Past press releases

2007

1 Jan -

Anger over Government GM 'co-existence' plans



3 Jan -

Leading artist backs Friends of the Earth



5 Jan -

Government Minister attacks aviation industry over climate change



15 Jan -

Call for an end to unfair trade deals



18 Jan -

"Leave Doha in cold storage" say campaigners as trade talks prioritized at WEF



18 Jan -

Carbon off-setting



20 Jan -

Wildlife 'snappers' to highlight harm done by Shell



23 Jan -

Action needed to curb supermarket power



24 Jan -

Bush speech offers little new on climate change



24 Jan -

UK's first national environmental legal advice line launched



24 Jan -

New Planning Disaster campaign launched



26 Jan -

Stark findings on climate change



28 Jan -

Condoms turn students onto climate change



30 Jan -

Richmond parking charge scheme welcomed



31 Jan -

Shell: use your profits to clean up your mess



31 Jan -

New figures show huge rise in aviation emissions



2 Feb -

International climate scientists issue stark global warning



7 Feb -

Town centres under threat from planning shake up



7 Feb -

EU targets for greener cars too weak



9 Feb -

European Waste Vote: Conservative MEP pushes for incineration



9 Feb -

Comment on Branson's climate prize



13 Feb -

Road pricing is part of the solution to transport problems



13 Feb -

MEPs vote to increase recycling and cut waste



16 Feb -

Food Standard Agency faces High Court challenge over illegal GM rice: 20/21 February



16 Feb -

Time to put the break on road-pricing inaccuracies



19 Feb -

London C Charge extension welcomed



20 Feb -

The Big Ask cinema Night



21 Feb -

Food Standards Agency taken to court over illegal GM rice



23 Feb -

The Big Ask Cinema Night: 'An Inconvenient Truth' and question time with Environment Minister



23 Feb -

Ruling on legal challenge against the Food Standards Agency



28 Feb -

Supermarkets: TV chef calls for shake-up of 'big four'



1 Mar -

Giant EU Energy Flag outside EU Spring Summit



1 Mar -

Stop these unfair trade talks, say campaigners



6 Mar -

Warning over GM drug crops - as US prepares to allow GM rice with human DNA



7 Mar -

Philippines Supreme Court orders Shell's oil depot closure



7 Mar -

EU must set tough climate change targets



8 Mar -

Government Climate Change Bill expected



12 Mar -

GM crops fail to deliver - new report



12 Mar -

Brown's green speech: climate must be at the heart of next week's Budget



13 Mar -

Draft Climate Bill published



14 Mar -

Call for GM potato crops to be suspended following Dutch court ruling



15 Mar -

South West climate plan welcomed



19 Mar -

Brown's Budgets fail green test



19 Mar -

'Green fuels' could be bad for the environment



21 Mar -

Budget moves in right direction - but not far enough



22 Mar -

Friends of the Earth and Ape Alliance's palm oil campaign wins Observer Food Monthly award



29 Mar -

Climate change set to overwhelm the world's poor



29 Mar -

UK carbon emissions highest since Labour came to power



30 Mar -

Green cars: motor industry still promoting gas-guzzlers



5 Apr -

Top garden centre to ban patio heaters



10 Apr -

'Green fuels' could be bad for the environment



13 Apr -

Climate change: poor suffer as world gets hotter



18 Apr -

Rally against unfair trade deals



21 Apr -

Honey fears may scupper GM potato trial



27 Apr -

Options to tackle climate change to be presented in Bangkok



29 Apr -

Supermarket planning rules must not be weakened, says new report



30 Apr -

One-Minute Green Film Competition launched



2 May -

Shell fails to obey gas flaring court order



4 May -

Climate change: options to tackle it are affordable, agree governments



4 May -

Climate change report confirms the need for a tough climate change law



9 May -

Shell's flowery claims



10 May -

Blair's green record



11 May -

Wychwood festival to reduce its carbon footprint



14 May -

Approval for GM potato trial criticised



16 May -

Home Packs: Green groups urge MPs not to delay Energy Performance Certificates



17 May -

Planning White Paper: Major developments may be forced through



18 May -

Government to unveil English Waste Strategy



21 May -

Legal Ruling on Critical Mass Cycle Ride - Cyclist applies to take case to the Lords



21 May -

Planning White Paper slammed



22 May -

Home Packs: Green groups angry as Energy Performance Certificates are delayed



22 May -

Government publishes Energy White Paper



23 May -

Energy White Paper reaction



24 May -

Analysis of English Waste Strategy



29 May -

Campaigners sound the alarm on G8



29 May -

Canada sued for breaching kyoto



30 May -

Razorlight's Johnny Borrell records solar powered song for Friends of the Earth



30 May -

Stansted airport public inquiry opens



31 May -

Bush tries to sabotage fight against climate change



6 Jun -

South Cambridgeshire Council Rejects Another Wind Farm



7 Jun -

Razorlight's Johnny Borrell Takes Eco Trip



7 Jun -

G8: European countries must stand up to Bush on climate



7 Jun -

Weak G8 climate deal lacks substance



11 Jun -

Patio heaters should be banned, says Friends of the Earth



12 Jun -

Anger as EU Ministers give green light to GM-contaminated organic food



20 Jun -

Chinese climate emissions soar



20 Jun -

Carbon calculator must not be a substitute for Government action



22 Jun -

Trade talks collapse brings new hope for the poorest and the environment



28 Jun -

Gordon Brown's first cabinet



29 Jun -

High Court acts on Great North Forest



29 Jun -

New survey spells trouble for Tesco



29 Jun -

High Court saves Great North Forest



4 Jul -

Celebrities urge public to join The Big Ask online march



6 Jul -

Friends of the Earth wins 2007 CIPR Excellence Award for Public Affairs



6 Jul -

Spoof ad highlights how Tesco destroys local shops



9 Jul -

Plans for Major Incinerator to Replace St Paul's Cathedral



16 Jul -

Friends of the Earth calls for weekly food waste collections



16 Jul -

UK 21st in European league of carbon efficiency and well-being



20 Jul -

Academics challenge Labour on green record



23 Jul -

Local residents and Friends of the Earth support Mansfield wind farm proposal



23 Jul -

All new homes must be carbon zero by 2010, says Friends of the Earth



24 Jul -

Morph comes out of retirement for One-Minute green film competition



26 Jul -

Inspector recommends rejection of Thames Gateway Bridge - but Government re-opens inquiry



27 Jul -

Millions face Heathrow ban as injunction attempts to block peaceful protest



30 Jul -

MPs demand tougher climate change law



31 Jul -

Heathrow ban court hearing



1 Aug -

Energy Performance Certificate introduction welcomed



3 Aug -

New map highlights massive building plans for England and Wales



3 Aug -

Joint Committee on Draft Climate Change Bill recommend action on aviation



6 Aug -

Heathrow ruling - Friends of the Earth comment



10 Aug -

Friends of the Earth endorses UCU calls for green curricula



13 Aug -

UK Government intends to water down EU renewables targets - Friends of the Earth comment



23 Aug -

UK may miss carbon targets - New report



24 Aug -

Government must do more to help people take green action



24 Aug -

Government must allow local authorities to set renewable standards for new building



28 Aug -

Lib Dem green plans welcomed



31 Aug -

Friends of the Earth dismisses claims made on wind farm documentary



3 Sep -

Government must act on green taxes



4 Sep -

Scientists warn that EU plans to curb aviation emissions must be strengthened



5 Sep -

BBC drops Planet Relief



7 Sep -

Farmers warn of exodus from dairy sector as they struggle to break even



7 Sep -

Friends of the Earth pulls out of nuclear consultation



7 Sep -

Hilary Benn to address Friends of the Earth conference



11 Sep -

OECD warning over biofuels



11 Sep -

Anita roddick



11 Sep -

TUC calls for tougher climate law



12 Sep -

Tougher targets needed for new cars



13 Sep -

MPs Climate report welcomed



13 Sep -

Quality of life: Cameron urged to adopt blueprint for a green future



17 Sep -

Ministers to back new GM push



19 Sep -

Green ninja or eco-femme fatale? Public asked to vote for best green film



24 Sep -

Climate justice needed to address global warming



25 Sep -

Gordon Brown Speech Friends of the Earth Comment



1 Oct -

Friends of the Earth appalled by Commissions Severn Barrage recommendations



4 Oct -

Climate change One-minute film makes waves on Youtube



4 Oct -

Conservative Conference environment day - Friends of the Earth comment



5 Oct -

Pre-Budget Report will be key test of Brown's green credentials



5 Oct -

Pre-Budget Report a key test of Brown's green credentials



8 Oct -

US investigation over GM rice contamination lets Bayer off the hook



9 Oct -

Pbr and climate change: the Government fails to deliver



10 Oct -

50th anniversary of Windscale fire and end of nuclear consultation



12 Oct -

Al Gore and IPCC Awarded Nobel Peace Prize



12 Oct -

Tony Juniper confirms final year in post



13 Oct -

UK lobbying to weaken 20% target at secret European meeting



15 Oct -

Government to abandon national road tolls?



15 Oct -

New research finds out what's in the waste left after reuse, recycling and composting



22 Oct -

Friends of the Earth partners with Eurostar



22 Oct -

Green film winners announced



23 Oct -

Planning White Paper is legally unworkable



23 Oct -

Friends of the Earth anger at Government change on direction on renewable energy



24 Oct -

Rio Tinto's Madagascar mining project



24 Oct -

Tory MEPs must support party line and not compromise on tough climate change action



25 Oct -

New UN Report points to international emergency.



25 Oct -

Hard shoulder running: Friends of the Earth comment



25 Oct -

Proposed GM maize ban in Europe



29 Oct -

Climate Change Bill: Friends of the Earth comment



29 Oct -

New figures reveal Government spending millions on GM research



30 Oct -

Friends of the Earth urges the Government to get sorted on waste



30 Oct -

Transport policy: Urgent action needed to cut emissions



31 Oct -

Competition Commission fails to act on supermarket bullies



2 Nov -

Green lifestyle: Government must do more



5 Nov -

Queen's Speech: Climate law needs strengthening, planning law needs rethink



6 Nov -

Fsa to review GM rice contamination



7 Nov -

Shell advert is ruled 'misleading'



8 Nov -

Anger over Government 'GM-coexistence' plans



8 Nov -

Leading English cities make climate commitment



12 Nov -

Climate change: urgent action and robust policies must match dire warnings



12 Nov -

Green tips to put the love back into Christmas



13 Nov -

MEPs fail to back tough action on aviation and climate change



13 Nov -

MEPs vote on EU plan to tackle aviations climate impact



14 Nov -

Friends of the Earth director names first Eurostar train to leave St Pancras



19 Nov -

Brown's green speech must be followed by urgent action



20 Nov -

Local stores can be greenest grocers



21 Nov -

Heathrow expansion plans must be scrapped



23 Nov -

EU can feed livestock without new GMOs



26 Nov -

Voices from communities affected by climate change - new report



26 Nov -

Brown must rethink aviation and planning policies



27 Nov -

Four new nuclear reactor sites revealed



27 Nov -

Emissions from UK homes could be slashed by 80 per cent reveals new research



27 Nov -

Reaction to Prof King's speech: GM crops are not needed to beat climate and population challenges



28 Nov -

Government publishes Planning Bill



28 Nov -

Rac foundation's call for more roads attacked



28 Nov -

Food Standards Agency meeting to review GM rice contamination scandal



28 Nov -

Rail fare rises highlight Labours failings on transport and climate



29 Nov -

Governments must say no to biofuels



30 Nov -

Bali climate talks: press briefing



30 Nov -

Prince of Wales' business initiative on climate is 'major step forward'



3 Dec -

Airlines flying longer distances to avoid air traffic charges



3 Dec -

Government still failing on green taxes, new figures reveal



4 Dec -

Livingstone's Green Homes Initiative welcomed



6 Dec -

Government decision to scrap Stonehenge road welcomed



6 Dec -

Friends of the Earth welcomes Conservative's energy policy



7 Dec -

Friends of the Earth International: keep unfair trade out of Bali talks



7 Dec -

European renewable revolution undermined by agro-fuels folly



7 Dec -

Councils must do more to tackle climate change



7 Dec -

Marchers call for international climate action



10 Dec -

Government plans two million pounds PR campaign to promote incineration



10 Dec -

Government to announce massive increase in off-shore wind



10 Dec -

Government announces massive boost for offshore wind



11 Dec -

World bank: 'don't privatise forests'



11 Dec -

Happy 10th birthday Kyoto



11 Dec -

Who is the greenest Lib Dem leadership candidate - Friends of the Earth interviews the contenders



12 Dec -

Industrialised countries must act: Bali mandate at stake



12 Dec -

Sustainability will be at the heart of the next budget, promises Chancellor



14 Dec -

Government must not cave in to fuel protesters, say leading green groups



17 Dec -

Kyoto afloat despite attempted sabotage



17 Dec -

Government publishes Planning Policy Statement on Climate Change



18 Dec -

Government could face legal challenge over East of England plan



18 Dec -

Londoners back plans to increase c-charge for gas guzzlers



18 Dec -

European Commission to publish plans for greener cars



19 Dec -

EU slammed over green cars



19 Dec -

Eu ministers must strengthen plans for curbing aviation emissions



21 Dec -

EU ministers must strengthen plans for curbing aviation emissions



28 Dec -

Government action needed to ensure a healthy future for town centres



29 Dec -

New Year's resolutions: Go green for a great 2008!



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