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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