Past press releases

2001

5 Jan -

Toxic incinerator ash used in london's roads



12 Jan -

Home-sellers' packs must include energy advice



15 Jan -

Europe won't swallow GM wheat. GM bread: More dough for Monsanto



16 Jan -

Nfu should push for greener farming says foe



16 Jan -

Government breaks green pledge for home-sellers pack



19 Jan -

FOE welcomes EU U-turn on farming. Fischler backs greener agriculture production



22 Jan -

Foe slams environment agency incineration forecasts



22 Jan -

Climate change: Politicians must act now. UN scientists issue dire warning



24 Jan -

Wto to hold next ministerial in qatar



24 Jan -

Shell in court over pakistan park scandal



24 Jan -

Politicians sip mulled wine with business fat cats. Counter Summit also gathers in alpine resort to plan campaigns



25 Jan -

United states calls for climate talks delay



25 Jan -

Government Publishes Sustainable Development Report. Economy improves: Environment doesn't



31 Jan -

Chemicals in the Home: A parents' guide



2 Feb -

US firm still destroying top UK wildlife sites. FOE calls for action on World Wetlands Day



2 Feb -

$300 billion cost of climate change



6 Feb -

Toxic secrecy slammed



7 Feb -

Government GM Safeguards



7 Feb -

Gm crops still a risk



8 Feb -

Foe announces new management team



8 Feb -

You Can Be Sure of Shell. Huge UK profits fund wildlife destruction abroad



12 Feb -

GM Moratorium Must Stay Says FOE



13 Feb -

Eurocrats bow to chemical industry



14 Feb -

Hastings bypass. don't turn a blind eye mr prescott!



14 Feb -

New euro GM rules don't go far enough, says foe



14 Feb -

FOE calls on Prescott to stop bypass. No more Hastings eyesores!



15 Feb -

Nuclear Industry turns to Renewable Energy



19 Feb -

Mum's army battle's risky chemicals



19 Feb -

Rich nations must cut fossil fuels



23 Feb -

Warm words but cold homes: fuel poverty strategy falls short



26 Feb -

Maff allows restricted pesticide on GM crops



26 Feb -

Foot and mouth may hit GM trials



28 Feb -

Two thirds of grapes contain pesticide residues



28 Feb -

Gm trials: expansion = contamination



2 Mar -

Foe calls for action on agriculture



5 Mar -

World can tackle climate change says un



5 Mar -

PM's green speech. FOE Says: Let's See Some Action!



5 Mar -

FOE urges local people to oppose GM trials. A threat to the environment and local livelihoods.



6 Mar -

EU Ministers urged to stand up for public health, not the chemical industry



6 Mar -

Boots targeted as mums' army battles risky chemicals



6 Mar -

Blair's green speech: now it's time for action



7 Mar -

Budget 2001: Green yesterday but Brown today



12 Mar -

FOE calls for tougher recycling targets. New report highlights UK recycling successes



13 Mar -

No release for farmers from supermarket arm-lock. Leaked draft report shows new Code of Practice watered down.



14 Mar -

Bush deals blow to world climate deal



14 Mar -

Balfour beatty told: drop ilisu dam



19 Mar -

Hastings alliance launched



20 Mar -

Commission tries to keep UK law-breaking secret



20 Mar -

Kennedy puts environment at heart of lib dem campaign.



21 Mar -

MPs rubbish Government waste strategy.



21 Mar -

Balfour beatty faces shareholder challenge.



26 Mar -

Foe criticises new tory transport policy



26 Mar -

Gm research to go ahead in foot and mouth zones



28 Mar -

Foe calls for ethical pension information



28 Mar -

Government announces new roads



28 Mar -

Bush rats on climate treaty



28 Mar -

Sainsbury's misled customers on pesticides



29 Mar -

Pressure grows for action on risky chemicals



31 Mar -

Kidderminster incinerator protest



2 Apr -

Foe stages rio tinto jabiluka protest



3 Apr -

Gm trials to go ahead in foot and mouth zones.



4 Apr -

Foot and mouth threat from GM trials



4 Apr -

Blair should back foot and mouth inquiry



5 Apr -

18 offshore wind farms unveiled



5 Apr -

Climate protest floods bush white house



7 Apr -

Council to decide on controversial incinerator



9 Apr -

Thumbs down for incinerator plan



10 Apr -

Prescott faces hastings bypasses legal challenge



12 Apr -

Lindane lurking in easter treats



13 Apr -

Don't buy peat this easter



17 Apr -

Pollution in labour's heartlands



18 Apr -

Organic apples win productivity and taste trials



19 Apr -

Foot and mouth: disposal of animal remains



23 Apr -

Government slammed over foot and mouth. FOE Research Reveals Lack of Action After Official Warnings



25 Apr -

Shell plans to exploit Pakistan wildlife haven. Friends of the Earth to challenge oil giant in Karachi court.



25 Apr -

Designated landfill sites not being used to take animal carcasses. communities face unnecessary pollution fears.



30 Apr -

Gardening industry told: stop peat deception



2 May -

Balfour beatty faces agm protest over ilisu dam



2 May -

FOE welcomes Lib Dems green pledges. Green Challenge to Other Parties.



3 May -

Government challenged over secret nuclear plans



7 May -

Cull MAFF now! But FOE Warns Against



8 May -

Supermarket code



8 May -

Hormone disruptor found in can linings



9 May -

Shell pulls out of pakistan national park



9 May -

Election and the environment



10 May -

Tories scrape bottom of oil barrel with election petrol bribe



10 May -

Labour pledges: nothing on environment (again)



14 May -

Parp! parp!



14 May -

Will labour go green, grey or brown?



16 May -

Labour manifesto: hardly enough green for a fig leaf



16 May -

Nuclear profits crash again. Government must heed warning



17 May -

Bush to planet earth: drop dead!



17 May -

Don't destroy tiger territory.



18 May -

Greens point way for grey parties



21 May -

Fury over welsh GM trial site



21 May -

Biotech industry abandons controversial GM trial site



21 May -

Tories lose the plot on green taxes



23 May -

'new' ici faces same old environmental challenges



23 May -

Politicians must stop ignoring green issues



23 May -

Over-packaged fruit is bananas says foe



24 May -

Government faces legal challenge over nuke plant



25 May -

Dioxins may be in milk near foot and mouth pyres



29 May -

Portillo's climate claims



31 May -

Election: how green are the parties



31 May -

Pesticides in our food: latest Government figures



1 Jun -

Tory environment manifesto



4 Jun -

Tories' business backers: are they ethical?



4 Jun -

Labour's business backers: are they ethical?



5 Jun -

World environment day: last chance to make this a green election



5 Jun -

Europe calls for tough recycling targets



6 Jun -

Green cross code election poll: candidates' results



6 Jun -

Foe slams us over voluntary measures to tackle climate change



11 Jun -

The new whitehall: will it be greener?



11 Jun -

Eu ministers cripple sustainability strategy



13 Jun -

Broad alliance calls for big changes in UK farming



14 Jun -

Foe slams selfish bush over climate change



19 Jun -

Planning changes bad for the environment



19 Jun -

FOE welcomes UK's first wind turbine factory



20 Jun -

Pro-incinerator report slammed



21 Jun -

Government Caves In To Legal Challenge On Plutonium Secrecy



21 Jun -

The Great Food Gamble. New GM Report Questions Safety Claims



25 Jun -

More from less: FOE's new environmental summary



26 Jun -

Rainforest paper floods UK market



26 Jun -

Eu ministers discuss next steps for saving climate treaty



28 Jun -

Bnfl losses: national audit office must step in



29 Jun -

Gm giant fights to keep documents secret



2 Jul -

Ilisu dam: statement expected shortly



2 Jul -

Climate treaty still under threat



2 Jul -

Foe congratulates co-op on pesticides action



3 Jul -

Government publishes ilisu dam report



5 Jul -

Pronk suggests kyoto timetable delay



7 Jul -

Hastings: new jobs without new roads



9 Jul -

New league table shows stores' pesticide performance



10 Jul -

Foe challenges ftse4good to deliver



12 Jul -

Climate change worse than predicted say scientists



12 Jul -

Byers rejects hastings bypasses



13 Jul -

Protest is a right: violence is wrong



15 Jul -

Research shows bypasses not needed for regeneration



16 Jul -

Japan threat to climate talks



17 Jul -

Globalisation not the answer to farming problems



18 Jul -

Us risks becoming a rogue state over climate change



20 Jul -

Planning changes bad for the environment and democracy



23 Jul -

Trials in Error - failure to consult on new GM trial sites



23 Jul -

Kyoto still afloat - but it's taken on water



25 Jul -

Duncan Smith Reveals Green Tory Agenda



25 Jul -

FOE Welcomes Green Technology Challenge



26 Jul -

Government Launches Second Energy Review



26 Jul -

GMO Industry Given Licence to Pollute



26 Jul -

FOE Sounds Caution on Planning Overhaul



27 Jul -

Mox plant set to lose a fortune: Government report reveals



30 Jul -

UK Govt Funding Forest Destruction



2 Aug -

End of the Line for GM in the UK?



3 Aug -

Government renewables plan: good idea, low targets



5 Aug -

Top Pension Funds Must Raise Their Game



9 Aug -

Government Fails to Stem Traffic Growth



9 Aug -

FOE Welcomes Farming Commission, slams inquiry into foot and mouth.



10 Aug -

UK Tops EU Illegal Timber League



14 Aug -

Stop Threatening to Overturn Other Nations' Food Safety Laws, Group Tell Bush



16 Aug -

Govt. Slammed for Pouring Cold Water on Birth Defect Risk



16 Aug -

Birth Defects and Land Fill



16 Aug -

No improvement in pesticides results



25 Aug -

US Megacorp Takes the Peat out of UK Government



31 Aug -

Mox plant: a giant nuclear turkey



5 Sep -

Premier oil in row over 'loophole' in pakistani wildlife law



7 Sep -

Foe welcomes new GM food code



7 Sep -

Gm giant sues government



10 Sep -

Government blasted over GM crop trials



12 Sep -

Foe to environment agency: get your act together!



14 Sep -

FOE Welcomes Think @bout London



17 Sep -

Government air pollution targets should be tougher



24 Sep -

Chancellor urged not to cave in on climate levy



26 Sep -

Uk among worst in euro food testing league



27 Sep -

Dibden bay given wildlife protection



28 Sep -

Welcome for pollution watchdog's zero tolerance call



1 Oct -

Ilisu dam would breach human rights



1 Oct -

Farming Review Won't Call For Radical Review in Key Areas



3 Oct -

Government faces legal challenge over mox nuke plant



4 Oct -

Premier oil: FOE goes to court in pakistan



5 Oct -

Outrage as premier wins court case in pakistan



8 Oct -

Invest roads cash in railways says foe



9 Oct -

Foe welcomes warning on dibden bay



15 Oct -

Europe must stand firm on GM moratorium



18 Oct -

Pesticide safety advice to be revoked?



18 Oct -

Don't blight stonehenge new alliance warns



18 Oct -

Foe calls for long-term aid for sustainable farming



19 Oct -

Wto: don't retreat behind closed doors



20 Oct -

Energy Saving Taxed Three Times More Than Energy Use



22 Oct -

Mass Parade to Call for Trade Justice



25 Oct -

FOE Calls for Overhaul of Little Red Tractor Label Scheme



26 Oct -

Radical action needed to end food and farming crisis



29 Oct -

Blair must challenge bush over climate treaty



31 Oct -

Supermarket code sells out food suppliers



31 Oct -

Use syria trip to say no to ilisu dam, blair told



1 Nov -

Our world is not for sale: wto protests around the planet



2 Nov -

H2orrible to contemplate: wto plans mass water sell-off



2 Nov -

Mass Parade Calls for Trade Justice



5 Nov -

Climate sticky in marrakech



6 Nov -

Planning overhaul bad for environment



7 Nov -

Foe welcomes little red tractor review



7 Nov -

Climate talks show progress



8 Nov -

Government in court over sellafield plutonium plant



9 Nov -

Urgent action needed on dangerous chemicals



9 Nov -

World trade talks: sale of the century



13 Nov -

Balfour beatty give up! ilisu dam campaigners celebrate triumph



13 Nov -

Global greens diss draft world trade deal



15 Nov -

Sellafield 'bomb factory' go-ahead not unlawful



16 Nov -

Government told to cut dioxins in food



16 Nov -

Supermarkets give UK apples the squeeze



19 Nov -

Simple Solutions to Waste Crisis



20 Nov -

Anger as Government Backs T5



21 Nov -

Save our food, save our farms



21 Nov -

Warm homes strategy still falls short



23 Nov -

Keep food local, supermarkets told



23 Nov -

Mox legal challenge goes to court of appeal



26 Nov -

Truckers get giant bung from brown



26 Nov -

FOE Names MEPs Blocking Tighter Chemical Regulation



27 Nov -

Brown backs business greens



27 Nov -

Huge port threat to wildlife site



28 Nov -

Taxpayers to Foot Nuclear Waste Bill



28 Nov -

Wild maize contaminated with gmos



29 Nov -

Road-widening plans are environmental disaster



30 Nov -

Illegal GM 'weeds' in lincolnshire



30 Nov -

Keep Our Water Public



5 Dec -

Aventis told to destroy GM weeds



6 Dec -

Planning shake-up threat to environment



6 Dec -

First big incinerator battle: surrey



7 Dec -

Green groups win "partial victory" on mox appeal



7 Dec -

Surrey says yes to monster incinerator



7 Dec -

Gm weeds finally destroyed



11 Dec -

Dirty Water



12 Dec -

Government Planning Change A Disaster for Environment, Says FOE



13 Dec -

Supermarket food laced with hormone disrupters



17 Dec -

Government to fast-track planning - FOE lawyers to study details



17 Dec -

Outrage over Government proposals to fast-track planning system



20 Dec -

Anger over mox start-up



20 Dec -

Think Globally, Drink Locally



21 Dec -

Travelling this christmas - you won't be going by train



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