Past press releases

2005

1 Jan -

Response to Tony Blair's climate change article in the Observer

12 Jan -

Earth's Land Surface is Drying Up

14 Jan -

MP introduces new Bill to tackle climate change

17 Jan -

Tescos Growth: Every Little Hurts

18 Jan -

New recycling figures published

19 Jan -

Biotech industry- funded GM beet study criticised

19 Jan -

Controversial new bypass will not solve traffic problems

19 Jan -

Public inquiry into thames gateway bridge welcomed

24 Jan -

Stark global warning over climate change threat

25 Jan -

PM Must Put Global Warming at Top of Davos Agenda

26 Jan -

Blair calls for international action on climate change

26 Jan -

Shell Wins Award in Davos

26 Jan -

UK Government is 'part of problem' for developing countries in 2005

31 Jan -

Public inquiry into cheap flights without planning permission

1 Feb -

Prescott must follow "sustainable housing" talk with action

1 Feb -

International scientists warn of climate threat.but UK still failing to cut emissions

3 Feb -

Record shell profits under attack

4 Feb -

Government Blocks Renewable Heat Bill

4 Feb -

200 mps support new bill to tackle climate change

5 Feb -

Blair becomes longest serving labour prime minster but record on the environment shows broken promises

8 Feb -

Save cash, save the planet

9 Feb -

Wake Up to Trade Justice - Thousands to Attend All-Night Protest

10 Feb -

Car eco-labels welcomed - but tougher taxes for gas-guzzlers still needed

11 Feb -

Government renewables target on track

14 Feb -

Government Publishes Emissions Trading Allocation

15 Feb -

Kyoto treaty comes into force

16 Feb -

Legal Decision on Aviation White Paper Due

16 Feb -

Shell Warned on Dangers to Whales of Sakhalin Project

17 Feb -

Uk must support french and german development plans

18 Feb -

Government called on to cancel airport expansion and tackle climate change

21 Feb -

Alliance calls for urgent action to end supermarket abuse

21 Feb -

Us must cut carbon emissions...as bush accepts need for action on climate change

22 Feb -

Edinburgh Rejects Opportunity for Congestion Charge

23 Feb -

Eco-labels for cars will change buying behaviour - survey

23 Feb -

Environmental Groups Unite Against Corporate Assault On Free Speech

23 Feb -

Scarecrows lobby parliament for a gm-free britain

23 Feb -

South West to Vote on GM Position

24 Feb -

Environmental Rights to Become Law After Delay

25 Feb -

Sw makes stand over GM threat

1 Mar -

Government must set annual budget for carbon emissions

2 Mar -

Uk must back french and german aid plans

3 Mar -

Government to close planning loophole on store expansion

5 Mar -

Government to launch sustainability strategy

7 Mar -

Government's sustainable development strategy

7 Mar -

Going Green Can Save You Thousands of Pounds

7 Mar -

Action on flights misses opportunity on UK climate targets

8 Mar -

Unique Memorial Project Launched to Commemorate Ken Saro-Wiwa

8 Mar -

Government urged to increase recycling target as latest figures are revealed

11 Mar -

Climate change must be tackled in budget

11 Mar -

Uk forced to increase cuts in carbon dioxide

11 Mar -

Africa fails to address key problem of climate change

14 Mar -

Tories launch climate change strategy

15 Mar -

New study overturns claimed wildlife benefits of GM crops

15 Mar -

Brown calls for action on climate change

16 Mar -

Wolfowitz: Terrible Choice for World Bank President

16 Mar -

Budget 2005: fine words but little action on climate change

17 Mar -

G8 Ministers Told Water Not Oil Must Be Priority

17 Mar -

UK Development Aid Fuels Climate Change and Poverty

18 Mar -

Biotech firm rejects GM crop

21 Mar -

Arts Competition Launched to Commemorate Ken Saro-Wiwa

21 Mar -

Uk climate progress even worse than expected

21 Mar -

Gm crop trial blow to biotech industry

22 Mar -

Oft fails to act on unfair supermarket practices

22 Mar -

European comission to force through new GM food

23 Mar -

Stars Come Out For Trade Justice

23 Mar -

Has illegal GM maize been sold in the uk?

24 Mar -

Eu slammed over climate agreement

24 Mar -

Bathside bay - locals to vote on damaging port proposals

29 Mar -

Evidence of human rights abuses exposed in turkey

30 Mar -

Shell's new Sakhalin II pipeline route still puts whales at risk

31 Mar -

Climate change data shows UK Government could fail on kyoto

31 Mar -

Millennium ecosystem assessment

1 Apr -

New law will increase incineration not recycling

1 Apr -

Wolfowitz as World Bank President Causes Alarm

8 Apr -

Trade justice vigil aims to turn EU commissioner green

11 Apr -

Conservatives publish green manifesto

11 Apr -

Tory manifesto does little to woo green vote

12 Apr -

Tesco growth must be checked

12 Apr -

Businesses Fail to Meet Aluminium Recycling Targets

13 Apr -

Wind farm inquiry to test climate change commitment

13 Apr -

EU Moves to Restrict GM Maize Imports

13 Apr -

Labour manifesto: will green promises be met with action?

13 Apr -

New Car Emission Figures Another Blow for Climate Policy

14 Apr -

Major Political Parties Deserve ASBO for Trade Policies

14 Apr -

Lib Dem's put environment at heart of manifesto - but must commit to climate change targets

15 Apr -

Europe Restricts US Maize Imports

17 Apr -

Consumer and Environmental Protection Under Threat In New Trade Talks

21 Apr -

Election campaign ignores worlds biggest threat: climate change

27 Apr -

Robin hood to rob residents of peace and quiet

27 Apr -

Government's green record - the real ruddy facts

28 Apr -

Business Manifestos: Regulation Needed to Protect Environment

28 Apr -

British American Tobacco Report Shows Truth Behind Greenwash

29 Apr -

Government must stand up to fuel protests

29 Apr -

Rac road-widening call slammed

6 May -

Climate change must be priority for new blair government

8 May -

Nuclear power is not the solution to climate change challenge

13 May -

Climate Change: Governments Talk But Don't Act

13 May -

Death of Hugh Montefiore

13 May -

US Government Says Wealth More Important than Climate Change

16 May -

Speakers in London to Call for End to Abuse of UK Development Aid

16 May -

Countryside agency fails to see big picture on landscape

17 May -

Queen's speech ignores climate change

17 May -

Rooker - restore our rights

19 May -

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rise Again

19 May -

Bristol Airport Presented with Bill for Climate Change

23 May -

Government risks prosecution as london pollution breaks european law

25 May -

New Campaign for Climate Change Law - 73% Say Government Not Doing Enough

27 May -

International Talks Must Demand Stricter GM Controls

27 May -

Leaked g8 document exposes lack of commitment to tackle climate change

30 May -

New Report Shows Risk of GM Contamination

31 May -

U-turn on cap reform will stop farmers from going green

1 Jun -

Growth in Flights Will Wreck Climate Change Targets

2 Jun -

Illegal GM Maize Found in Japanese Imports

6 Jun -

Inquiry opens into controversial new thames road bridge

7 Jun -

London array wind farm supported by friends of the earth

7 Jun -

Science academies urge prompt action on climate change

9 Jun -

Future generations will pay the price if anti-wind lobby succeed

9 Jun -

Environment Agency Calls for Tough Action on Climate Change

9 Jun -

Road-charging must cut traffic and pollution

10 Jun -

Sainsbury's Targeted in Week of GM Protest

10 Jun -

Environmental Abuses Must Be Covered By New Company Law

10 Jun -

Secret n-waste dump sites revealed

14 Jun -

Carbon capture supported - but more needed on emissions cuts

14 Jun -

Call for radical change to waste policy

16 Jun -

G8 Summit: Anger At New Leaked Document

16 Jun -

Public 'gagged' as stansted's impacts are ignored in east of england blueprint

17 Jun -

Judges reject peak district national park quarry

20 Jun -

Africa pays price for g8 climate blind spot

20 Jun -

Communities Sue Shell to Stop Nigerian Gas Flaring

20 Jun -

Urgent Government action still needed on aviation impacts

21 Jun -

Dismay as EU greenhouse gas emissions rise

23 Jun -

Supermarket Takeover Must Be Stopped, MPs Told

23 Jun -

Appliances on standby fuel climate change

24 Jun -

EU Ministers vote to keep GM food bans

24 Jun -

Tesco Taking Over High Street

28 Jun -

Shell Faces Community Rebellion at AGM

28 Jun -

G8 summit media briefing

30 Jun -

Teachers take the lead on climate change

2 Jul -

Make climate change history

4 Jul -

Bush rejects action on climate change

6 Jul -

Green groups urge g8 leaders to ignore bush not climate

6 Jul -

'climate change policy needs reviewing' say peers

6 Jul -

London has olympic chance to make "eco games"

7 Jul -

Developing Countries Leave Bush High and Dry on Climate Change

8 Jul -

G8 summit agrees more talk, no action

11 Jul -

Hillary backs call to danger list everest

13 Jul -

Unesco: no decision on everest, but investigation into climate threat to sites

13 Jul -

Uk needs new climate change law, says coalition

15 Jul -

Government reveals huge impact of food miles

18 Jul -

Government "to hand planning system over to the private sector"

19 Jul -

M6 expressway: 98% against

20 Jul -

The CBI: big claims, little evidence says Friends of the Earth

20 Jul -

Government to review Stonehenge road tunnel

22 Jul -

New Tyne Crossing Decision Bad News for Environment

25 Jul -

Backing for Windsor Castle hydroelectric scheme

25 Jul -

Government Study Finds UK's First GM 'Superweed'

26 Jul -

New Set Back for GM Crops

26 Jul -

Windfall tax on oil companies called for to tackle climate change

27 Jul -

New Asia-Pacific deal will not tackle climate change

27 Jul -

Welcome call for smart growth in South East

27 Jul -

Geneva Trade Talks Threaten Environment

28 Jul -

ASBOs for environmental crime must be supported by company law

28 Jul -

Shell Profits at the Expense of the Environment

29 Jul -

Energy Companies Join Greens in Call on Government

29 Jul -

Trade Talks: No Deal Better Than A Bad Deal

1 Aug -

Further recycling targets needed, as Government figures released

2 Aug -

Figures Show UK Emissions Rising

3 Aug -

Rio Tinto's Madagascar Mine to Go Ahead

3 Aug -

OFT Fails to Regulate on Supermarket Abuses

3 Aug -

Airport expansion is bad for the economy, new research shows

8 Aug -

Commission opens door to import of controversial GM maize

8 Aug -

GM maize could be grown in Britain

11 Aug -

Permafrost Melt Heightens Climate Change Fears

11 Aug -

Taxpayers face huge bill as nuclear costs increase

11 Aug -

UK Government Makes "Clear Cut" Decision on Timber

26 Aug -

British Retailers Call for Tough Stand on GM Soya

31 Aug -

Pascal Lamy Must Tackle Unfair Trade System

31 Aug -

European Commission approves GM rape

1 Sep -

Huge New Climate Coalition Launched

1 Sep -

Katrina - Another global warning for Bush

5 Sep -

Emissions Breach Kyoto Target

5 Sep -

EU Deal With China Promises Progress on Tackling Climate Change

7 Sep -

Green cars could save drivers more cash than fuel cuts

7 Sep -

Government must not cave in to fuel protests

7 Sep -

Thames Gateway bridge briefing

9 Sep -

New African Pipeline Will Not Help Communities

9 Sep -

Call for tougher environmental law enforcement in response to DEFRA review

12 Sep -

Fuel tax: Government must tackle climate change

13 Sep -

Brown ignores need to cut energy demand

14 Sep -

Court victory on sewage hotspots

14 Sep -

Recycling up, but councils need new powers to do more

15 Sep -

N-plant gets stay of execution

16 Sep -

UN summit fails world - no action on climate change

19 Sep -

Tesco profits just not cricket

21 Sep -

Government must act on aviation

22 Sep -

Double whammy hits council tax payers. Government Told: Provide Funds for Recycling

23 Sep -

Will Rita force Bush to act on climate change?

23 Sep -

One in Ten Supermarket Products Linked to Orang-utan Extinction

26 Sep -

Blair u-turn on climate change

27 Sep -

EU plan to tackle aviation emissions unveiled

27 Sep -

Blair's weak words on climate change leave Kyoto high and dry

28 Sep -

Why nuclear power is not the answer

28 Sep -

Concern over long-term impact of GM crops - New UK study

3 Oct -

Most polluting power stations revealed

5 Oct -

Austrian GM crop ban over-ruled

5 Oct -

Business ready to tackle climate change?

7 Oct -

Little book of green ideas sows seeds for big change

7 Oct -

Peat-cutting to continue on top wildlife site despite 17 million Government deal

13 Oct -

Support for consensus on climate action gathers speed

18 Oct -

Government legal challenge to allow UK to pollute more under EU climate scheme

20 Oct -

Energy saving labels may be banned

21 Oct -

Local and regional authorities must set targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions

25 Oct -

Biomass Taskforce ignores business, farmers and green groups

27 Oct -

Shell profits from climate change

27 Oct -

Prince Charles climate call shows he is a man of the people

28 Oct -

East of England's contribution to global warming set to soar

28 Oct -

OFT to reconsider supermarket dominance of the high street

29 Oct -

Orang-utans go ape in Tesco

1 Nov -

World Bank failing to meet renewable targets

1 Nov -

PM downplays clear targets and frameworks for tackling climate change

1 Nov -

Call for G8 action on energy efficiency

3 Nov -

MPs take evidence on supermarket impacts on the high street

3 Nov -

Company law reform fails people and the environment

5 Nov -

Climate threat to house insurance

7 Nov -

Demand for energy not sustainable, IEA warns

8 Nov -

Young people take action on climate change

10 Nov -

Ten years on: Shell still not welcome in Nigeria

10 Nov -

Chemicals industry wrecking EU chemicals legislation

10 Nov -

Cautious welcome for biofuels obligation

10 Nov -

Government and industry must do more on greener cars

11 Nov -

Trade talks at a standstill: Good news for environment

11 Nov -

Tesco comes bottom of the class for apple sourcing

14 Nov -

Draft climate strategy leaked

14 Nov -

Court case result - Oil companies ordered to stop gas flaring in Nigeria

15 Nov -

Dreaming of a 'green' Christmas? Try Friends of the Earth's twenty top tips

16 Nov -

Forests and people under threat from trade talks

17 Nov -

Montreal will test Blair on climate change

17 Nov -

EU hazardous chemicals vote leaves huge gaps on safety

21 Nov -

Blair must not back new nuclear power plants

23 Nov -

House of Lords seminar on oil and Nigeria

23 Nov -

EU forced to consider UK bid to increase climate pollution

25 Nov -

UN climate talks start in Montreal

28 Nov -

Brown's big green failure

29 Nov -

Energy review must pave way for clean and safe energy

29 Nov -

MPs question business lobby's influence on environment policy

29 Nov -

UK needs a clean safe, energy policy

30 Nov -

Mosaic spells out message to climate talks

1 Dec -

Climate talks - Slow start but real progress can still be made

1 Dec -

Finance sector profiting from poverty, environmental damage and human rights abuses, say UK charities

2 Dec -

London climate change march

2 Dec -

Climate change must be at the heart of budget statement

4 Dec -

Brown breaks promises over green taxes

5 Dec -

Government housing free-for-all slammed

5 Dec -

UK must show stronger leadership in climate talks

5 Dec -

New climate campaign partnership between The Co-operative Bank and Friends of the Earth

5 Dec -

Budget lacks climate change urgency...again

5 Dec -

Recycling rules must block rogue operators

7 Dec -

Minister must rescue Montreal climate talks

8 Dec -

Brown faces legal challenge after scrapping OFR

8 Dec -

Environmental and social damage from free trade exposed in new report

12 Dec -

Historic agreement strengthens global resolve on climate change

12 Dec -

WTO gambling with livelihoods and environment

13 Dec -

WTO talks threaten livelihoods, but fisheries may escape the net

13 Dec -

Richard Sandbrook

14 Dec -

WTO GM trade war - has Europe lost the case?

14 Dec -

Rare gray whales threatened by oil and gas project

15 Dec -

Friends of the Earth charity screening at Prince Charles Cinema

16 Dec -

Asda joins roundtable on palm oil

16 Dec -

Shell accused of contempt of court over continued illegal gas flaring

19 Dec -

Face-saving deal in Hong Kong bad news for people and environment

20 Dec -

Making some green resolutions for 2006? Try our climate change top tips

21 Dec -

New EU Waste Directive encourages incineration

22 Dec -

EU Commission allows GM contamination of organic farming

23 Dec -

Government minded to approve Bathside Bay port development

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