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Press Releases

1998 climate

Nov 25 — DAFFY CLAIMS "QUACKERS" SAYS FOE

Nov 24 — IT'S A GREY QUEEN'S SPEECH

Nov 23 — COUNCILS TO GOVERNMENT: WE HAVE GREEN WILL, NOW GIVE US THE POWERS

Nov 23 — MEASURE FOR MEASURE?

Nov 14 — BUENOS AIRES CLIMATE INACTION PLAN A DISGRACE

Nov 12 — LEAKED LETTER TIPS US HAND AT CLIMATE TALKS

Nov 10 — THE DEADLY COCKTAIL : DEBT, DEFORESTATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Nov 3 — CARRY ON CONSULTING. CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS DISASTER WHILE CHANCELLOR GIVES GREEN TAX AMBER LIGHT

Nov 2 — GREEN ECONOMICS, OR JUST MORE BUDGET BLUES?

Nov 2 — CLIMATE SUMMIT UPDATE

Oct 28 — CRUCIAL WORLD CLIMATE SUMMIT STARTS MONDAY 2ND NOVEMBER

Oct 26 — GOVERNMENT CLIMATE CHANGE PAPER. PRINCIPLES WELCOME BUT FOE SAYS "FEWER OPTIONS: MORE ACTION"

Oct 23 — WILL IT ADD UP? GREENS GIVE DETAILS OF GOVERNMENT'S KEY CLIMATE CHANGE PAPER

Oct 19 — NEW GREEN ENERGY PROJECTS WILL HELP FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE

Oct 16 — FOE CALLS ON DTI AND TREASURY TO ACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Oct 7 — ROYAL COMMISSION CALLS FOR RADICAL CHANGES TO GOVERNMENT GREEN POLICY

Oct 1 — GOVERNMENT TREATS PLANET AS A BUSINESS IN LIQUIDATION. NEW GREEN WEBSITE SHOWS HOW

Sep 28 — FOE DEMANDS NEW LABOUR GREEN ACTION, NOT WORDS

Sep 24 — FOE WELCOMES GOVERNMENT BOOST FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY

Sep 23 — GREENS WELCOME WATER CRACKDOWN

Sep 23 — GOVERNMENT TO ANNOUNCE EXTRA SUPPORT FOR RENEWABLES

Sep 21 — ASHDOWN WARNED: NO GREEN SELL-OUT IN BLAIR SWEETHEART DEAL

Sep 17 — FOE WELCOMES PRESCOTT AGREEMENT ON CLIMATE

Sep 14 — BRITAIN'S BROWN ELECTRICITY. SUPPLIERS FAIL ECO-TEST ON DE-REGULATION DAY.

Sep 10 — TEIGNGRACE - RIVER DIVERSION PLAN WITHDRAWN

Aug 26 — US OIL COMPANIES POLLUTING OUR RIVERS

Aug 11 — JULY HOTTEST MONTH IN WORLD HISTORY. FOE DEMANDS CRISIS ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Aug 11 — BP/AMOCO HOOKUP THREATENS RETURN TO CLIMATE CHANGE "DARK AGES"

Aug 1 — PAY UP TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE. EU SLAMS UK OVER MAPS "RIGHT TO KNOW" CASE

Jul 14 — GOVERNMENT GIVES SOME GOOD GREEN NEWS BUT SPENDING REVIEW STILL NOT COMPREHENSIVE ENOUGH

Jul 13 — POWERGEN: 'GENERATING CLIMATE CHANGE WHATEVER THE WEATHER' TIME TO INCREASE YOUR RENEWABLES, SAYS FOE

Jul 3 — MAVERICK BACKBENCHER SABOTAGES ENERGY EFFICIENCY BILL

Jul 1 — SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DECLARATION

Jun 23 — P.M. OPENS HEATHROW EXPRESS FREE GUEST STAR APPEARANCE STARTS BIG PAYBACK TO BAA

Jun 17 — EU GREENHOUSE GAS DEAL TOO MUCH HOT AIR: NOT ENOUGH ACTION

Jun 16 — UNIONS AND GREENS GROUPS CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO "CREATE JOBS THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES"

Jun 16 — WOMEN'S SAFETY: WARM HOMES GOVERNMENT U-TURN THREATENS KEY BILLS

Jun 10 — TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE: GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY, PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT SAYS NEW FOE REPORT

Jun 9 — NUCLEAR IS NOT ANSWER TO CLIMATE CHANGE: FOE SLAMS TRADE AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE'S SUPPORT FOR NUCLEAR POWER

Jun 5 — WARM WELCOME FOR ENERGY REPORT ENERGY TAX CAN CREATE JOBS SAYS FOE

Jun 5 — TIME TO ACT LIKE "THE FIRST TRULY GREEN GOVERNMENT" FOE DEMANDS RADICAL LABOUR ACTION ON WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

May 28 — GREATER INCENTIVES NEEDED TO GREEN THE WORKPLACE SAYS FOE

May 26 — FOE CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION AS GLACIERS MELT FASTER THAN EVER

May 15 — G8'S WORLD BANK GLOBAL WARMING SCANDAL EXPOSED RICH NATIONS, MULTINATIONALS PROFIT FROM FOSSIL FUEL FUNDING

May 15 — 'THREE IN A BED' SCANDAL AT HEATHROW HOTEL FOE EXPOSES COSY TIMES AT MAMMOTH TERMINAL 5 INQUIRY

May 13 — DOMESTIC TROUBLE FOR CLINTON AT G-8 SUMMIT: U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER CRITICIZES PRESIDENT FOR INACTION ON GLOBAL WARMING

May 13 — FOE BACKS GREEN INVESTMENT COMPANY

May 8 — SHELL AGM: FOE URGES HUGE INCREASE IN GREEN ENERGY INVESTMENT

May 4 — FUEL POVERTY AND ENERGY INEFFICIENCY MAJOR KILLERS HEALTH, HOUSING, GREEN AND POVERTY GROUPS JOIN IN CALL FOR GOVERNMENT ACTION

Apr 30 — GREEN CONCERNS OVER U.S. TAKEOVER OF ENERGY GROUP

Apr 30 — BRITANNIA SCHOOL: COULD DO BETTER NEW LABOUR SCORES 4/10 ON GREEN TEST AFTER YEAR ONE

Apr 21 — SURVEY REVEALS PUBLIC FEARS OVER INVESTMENT TREATY GOVERNMENT URGED TO ABANDON MAI DISCUSSIONS

Apr 6 — SUPPORT FOR COAL RAISES MASS OF CONTRADICTIONS

Apr 3 — FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE TO CREATE JOBS, G8 SUMMIT TOLD

Apr 2 — CHANNEL 4 SAVAGED BY TELEVISION WATCHDOG OVER GREEN STITCH-UP

Mar 26 — LOCALS CHALLENGE GOVERNMENT OVER FAILED PROMISE TO PROTECT ANCIENT FOREST

Mar 25 — US BID FOR UK ENERGY GROUP SLAMMED - BAD FOR ENVIRONMENT, BAD FOR CONSUMERS, SAYS FRIENDS OF THE EARTH

Mar 23 — CHAIR ADMITS FAILURE OF MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT NEGOTIATIONS

Mar 17 — NOT MUCH GREENER THAN A SMOG ALERT" FRIENDS OF THE EARTH LASHES BROWN OVER BUDGET FAILURE

Mar 16 — BUDGET CHECKLIST HOW TO JUDGE BROWN'S GREEN CREDENTIALS

Mar 15 — GREEN BUDGET NOBBLED? - FOE OPENS BOOK ON NEXT TUESDAY'S RUNNERS AND RIDERS

Mar 12 — LAST CHANCE FOR CHANCELLOR - FOE SAYS 1998 MUST BE YEAR OF GREEN BUDGET

Mar 11 — TREASURY PREVENTS BROWNFIELD CLEAN-UP BUDGET WILL NOT STOP GREEN BELT HOUSING THREAT

Mar 10 — TREASURY UNDER FIRE ON GREEN TAXES COMMONS COMMITTEE SAYS GOVERNMENT ALL TALK AND NO ACTION

Mar 10 — TREASURY FLIP-FLOPS ON ENERGY VAT CHANGE

Mar 4 — TURNING MURDOCH GREEN

Feb 18 — MILLENNIUM ECO-VILLAGE: FINE UNTIL YOU LOOK NEXT DOOR

Feb 18 — BUDGET '98 - BRITISH ROAD TAX " A GIFT FOR GREEDY GAS-GUZZLERS"

Feb 16 — "CHAPTER AND VERSE" DEMANDED AS GOVERNMENT PROMISES U-TURN ON REGIONAL POLICY

Feb 13 — QUARRYING COMPANY TOLD TO STOP EXTRACTING LIMESTONE IN NATIONAL PARK

Feb 12 — FOE GROUP CONDEMNS MONSTER MILLENNIUM DOME CAR PARK

Feb 12 — GOVERNMENT TO EVICT LOCAL PEOPLE FOR TOLL ROAD IT PROMISED NOT TO BUILD

Feb 11 — OIL SPILL LEGACY REMAINS TWO YEARS AFTER SEA EMPRESS DISASTER

Jan 30 — GREEN TAX CHANGES FOR JOBS, ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT

Jan 28 — FOE WELCOMES GOVERNMENT U-TURN ON FUNDING ENERGY SAVING TRUST

Jan 28 — CAMPAIGNERS CLAIM TRAFFIC TRIUMPH AS GOVERNMENT BACKS ROAD TRAFFIC REDUCTION BILL

Jan 23 — SIX MILLION KIDS AT RISK FROM TOO MUCH TRAFFIC

Jan 14 — LOCAL AGENDA 21 MUST HAVE HARD TARGETS AND TIMETABLES

Jan 14 — WARM HOMES KEY TO CUTTING WINTER DEATHS

Jan 7 — BRITAIN MUST SET EXAMPLE TO EU ON ENVIRONMENT

Jan 5 — STORMS MAY BE CAUSED BY GLOBAL WARMING