The Latest Breaking News from Friends of Earth

PG&E can keep operating Diablo Canyon — at least for now, feds say

Pacific Gas & Electric cleared a major hurdle Thursday in its bid to operate the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant beyond 2025, with a federal agency ruling that PG&E can keep the reactors humming while the company navigates a lengthy relicensing process.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 3, 2023

Nearly half of English neighbourhoods ‘have less than 10% tree cover’

Analysis for Friends of the Earth also finds lower-income areas have far fewer trees than wealthier ones

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023

Lisburn & Castlereagh Council reported to Audit Office over recycling plans

"This decision not only defies the most basic common sense, but is also bad for the environment, bad for the economy and an affront to local ratepayers in Lisburn and Castlereagh"

Belfast Live · Feb 28, 2023

Environmentalists blast Government’s roadmap for a cleaner, greener country

Plans to restore nature, improve environmental quality, and increase the prosperity of the country are to be set out by the Government on Tuesday.

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023

Charities ‘not doing enough’ on eco crisis, paint-throwing activist tells court

Ryan Simmons, 36, threw pink paint at the headquarters of Greenpeace, Amnesty International, Christian Aid and Friends of the Earth in July 2020.

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023

Inside one of Britain's coldest communities where locals live in 'energy crisis hotspot'

Ravenhill in Swansea has been named the coldest place to live in Wales, as its residents have been crippled by the cost of living crisis; forced to choose between eating and heating

Daily Mirror · Jan 16, 2023

Life in one of the coldest communities in Wales

Julie Cooch, 67, said she is forced to pay high heating bills as she fights lung cancer and tries to stay warm.

Wales Online · Jan 15, 2023

The 100 coldest neighbourhoods in Wales where the poorest people live in the draughtiest homes

Audrey, 78, said she lived in just one room of her house - her bedroom - because it was the only way she could afford to stay warm

Wales Online · Dec 20, 2022

London’s ‘coldest neighbourhoods’ revealed as cold snap continues

Enfield was among the regions across England with the highest concentrations of ‘coldest neighbourhoods’

Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2022

Gove’s defence of UK coalmine dismissed as ‘greenwashing nonsense’

Head of offsetting standard rubbishes minister’s claim of Cumbrian mine’s carbon neutrality as ‘absurd’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022