powerful Committee of MPs backs call for national traffic targets



30 Apr -

Bank holiday gardeners urged to boycott peat: Peat industry destroying top British wildlife sites.



10 May -

Eu trade ministers told say no to new world trade round



12 May -

FACTORIES STILL SPEWING OVER 10,000 TONNES OF CANCER-CAUSING CHEMICALS TO AIR. FOE Demands Tougher Pollution Laws



12 May -

Public still denied pollution truth...but EA inventory 'a first step into the light'



13 May -

Advance Notice: WHITE PAPER ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. What It Will Say: What It Should Say



17 May -

Paper tiger? Government publishes sustainable development plan



17 May -

Airport threatens international wildlife site



17 May -

Foe reveals secret nuclear import plan



18 May -

Gm food row: do the research first!



19 May -

Leak reveals Government GM pr offensive



21 May -

Government in GM spin



21 May -

Commercial planting is here already



24 May -

"VIETNAMESE" FURNITURE SCAM EXPOSED. Rainforest Timber Sold at Chelsea Flower Show



26 May -

Government to change law to speed up commercial development of GM crops



26 May -

British food firms going gm-free



30 May -

Filthy factories named



1 Jun -

Foe publishes GM test site list



1 Jun -

Foe backs prince charles over GM fears



2 Jun -

Gm food and antibiotics



3 Jun -

No label on GM tesco pizza - claim



4 Jun -

Aeroplanes threaten the world's climate say top government scientists



7 Jun -

GM Farmer destroys own crop



8 Jun -

Save money: stop reprocessing



9 Jun -

Britain set to be dirty man of europe again ?



10 Jun -

Rural land managers advise clients: don't grow GM crops



12 Jun -

McDonald's removes GMO's



14 Jun -

Royal society lays egg on nukes



15 Jun -

Shock health report shows need for traffic cuts



16 Jun -

Poor hit hardest by transport pollution



16 Jun -

Hormone Pollution Hall of Shame - fish feminising polluters exposed



16 Jun -

Ministers Ignore Major Health Threats



17 Jun -

No place to hide for GM crops



17 Jun -

It's the rich wot gets the pleasure it's the poor wot gets the pollution



18 Jun -

"Cautious Welcome" over new GM Advisers



22 Jun -

Eu environment ministers meet on GM crisis



23 Jun -

FOE WELCOMES NEW CLIMATE CHANGE INDICATORS . Government must stand firm on tackling climate change



24 Jun -

BLAIR DOES GERMANY'S DIRTY WORK. Sources say PM forced UK U-turn on car recycling



25 Jun -

Britain lags behind europe on GM policy



25 Jun -

NO CASH FOR GM LABELS ENFORCEMENT SAYS TRADING STANDARDS. FOE calls for GM levy to pay for monitoring



29 Jun -

Government's New Waste Strategy is Rubbish



29 Jun -

Urban taskforce: FOE says act now!



30 Jun -

Scores of new 'monster' incinerators planned



30 Jun -

Who pays for GM damage? key campaign opens on liability



1 Jul -

Government drops ethical bombshell on City



2 Jul -

Government refuses to release secret dam study



5 Jul -

Uk suffers airports epidemic as councils and businesses go 'plane crazy'



6 Jul -

Public health white paper. no action on healthy air, homes or food



7 Jul -

TIME'S UP FOR WILDLIFE. 50 Years On: Wildlife Laws Failing But Labour Not Acting



8 Jul -

Government food advisers comments "patronising"



9 Jul -

First 'urgent' conference plans radical action on greenfield housing



12 Jul -

WORSE THAN IT EVER WAS. "Freedom of Information Bill" Threatens Key Environmental Rights



12 Jul -

Tories back in the same dead-end street on transport policy



13 Jul -

Sparks fly over green energy con: FOE slams minister over rubbish burning



13 Jul -

Bnfl sell-off could be "giant turkey"



13 Jul -

Time for BA to pay up for pollution



14 Jul -

Hormone chemicals in our tap water. pipe treatments leach chemicals



15 Jul -

FOE welcomes Meacher's plans for climate action



18 Jul -

Brominated flame retardants contaminate blood



19 Jul -

MPs back Climate Levy



19 Jul -

It could be you! GM directors warned over legal liability



19 Jul -

It's in the blood! Chemicals from Computers and Textiles Pollute Blood



20 Jul -

Councils say yes to transport powers



21 Jul -

Ethical funds 'concerned' over vodafone hq plan



22 Jul -

MPs join together to fight for wildlife



24 Jul -

No Economic Case for MOX Nuclear Plant



2 Aug -

Export credit agency: least green of the lot!



6 Aug -

"bog off!" scotts told in peat protest



9 Aug -

Why the GM trials are useless



9 Aug -

Reducing traffic won't harm economy says advisors



16 Aug -

Government urged to stop new GM trials



18 Aug -

FOE welcomes Kennedy stance on GM crops



20 Aug -

Gm trials illegal: FOE launches court challenge



23 Aug -

Dead wood: the shocking legacy of logging



24 Aug -

Wildlife Protection: Britain Comes Last



25 Aug -

Foe blows away prescott's pollution smokescreen



26 Aug -

Government spins into trouble over GM trials



26 Aug -

Nuclear watchdog must come clean on plutonium



27 Aug -

Chelsea Flower Show clamps down on timber 'greenwash'



2 Sep -

Gm food: health monitoring in chaos



7 Sep -

Farmer pulls plug on GM food trials



10 Sep -

Carry on planting!



13 Sep -

Government to allow GM crop secrecy?



14 Sep -

Safety concerns further blow to uneconomic plutonium fuel plant at sellafield



15 Sep -

World must listen to wake-up call on the environment



15 Sep -

Environmnent Agency Failing the Poor (Industrial Pollution)



15 Sep -

Stop the millennium round!



17 Sep -

Government hoists white flag to FOE on GM trials



18 Sep -

Restaurants cut GM ingredients



19 Sep -

NEC garden show targeted by rainforest groups



20 Sep -

Draft waste strategy slammed: FOE says "recycle it and start again"



22 Sep -

Prince Piles Pressure on Blair Over New Wildlife Laws



23 Sep -

Pollution costs us the earth



24 Sep -

Stop the Tide of Destruction Mr Blair



29 Sep -

VICTORY FOR THE SOUTH EAST COUNTRYSIDE. Two new national parks announced - the South Downs and the New Forest



29 Sep -

GM CROPS: GENETIC POLLUTION PROVED. GM Pollen Found Miles from Trial Site



1 Oct -

British nuclear industry also risks serious accident



4 Oct -

Lancet to publish Pusztai's GM food research



6 Oct -

Tories plot new roads nightmare



8 Oct -

Housing nightmare for south east



11 Oct -

Local group wins right to appeal to high court against airport expansion



13 Oct -

Public won't tolerate GM tolerance levels



15 Oct -

Foe welcomes publication of GM potato research



18 Oct -

Leading green groups urge pm to keep climate target



18 Oct -

Britain's first organic wine guide launched



21 Oct -

Axe hangs over south east countryside: green belt under threat as councils revolt over "sheer madness" of housing plans



21 Oct -

Foe comment on food ethics report on gmo's



25 Oct -

Government Nuclear Waste U-turn?



27 Oct -

Latest Government GM spin: FOE's five tests



30 Oct -

Gender bending pesticide found in baby food



4 Nov -

Labour's Day of Wildlife Shame as Cardiff Barrage Closes



5 Nov -

Government GM deal: business as usual



6 Nov -

National Trust urged: Go Peat Free



8 Nov -

National Trust Bans Peat



9 Nov -

Pre-budget statement: green with brown edges



9 Nov -

Do You Really want to Invest in Rainforest Destruction?



10 Nov -

Foe dismisses 'one-sided' aviation industry report



11 Nov -

Farm scale trials should be abandoned



17 Nov -

The queen's greens



22 Nov -

HOUSING: SOUTH WEST NEXT UNDER THE BULLDOZER? House builders seek 300,000 new greenfield homes



30 Nov -

Foe welcomes blair rethink on new housing



1 Dec -

Urgent action needed to stop winter deaths



1 Dec -

FOE Backs Brussels plan for a levy on aircraft emissions



8 Dec -

Green indicators show threats to environment and quality of life



13 Dec -

Prescott Transport Policy - comment



13 Dec -

Prescott's transport policy: "old, new borrowed and blue"



14 Dec -

Drop the dam, tony!



15 Dec -

Dig them up! GM farmers urged to remove illegal crops



16 Dec -

Government plots toxic future



16 Dec -

Japanese Say NO to UK Nuclear Fuel



17 Dec -

European parliament bans GM food



21 Dec -

Government 'minded' to support dam



22 Dec -

Monsanto canteen bans GM ingredients



22 Dec -

Venezuela: more catastrophes inevitable



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