The Latest Breaking News from Friends ofEarth

Campaigners lose legal challenge against government climate change plan

Campaigners had challenged the government’s National Adaptation Programme, claiming it was ‘deficient’.

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2024

CA has the edge on vegan school meals

"Credit environmentally conscious students — and a handful of state funding programs"

Salon · Oct 16, 2024

Chris Packham urges protesters to stop blocking roads as he takes climate role

Exclusive: Broadcaster joins board of Climate Emergency Fund and says there needs to be new ways of pushing for change

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2024

UK Village Fights To Turn Back Tide Of Climate Change

Kevin Jordan thought he would spend his retirement listening to the sound of the sea at his home on the Norfolk coast in eastern England.

International Business Times · Jul 20, 2024

Extreme heat putting six million lives at risk in England, campaigners warn

New report by Friend of the Earth warns millions of older people and young children in danger from record temperatures

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2024

Six million people at risk from extreme heat in England, campaign group warns

Friends of the Earth says older people and young children are most at risk in heat-vulnerable neighbourhoods

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2024

Cumbria project will be ‘net zero’, coalmine firm tells high court

Company insists project should go ahead despite new government saying it had been unlawfully approved

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2024

Cumbria coalmine was unlawfully approved, government says

Lawyers acting for minister say emissions of coal extracted from mine should have been taken into account

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2024

Labour lifts Tories’ ‘absurd’ ban on onshore windfarms

Rachel Reeves says she will revise planning policy and decisions should be taken ‘nationally, not locally’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2024

Over 200 ad campaigns from oil and gas firms shown on TfL network since Sadiq Khan set out 'zero carbon' goal

The data comes as the UN Secretary-General urges world leaders to ban adverts from fossil fuel companies

Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2024