Past press releases

2000

11 Jan -

Government in dock over supermarkets

12 Jan -

Is your new home 'unsafe as houses'? "Flagship" brownfield housing scheme faces crisis.

13 Jan -

Top stores ban lindane

17 Jan -

Poo! what a choker! 1999 grim year for air quality: traffic cuts demanded

18 Jan -

Uk Government not doing enough to protect wildlife. FOE welcomes house of lords report

18 Jan -

Labour breaks promises and ignores advisors on traffic reduction

19 Jan -

New bill calls for action on airport noise

19 Jan -

Government moves goalposts on key pollution target

19 Jan -

Insurance firms named and shamed. record feeble on ethical investment

20 Jan -

Disgrace at the Dome! Direct action at the Dome as Millennium Exhibition is hijacked by air travel interests

21 Jan -

New utility controls likely to increase climate emissions. FOE calls for a range of complementary measures

21 Jan -

Environment first, trade second. un biosafety talks in montreal

24 Jan -

Coming Soon To A Site Near You! Govt Plans For New Incinerators Slammed

31 Jan -

Government to decide on commercial approval for GM crops before trials end

1 Feb -

Five key tests for UK renewables policy

2 Feb -

Ratty for London! Mayor wannabes back voles v. council: Dobson a "don't know"

3 Feb -

Car recycling gets EU green light

9 Feb -

Gm crops: Government to give go ahead to commercial licensing

14 Feb -

Winter deaths soar across England. Local figures on fuel poverty scandal published for first time

14 Feb -

International petroleum week snubs environment

15 Feb -

Foe tells exxon boss "stop blocking action on climate change "

17 Feb -

Top insurer says no to GM pollution cover. Government gambling with farmers livelihoods

18 Feb -

Totally irresponsible. erica oil spill: FOE criticises insurance industry

18 Feb -

British nuclear fools. Government must end reprocessing and abandon mox now

21 Feb -

Farmers and Wildlife: Both losing out.

28 Feb -

Sellafield: change policy not people

29 Feb -

Parliament's "green committee" exposes business tax lobbying

2 Mar -

Mozambique: more disasters inevitable. Will Government climate change plan help?

3 Mar -

Foe welcomes countryside bill

7 Mar -

European food manufacturers shun GMOs

7 Mar -

Foe welcomes urban regeneration, but warns of greenfield battles to come

8 Mar -

Chemical spill hits village...again!

8 Mar -

Wales can ban gm

13 Mar -

Investment campaign targets city. norwich union under fire from foe

14 Mar -

Recycle more, says new economics report: Government urged to resist dash for incineration

15 Mar -

Chemicals allergies: doctors speak out

16 Mar -

Gm: sack some scientists!

17 Mar -

Farm scale trials. Government gambling with the countryside

20 Mar -

Brown's brownfield budget boost

21 Mar -

44 Tonne juggernauts - FOE slams McDonald

23 Mar -

Gm farmers pull out of trials

29 Mar -

Gwyther in a dither. Welsh Agriculture Secretary bottles out of Assembly decision on GM

30 Mar -

Bnfl : one bar beyond the last chance saloon

1 Apr -

Green watchdog or industry poodle? Environment Agency fails to protect people from polluting plutocrats

1 Apr -

Contaminated land threat. Minister told: Set up independent clean-up body

5 Apr -

Church advisers say no to GM crop trials

8 Apr -

Extinct ratty to be cut from wind in the willows?

10 Apr -

Living next to burning rubbish

12 Apr -

Euro MPs Fail GM Test

18 Apr -

Government backtracks on renewable energy policy

18 Apr -

Bnfl: iceberg still dead ahead

21 Apr -

Help save the rainforests. avoid hardwood garden furniture says foe

25 Apr -

Government faces law case in dam row

28 Apr -

Come clean on toxic time-bombs

2 May -

Which causes more climate damage? One trip to US or one year's motoring in UK

8 May -

Mr Blunkett's pleas answered! Now kids can walk to school safely

9 May -

Damn the dam! Ilisu protest hits corporate AGM

10 May -

Last Chance to get Transport on Tracks?

16 May -

Dammed if we do, green if we don't

16 May -

Voles plea to MPs. Strengthen Countryside Bill: Save rare species

16 May -

GM trials threaten UK honey. bee keepers move hives away from GM sites

17 May -

Gm crops now growing in uk

17 May -

Cancer threat from dioxins revealed. Government's incineration plan threatened

23 May -

Gm seeds fiasco: the dig-up begins

25 May -

Foe hits out at pro-burning waste strategy.

2 Jun -

Advanta in retreata

5 Jun -

Gm advisors must back freeze on crops

5 Jun -

Chemical industry threatened by the Biomedical Revolution

6 Jun -

Foe responds to duke's comments on GM food

8 Jun -

Government reviews GM crop seperation distances

9 Jun -

Clobber chlorpyrifos

9 Jun -

Controversial bypass plans thrown out

12 Jun -

Councils on collision course with government

13 Jun -

More GM crops heading for wales?

13 Jun -

Kyoto climate treaty heading for the rocks

13 Jun -

Gm contamination inevitable admits meacher

14 Jun -

Iceland turns up the heat on Government's organic policy

15 Jun -

Foe welcomes new pesticide regulations for baby food

16 Jun -

How does your supermarket measure up?

16 Jun -

Royal Commission endorses key FOE principle

17 Jun -

Cadbury's admit: yes, there is lindane in our choc

19 Jun -

Babies help get leo off to a great start with real food

19 Jun -

Public says no to pesticides

20 Jun -

Gm trial farmer plants contaminated seed

21 Jun -

FSA - will it fail the public over GM food? Action urged over GM food testing

21 Jun -

Inquiry demanded into organic prices

22 Jun -

Organic beer festival

23 Jun -

Government pesticide advice

29 Jun -

Foe urges Government to stand firm on petrol prices

11 Jul -

Foe slams return of flawed mox fuel

12 Jul -

Ilusu dam scandal: MPs back campaigners

13 Jul -

Eu bans lindane...almost!

14 Jul -

Government to fund recycling revolution?

17 Jul -

Mps call for end to unethical subsidies

18 Jul -

'Countryside threatened by GM pollen contaminated crops 4km away' says seed company.

18 Jul -

Foe calls for public transport renaissance

19 Jul -

Death knell for UK's largest green belt housing development?

20 Jul -

Paved with good intentions? Government transport plans

21 Jul -

MPs pass Bill to end fuel poverty

27 Jul -

Filthy factories still pump out cancer-causing chemicals

28 Jul -

Rainforests say thanks to meacher

31 Jul -

Dump the pump: a waste of energy

1 Aug -

Vroom vroom! Phut ... Dump the Pump flops

3 Aug -

Gm trials: the farce plays on ...

7 Aug -

Investment giant goes ethical

7 Aug -

Ban it now! FOE demands action on dangerous pesticide

23 Aug -

Government proposes to trash GM trials

25 Aug -

Government gives boost to wildlife protection

25 Aug -

Buy it from a farmers market!

30 Aug -

New fears over impact of GM crops on bird populations

31 Aug -

Portillo condemned for climate tax u-turn

1 Sep -

Foe slams krebs over organic food

5 Sep -

Green watchdog to tackle environmental injustice

5 Sep -

Cold response to tory global warming policies

6 Sep -

Pesticides regulations fail to protect public health

7 Sep -

Ilusu dam won't meet international standards. Leaked report undermines case for UK support

11 Sep -

Foe backs blair on fuel duty

11 Sep -

Climate change: The victims bear witness. Dyke building action planned for Hague summit

12 Sep -

Blair must explain fuel tax

13 Sep -

10 ways to cut your fuel use

13 Sep -

Oil: Keep it in the ground. And stop oil company collusion in price protests

14 Sep -

Fuel prices - good news for motorists!

16 Sep -

Diners still concerned about GM food

18 Sep -

Serious Doubts About GM Food Safety

19 Sep -

Sales of energy- efficient cars soar. car sales data shows high fuel prices work

19 Sep -

Pesticides: levels rise in fruit and veg. Government publishes Pesticides Residues Annual Report

20 Sep -

Foe slams cheap tory fuel concession

25 Sep -

Gm food scare hits u.s. millions of taco shells removed from shelves.

26 Sep -

Swedish firm pulls out of turkish dam project

30 Sep -

High street toxics protests round britain

3 Oct -

Gm giant clams up at seed hearing

4 Oct -

Bog trashers get prize

5 Oct -

Byers ducks renewable energy challenge

5 Oct -

Aventis told: speak or lose

5 Oct -

Iceland's livestock goes gm-free

18 Oct -

Top scientists hit out at GM safety tests.

19 Oct -

Welsh assembly throws out GM laws

21 Oct -

Chemical claims give greens the pip

24 Oct -

Takes two to tango, prime minister

25 Oct -

Supermarkets back new organic farming law

30 Oct -

Don't scrap pesticide tax plans FOE urges brown

30 Oct -

Wild weather: it's only the start

31 Oct -

Kiss of death for GM seed

2 Nov -

Call it off now fuel protestors told

3 Nov -

Scientists slam GM research

5 Nov -

Illegal GM ingredients found in UK supermarkets

7 Nov -

Foe mourns death of founder

8 Nov -

Pre-budget: lorry loads of lollies

9 Nov -

Foe challenges jarrow fuel protesters

9 Nov -

Government in chaos over GM seeds

13 Nov -

Fuel tax protests - the end of the road?

15 Nov -

MPs debate new law on GM liability

15 Nov -

Future of UK's first commercial GM crop in doubt

15 Nov -

Foe calls for green mortgage surveys now

15 Nov -

Foe hits back at fsa over illegal GM ingredients

16 Nov -

Soaring winter deaths emphasise need for warm homes bill

16 Nov -

Government to publish plans to tackle climate change

16 Nov -

Urban white paper - drowning in a sea of carrots

17 Nov -

Governments co2 manifesto promise won't be met

20 Nov -

Us forest proposal - a giant free gift

20 Nov -

Climate negotiations - latest

21 Nov -

Climate negotiations. FOE calls on prescott to maintain tough stance

22 Nov -

Countryside Bill enters final stages. - Government strengthens wildlife measures

23 Nov -

Pronk's proposal threatens point of kyoto protocol

23 Nov -

Insurance firm issues global warning. climate change

24 Nov -

Dyke: symbol of climate inaction

24 Nov -

Climate talks: 6 reasons why the deal is junk

25 Nov -

Climate summit: us wrecks talks

27 Nov -

U.s. to blame for climate talks failure

1 Dec -

Hormone disrupting chemicals found in baby food

5 Dec -

Foe welcomes early resumption of climate talks

8 Dec -

FOE Challenges Chemical Industry

13 Dec -

Keep xmas local this year

14 Dec -

Bulldozer shadow looms over top wildlife sites

20 Dec -

Foe stands by GM tortilla study

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