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2004

2 Jan -

Green electricity guide launched

7 Jan -

Top scientists debate new ideas to tackle climate change

8 Jan -

Green tips to reduce carbon emissions

8 Jan -

Salmon Contaminated With Cancer-Causing Chemicals, Study Shows

9 Jan -

Over-consumption wrecking the planet

9 Jan -

New thames bridge bad for people and environment

13 Jan -

World Trade Body in Bed With Big Business in Davos

13 Jan -

Walmart tries to exploit planning loophole

13 Jan -

Government adviser attacked over GM advice

14 Jan -

Bush should concentrate on life on earth.not mars

14 Jan -

Incinerators Hit Poorest Hardest

15 Jan -

World Economic Forum Failing Targets to Save the World

15 Jan -

Air pollution worsens in heatwave

19 Jan -

Government curbs carbon dinosaurs

20 Jan -

Secret Agenda at Davos Meeting

22 Jan -

Gm science review no help to biotech firms

22 Jan -

Supermarket watchdog needed to protect consumers and farmers

23 Jan -

Trade Talks Behind Closed Doors in Davos

23 Jan -

UK Banks Must Stop Undermining Green Guidelines

23 Jan -

Supermarkets Stay GM-Free

25 Jan -

World Economic Forum Closes - Who Knows What Deals Were Done?

28 Jan -

Euro blow to GM oil seed rape

29 Jan -

Privy Council Rules Against Belize Dam Challenge

29 Jan -

Gloucestershire goes gm-free

29 Jan -

Last chance for the Blackdown Hills?

29 Jan -

Pressure on Government to Support Corporate Responsibility

29 Jan -

Exxonmobil's contribution to global warming revealed

30 Jan -

Unethical businesses escape regulation as Government kills bill

2 Feb -

BAA profits fly in the face of Euro rules

2 Feb -

Gm crop closer to european growing ban

4 Feb -

New ports threat to wildlife

5 Feb -

Plans for blackdown hills road should be scrapped, study shows

5 Feb -

Government must protect UK town centres

6 Feb -

Housing Plans Recipe for Urbanisation of East of England

9 Feb -

Biopiracy Threat to Conservation

10 Feb -

Drivers to spend extra week stuck in traffic?

10 Feb -

'killer chip' threat to refill printers

11 Feb -

Bathside Bay Must Be Saved

12 Feb -

Farmers Still Under Threat, Two Years On From Curry Report

13 Feb -

Government's chief scientist raises climate concerns in the usa

16 Feb -

EU Decision on GM Maize

16 Feb -

World Bank Under Pressure from Tutu

16 Feb -

The Ghost of Hastings Bypass Haunts the Town Again

17 Feb -

EU Decision on GM Maize

17 Feb -

EU Decision on GM Maize

17 Feb -

Congestion Charge Should Be Extended

19 Feb -

Government Reveals True Colours on GM Go-Ahead

20 Feb -

OFT blow to farmers in supermarkets' arm lock

21 Feb -

Legal challenge warning on GM maize

22 Feb -

Lord Sainsbury Must Resign Over GM Conflict

23 Feb -

Pollution Data for 10,000 Companies in EU Published Today

23 Feb -

GM Report Shows A Decade of Failure

24 Feb -

Welsh GM Decision Still in Balance

26 Feb -

UK carbon dioxide emissions soared in 2003

26 Feb -

Hampshire Vote Brings GM-Free Population to 14 Million

27 Feb -

Global Rules on GM Agreed

27 Feb -

Airport Campaigners Stage Sleep-In

3 Mar -

MPs to Reject Governments GM Commercialisation Plans

3 Mar -

Latest results reveal a cocktail of pesticide exposure

3 Mar -

Watts Leaves Shell With Green Pledges Unfulfilled

4 Mar -

Friends of the Earth Hits Out at Letter from GM Scientists

5 Mar -

MPs slam Government GM crop plans

5 Mar -

Tesco cleared for london stores takeover

5 Mar -

World Bank Extractive Industries Review Author Visits London

8 Mar -

Rainforest Destruction in Your Shopping Basket

9 Mar -

Government ignores public and science - GM given thumbs up

10 Mar -

Brown must increase road tax for gas guzzlers in budget

10 Mar -

Imported GM contaminating food

12 Mar -

Budget increase in Air Passenger Tax would not hit poor

14 Mar -

Budget 2004 - "brown must go green"

15 Mar -

European Investment Bank Under Scrutiny in Brussels

15 Mar -

MPs attack government aviation plans

16 Mar -

Sustainability indicators flashing red

16 Mar -

Alliance Demands Action Now on Supermarket Power

17 Mar -

Brown ignores the environment.again

17 Mar -

MEPs Delay Tackling EIB Problems

17 Mar -

Barker review: "a social and environmental disaster"

18 Mar -

Shell Failing on all Fronts?

19 Mar -

Doorstep Recycling getting better, but still a long way to go

19 Mar -

Russia Must Ratify Kyoto Protocol, Urges Kofi Annan

22 Mar -

Wiltshire 'weakest link' in gm-free chain

22 Mar -

Eu states must reject GM rice

23 Mar -

Uk wildlife must not be patented for profit

24 Mar -

Green light for new london bridge

24 Mar -

Mp introduces bill on GM liability and contamination

25 Mar -

UK carbon dioxide emissions soared in 2003

26 Mar -

Labout MPs sink GM bill

30 Mar -

Government must listen to top scientist's warning on aviation

30 Mar -

No Frills, No Terminals, No Carparks, No Planning Permission

30 Mar -

Chemicals Legislation Will Save Money on Health Impacts

31 Mar -

Biotech firm ditches GM maize plans

2 Apr -

Harris Superquarry Saga Finally Ends

7 Apr -

Rio Tinto Threat To Madagascar

8 Apr -

UK MEPs worst in Europe

13 Apr -

Blair Shown Yellow Card on Environment

15 Apr -

Food Firms Reject GM Ingredients

16 Apr -

New GM labelling laws in force

16 Apr -

Sakhalin II Project Threatens Last Western Pacific Grey Whales

19 Apr -

Environment Groups Urge OECD Ministers to Show Leadership

20 Apr -

Tesco Profits - at whose expen se?

20 Apr -

Classes Start on Time After School Boys Win New Bus Service

20 Apr -

Government rejects dibden bay port plans

20 Apr -

Two More Retailers Sign Safer Chemicals Pledge

21 Apr -

MPs Attend BAT AGM

21 Apr -

The Least Responsible Company in the World - BAT Slammed in New Report

21 Apr -

NGOs Call on MEPs: Say No To EU-US Free Trade

21 Apr -

Government's Fine Words Must Now Be Put Into Practice

21 Apr -

World Bank Meeting Protest

22 Apr -

Campaign launched for new EU rules on gm-free areas

22 Apr -

Minister jumps gun on ghost ships disposal

22 Apr -

New Government travel statistics published

23 Apr -

Peat Destruction League Table

23 Apr -

Uk royal visits project linked to death of whales

26 Apr -

Gm maize: EU ministers fail to agree on safety

27 Apr -

Blair must set tough climate pollution caps for industry

27 Apr -

Government failing to tackle climate change

28 Apr -

Air quality falls in 2003

29 Apr -

New figures show Government is still losing waste battle

29 Apr -

Public should not be force fed GM crop not fit for animals

30 Apr -

Uk GM food attempt fails

5 May -

Government plans for new corporate reporting rules full of holes

6 May -

Industry gets easy ride as climate targets disappear into the distance

6 May -

Review fails to boost confidence in Government waste strategy

10 May -

Monsanto quits GM wheat

11 May -

Government failing on biomass

11 May -

Hertfordshire goes gm-free

12 May -

Environment Agency Learns Lessons from Ghost Fleet Saga

13 May -

Monsanto abandons GM oil seed rape plans for australia

13 May -

Asda Expansion Exploits the Law, Farmers and Communities

13 May -

Euro-Election Candidates Challenged on Chemicals

19 May -

Unelected EU commission approves GM sweet corn

19 May -

AA/RAC members say "too much traffic"

21 May -

Cadbury's Shareholders Find Palm Oil Leaves a Bitter Taste

21 May -

Se asian forest campaigners attack UK Government's timber use

25 May -

New rules needed on gas guzzlers

25 May -

Wto: hands off our food

27 May -

Officials try to hide rise in transport pollution

28 May -

Be a greener gardener this weekend

28 May -

HSBC's Environmental Debt in Indonesia

1 Jun -

Climate change not fuel prices: the real energy crisis

1 Jun -

Risky chemicals in high street stores

1 Jun -

Public Funds for Public Benefit

2 Jun -

GM Trade War: Judges Meet in Secret

2 Jun -

Howard criticised over fuel protest support

3 Jun -

OPEC Increase Oil Production

3 Jun -

World Bank Spins Renewable Energy Conference

4 Jun -

UK Banks Failing To Implement Green Equator Principles

4 Jun -

Chancellor Sent An SOS On Recycling

7 Jun -

MPs slam Government over aviation and climate

9 Jun -

Euro-Candidates Sign-Up for Safer Chemicals

9 Jun -

Beckett in court row over waste

11 Jun -

Shell Admits Fuelling Corruption in Nigeria

11 Jun -

Latest Pesticide Data Bad News For Toddlers

15 Jun -

German Government sued over climate change

15 Jun -

Government advisors raise concens ahead of EU GM vote

17 Jun -

Shell boss worried about climate change

17 Jun -

Blair's sustainability advisor issues aviation warning

17 Jun -

MPs Told Tesco Must Be Tamed

18 Jun -

Concern over plans to allow cement kilns to increase burning of hazardous waste

18 Jun -

Roll Up, Roll Up, to see the incredible untamed Tesco beast

19 Jun -

Planning guidance must favour wind farms says friends of the earth

23 Jun -

Behind the Shine - the Real Impacts of Shell's Work Around the World

24 Jun -

Eu slammed over weak stance on protecting childrens health

24 Jun -

MPs Urged To Show Red Card to Shell

26 Jun -

Shell's Neighbours Demand Justice

28 Jun -

Shell Directors Promise to Visit Fenceline Communities

28 Jun -

Monsanto GM Maize Not Authorised by EU Commission

29 Jun -

Nfu proposals will not stop supermarket bullying

30 Jun -

30 Jun -

Benn under pressure over world bank reforms

30 Jun -

UK dumps onld TVs on developing countries

1 Jul -

Syngenta quits GM research in uk

2 Jul -

EU Trade Committee's Legitimacy Questioned

4 Jul -

Government planning car-share m-way lanes

6 Jul -

Government white paper lets business off

6 Jul -

M6 toll: Government surrenders to roads lobby

6 Jul -

Pm speaks out on climate change

6 Jul -

Lorries to drive pass homes every 25 seconds

8 Jul -

GM crops must not be planted without rules on liability and co-existance say MPs

12 Jul -

Government spending review

12 Jul -

Sainsbury's agm: put quality and fairness first

12 Jul -

Concerns raised over GM 'pharming'

13 Jul -

Bathside bay inquiry must halt today

15 Jul -

Industry unprepared for new EU law on toxic waste

16 Jul -

Government Fudges Consultation on GM Contamination

19 Jul -

Government transport plan must tackle traffic crisis

19 Jul -

EU Pushed To Accept GM

20 Jul -

Darling chickens out of tackling transport crisis

20 Jul -

Brown Postpones Fuel Duty

21 Jul -

US States Sue Power Companies Over Greenhouse Gas Emissions

21 Jul -

Scarecrows Lobby Parliament to Keep Fields GM-free

21 Jul -

England's Wildlife Watchdog Threatened With Extinction

22 Jul -

Transport Emissions Rise

22 Jul -

Wake Up Call on World Bank's 60th Anniversary

22 Jul -

Government Publishes New Laws on Rights to Environmental Information

26 Jul -

Wind Farms Are Needed

27 Jul -

Baku-ceyhan pipeline stopped as bp caught violating georgian law

27 Jul -

Government Failing Green Project

27 Jul -

Business Still Failing the Environment

28 Jul -

Tories plan to slash environmental spending

29 Jul -

Climate change poll: everyone can take action

30 Jul -

UK Seabirds Suffer Impacts as Global Warming Hits

30 Jul -

Toddlers Exposed to Daily Pesticide Threat

1 Aug -

WTO Deal Endangers Environment and Development

2 Aug -

CBI Slowing Down Good Business

3 Aug -

Historic Opportunity Missed for Radical Reform of World Bank

6 Aug -

Business Let Off the Hook on Environmental and Social Reporting

9 Aug -

Planning System Favours Wind

11 Aug -

Recycling Targets Won't Be Met

11 Aug -

Government Slammed on Climate Change Failings

14 Aug -

UK Government urges World Bank to Reform

16 Aug -

UK Government Faces Legal Threat Over Palm Oil Investments

17 Aug -

Weather Warning - Climate Change is Happening

18 Aug -

Climate Disaster Looming

19 Aug -

Thames Gateway Bridge Impacts Revealed

23 Aug -

Air pollution 'masking' climate change

23 Aug -

Don't Throw It All Away

26 Aug -

Gateway Opens Door to Unsustainable Development

27 Aug -

Uk waste sent to india for recycling

28 Aug -

Are you destroying the rainforest on your BBQ this weekend?

31 Aug -

Anger as Shell Rejects Nigerian $1.5 Billion Compensation Order

1 Sep -

Motorists urged to buy less gas-guzzling cars

2 Sep -

Gm opposition grows - new survey

2 Sep -

Shadow over Government funding for solar energy

6 Sep -

Eu to allow GM crops through back door

7 Sep -

New Government guidance attacked

8 Sep -

Uk farmers to grow GM maize?

13 Sep -

The Xpose Awards for Green Spin Go To...

13 Sep -

Reaction to michael howard's speech on climate change

14 Sep -

Blair's climate warning welcomed

15 Sep -

Lettuces found to exceed pesticide safety limits

17 Sep -

World bank plans to relax lending safeguards attacked

20 Sep -

Europe halts controversial GM maize

22 Sep -

European car free day

22 Sep -

Eu approves 4b deal for UK taxpayers to take on british energy debt

23 Sep -

MPs renew attack on government aviation policies

24 Sep -

Government must improve doorstep recycling facilities

24 Sep -

Harmful chemicals banned from EU toys

30 Sep -

Russian cabinet backs kyoto

1 Oct -

Us bid to scupper blair plans to tackle aircraft emissions

6 Oct -

Clean Up Sakhalin Oil Spill, Not Your Image, Campaigners tell Shell

6 Oct -

BP's Million At the Expense of UK Taxpayers and Environment

7 Oct -

New map: properties under threat from flooding

8 Oct -

Friends of the Earth Patron Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

11 Oct -

Gm labelling laws not being properly policed

12 Oct -

London Takes Centre Stage in Fight for Global Justice

12 Oct -

Chancellor must act on climate change

14 Oct -

Call on UK Government to Stop Funding Oil Destruction

15 Oct -

Senior Judge Calls Time on Environmental Injustice

15 Oct -

Massive house-building threat to east of england

18 Oct -

Concerns over household chemicals

18 Oct -

Government must improve rubbish recycling record

20 Oct -

Government ignores MPs on GM crops

22 Oct -

Russian Parliament Approves Climate Treaty

24 Oct -

Take the climate challenge and save energy

25 Oct -

Take the climate challenge and save energy

26 Oct -

Government must plan sustainable homes - not just more houses

27 Oct -

Blair caves into industry on climate

28 Oct -

Straw Sounds Warning on Climate Change

28 Oct -

Shell Reforms Must Clean Up Company's Operations

29 Oct -

New ruling on "ghost" ships

29 Oct -

NGOs Boycott World Bank Consultation

29 Oct -

Prime minister gives award to road that destroyed UK top wildlife site

30 Oct -

Anti-gm scarecrows take to the streets

30 Oct -

Supermarket Giants Taking Over the High Street

3 Nov -

Blair must put more pressure on usa over climate change

5 Nov -

Green light for massive house building slammed

5 Nov -

Government must not give in to motoring lobby on roads

5 Nov -

Pressure mounts on bush as russia ratifies climate treaty

8 Nov -

Exposing the Red Tape Myth

8 Nov -

Will Business Be Pulling Mandelson's Strings in Europe

11 Nov -

Blair must push bush to act on climate change

11 Nov -

Court of appeal rejects controversial derbyshire landfill site

16 Nov -

Gm safety tests flawed - new research

17 Nov -

Everest should be put on unesco danger list because of climate change

19 Nov -

Climate change must be at heart of pre-budget statement

19 Nov -

Chancellor must help householders combat climate change

23 Nov -

Anger over us plans to allow GM contamination of food

24 Nov -

Giant Thanksgiving Card Urges US to Go Cold Turkey on GM

24 Nov -

Controversial link road could be highly damaging to regeneration of hastings

24 Nov -

Barker housing report will not help those most in need

25 Nov -

New Operating Rules for Business Fail to Convince

26 Nov -

No More Bhopals: Not Here, Not Anywhere

26 Nov -

Chancellors Should Tax 4x4s

26 Nov -

New German Law Will Help Keep Europe GM Free

26 Nov -

Call for New Investigation into Big Four Supermarkets

29 Nov -

Europe Votes to Keep GM Crop Bans

29 Nov -

Government rejects damaging road through blackdown hills

29 Nov -

New study highlights GM fears

29 Nov -

Brown to abandon fuel duty rise?

29 Nov -

Call for European Investment Bank to Serve Europe Better

30 Nov -

Groups Call on Minister to Honour Access to Justice Promise

30 Nov -

Call for Government to turn down Hastings road plan

30 Nov -

Shell Overstates Sakhalin Benefits

1 Dec -

Government Must Do More to Tackle Pollution from Pesticides

2 Dec -

Human Influence on Climate Change

2 Dec -

Groups Attack World Bank Standards

2 Dec -

Brown's fuel cut fuel's climate change

2 Dec -

Hastings Road Approval Slammed

3 Dec -

Brown rejects incineration tax

6 Dec -

Cautious welcome for waste planning guidelines

8 Dec -

Radical action needed on climate change

9 Dec -

Indian and Thai Activists Pressure Barclays

9 Dec -

First Anniversary of M6 Toll Opening

9 Dec -

Blair, bush and climate change

13 Dec -

Government cuts recycling targets for councils

14 Dec -

EU Must Toughen Stance on Climate Outlaw Bush

15 Dec -

Tips for a green Christmas

16 Dec -

New Government survey highlights dominance of the car

16 Dec -

Litigation Highlighted at UN Climate Talks

18 Dec -

Poorest lose out at climate talks

20 Dec -

EU Ministers Block Monsanto's GM Oilseed Rape

21 Dec -

New Year Gives Public Right to Know

23 Dec -

2005 - A Crucial Year for Life on Earth

23 Dec -

Don't Destroy Our Right to Know

24 Dec -

Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme Starts Without UK on Board

31 Dec -

10th Anniversary of Death of Campaigns Director in Madagascar

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