Friends of the Earth
A price too high? The risks of not protecting nature are startling
The Natural Environment White Paper, ‘The Natural Choice’, does offer some hope for protecting UK wildlife, writes Friends of the Earth campaigner Paul de Zylva.
Pickles awarded for his services to rubbish – talking it that is
Dominic Browne reports on Eric Pickles's well deserved "Talking Rubbish" award for services to spreading myths about recycling.
Will the “greenest government ever” get the rainforest off our plates?
Tomorrow the House of Commons will debate a new law to make the UK’s meat and dairy production more sustainable, but it is still unclear whether or not the self-styled "greenest government ever" is going to back it. South American rainforests and wildlife rich grasslands are being trashed to graze animals for export to the UK and Europe - and to grow soy to feed our factory farms. This problem is being largely ignored by the Government.
Recycling is a win-win for the environment and the economy
Recycling is a success story – and one which Friends of the Earth and our supporters have been at the heart of since our first campaign to persuade Schweppes to take back used bottles in 1971.